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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-ATHLETICS-4X400M RELAY-WOMEN

(240809) -- PARIS, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Shana Grebo, Sounkamba Sylla, Alexe Deau, Amandine Brossier (from L to R) of team France react after the women's 4X400M relay round 1 of Athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 9, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Lui Siu Wai)

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Paris 2024 - Files - France Struggles With Its Hijab Rules For Opening Ceremony

File photo dated June 28, 2024 of Sylla Sounkamba Stade Lavallois Heat 400 M Women during the French Athletics Championships 2024 at Stade du Lac de Maine in Angers, France. French government and Olympics officials are seeking a creative solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while still complying with the country's secularism laws, they said on Wednesday. Thousands of athletes, including some who wear a hijab, are arriving for the Paris Olympics, placing an international spotlight on tensions in France over national identity and perceived discrimination against Muslims. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Files - France Struggles With Its Hijab Rules For Opening Ceremony

File photo dated August 26, 2023 of Sounkamba Sylla Heat 1 4X400 Metres Relay Women during the World Athletics Championships 2023 on at Nemzeti Atletikai Kozpont in Budapest, Hungary. French government and Olympics officials are seeking a creative solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while still complying with the country's secularism laws, they said on Wednesday. Thousands of athletes, including some who wear a hijab, are arriving for the Paris Olympics, placing an international spotlight on tensions in France over national identity and perceived discrimination against Muslims. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Files - France Struggles With Its Hijab Rules For Opening Ceremony

File photo dated June 28, 2024 of Sylla Sounkamba Stade Lavallois Heat 400 M Women during the French Athletics Championships 2024 at Stade du Lac de Maine in Angers, France. French government and Olympics officials are seeking a creative solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while still complying with the country's secularism laws, they said on Wednesday. Thousands of athletes, including some who wear a hijab, are arriving for the Paris Olympics, placing an international spotlight on tensions in France over national identity and perceived discrimination against Muslims. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Athletics Championships - Angers

SYLLA Sounkamba L2a53 - S/l Stade Lavallois HEAT 400 M WOMEN during the French Athletics Championships 2024 on June 28, 2024 at Stade du Lac de Maine in Angers, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Athletics Championships - Angers

SYLLA Sounkamba L2a53 - S/l Stade Lavallois HEAT 400 M WOMEN during the French Athletics Championships 2024 on June 28, 2024 at Stade du Lac de Maine in Angers, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Athletics Championships - Angers

SYLLA Sounkamba L2a53 - S/l Stade Lavallois HEAT 400 M WOMEN during the French Athletics Championships 2024 on June 28, 2024 at Stade du Lac de Maine in Angers, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Athletics Championships - Angers

SYLLA Sounkamba L2a53 - S/l Stade Lavallois HEAT 400 M WOMEN during the French Athletics Championships 2024 on June 28, 2024 at Stade du Lac de Maine in Angers, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM