Learn the funniest French sports expressions before Paris 2024!

About this episode

Ever heard of 'Roucoulette,' 'prendre un caramel,' 'mettre une bâche,' or 'mouiller le maillot'? These quirky French expressions will come in handy during the Olympic Games Paris 2024. As we celebrate 100 days to go, tune in with our reporters Guillaume Depasse and Lorena Encabo to master the art of sounding like a local this summer in France!

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What is the Olympics podcast?

It's another exciting year of Olympics.com podcasts. We are looking forward to offering you another season of the best Olympic stories, with the Paris Games being the big highlight of 2024. The show will have great guests, the episodes will dig deep into the topic, the Olympics, Olympians, and sports. We’ll, of course, be truly global. Touching all 5 continents with our content. We’ll pay close attention to all the key events, updating stories and backstories on and off the field of play. It’ll be an all-encompassing conversation and we will signpost you to some of our outstanding original feature programming across all our Olympics.com platforms. So much to see, so much to enjoy. Be prepared to be entertained and inspired!