Foreign delegations welcomed in Montpellier in the heart of Fise and before the passing of the Olympic flame

La délégation de Punaauia avec Michaël Delafosse. – Cécile Marson

This Friday, Michaël Delafosse welcomed representatives from the cities of Punaauia, Sakai, Shanghai and Singapore to talk about sport and consolidate collaborations.

While the Fise Montpellier is in full swing on the banks of the Lez and the Metropolis is preparing to welcome the Olympic torch relay with great fanfare, four delegations were welcomed to Montpellier. Representatives from the cities of Punaauia (French Polynesia, island of Tahiti), Sakai (Japan), Shanghai (China) and Singapore were able to discover a city punctuated these days by world-class sporting events.

These delegations were first received at the Town Hall this Thursday by Michaël Delafosse, mayor of Montpellier and president of the Metropolis alongside Hervé Martin, deputy mayor in charge of sports and Clare Hart, vice -President of the Metropolis delegated to international influence and European cooperation in the presence of Simplicio Lissant, mayor of Punaauia, Masahiro Hashimoto mayor of Sakai.

The project to create a Fise Tahiti

With Punaauia, discussions revolved around the creation of a Fise Tahiti, as part of the cooperation established by the two cities in connection with urban sports. A CM2 class from the Manotahi school in Punaauia was even able to meet students from the François-Mitterrand school. These children will take part in sporting activities during the Olympic torch relay this Monday. Also, a cooperation agreement with the city of Sakaï has linked Montpellier to this city since 2023. It relies on the economic sector of the territory's sporting activities to promote their development and reciprocal attractiveness.

Finally, Singapore and Shanghai have shown themselves to be very interested in continuing exchanges around sport with the Metropolis, both in terms of sporting events, equipment and the sharing of good practices, following a visit to the Montpellier International BMX Skatepark – Ronan Pointeau and Fise Montpellier.