Britons buying more Olympic tickets than any country outside France

Games chief attributes high interest to memories of London 2012Under 25% of the 10 million seats remain for sale

The Team GB effect has led to British fans snapping up more tickets for this summer’s Olympics than any other country outside France, Paris 2024 organisers have revealed.

So far Britons have bought 480,000 of the 7.6 million tickets already sold for the Games – significantly ahead of the US and Germany, who are the next closest.

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