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Nicole Kidman Olympics' passion on display in Paris

By AAP Newswire

Aug 11, 2024

Nicole Kidman at the Artistic Gymnastics at the Paris Olympics — Nicole Kidman and her family have been enjoying the Olympics in Paris. -EPA

Nicole Kidman loves going to the Olympics.

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The 57-year-old actress grew up playing various sports in Australia and says she's been enjoying the Paris Olympics even more than usual after missing the Tokyo Games because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

She told Britain's HELLO magazine she went to the London Olympics in 2012 and the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010.

"We were meant to go to Tokyo but obviously that couldn't happen. So this feels like the first big one back in a long time.

"I play tennis, I love running and I love swimming. I think that's just being Australian. You participate in sports really early on," she said.

"But I'm also a great spectator. I love to cheer people on."

"I find the resilience of these athletes extraordinary."

The Olympics is "about us all having hope - hope for every single athlete who comes here", she said.

"That's what I love seeing people so united on.

"As an athlete, if you can tell people that you went to the Olympics, you have that for the rest of your life. It's about competing, but it's also about experiencing so much joy."

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press