Macron urges French to work out in Olympic year

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday urged French people to start exercising daily as Paris prepares to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.

With 200 days remaining before the Games kick off on July 26, Macron said the government was promoting sports "as a great national cause" this year, including by boosting physical education instruction in schools.

Officials in Macron's office said the government had already met the target it set in 2017 to have three million more people exercising regularly, and aiming for another three million by 2027.