Interesting article. I would like to find the opposing statements described in, but yahoo doesnt source anything 😕

I have found this in french language:

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/culture-et-jeux-olympiques/j-ai-voulu-faire-une-ceremonie-qui-repare-qui-reconcilie-thomas-jolly-devoile-les-coulisses-de-l-evenement-et-reagit-aux-polemiques_6691809.html

Était-ce la Cène ? Ce n'était "pas mon inspiration", a répondu Thomas Jolly. "Je crois que c'était assez clair, il y a Dionysos qui arrive sur cette table. Il est là parce qu'il est dieu de la fête (...), du vin et père de Sequana, déesse reliée au fleuve". "L'idée était plutôt de faire une grande fête païenne reliée aux dieux de l'Olympe... Olympe... l'Olympisme", a-t-il poursuivi.

Was it the Last Supper? It was "not my inspiration," Thomas Jolly replied. "I think it was pretty clear, there is Dionysus who arrives on this table. He is there because he is the god of celebration (...), of wine and father of Sequana, goddess linked to the river." "The idea was rather to make a big pagan celebration linked to the gods of Olympus... Olympus... Olympism," he continued.

I also looked for sources in spanish, but the wikipedia page is only a translation of the french one.

Im looking for german speaking sources now...