The 2024 Summer Olympic Games formally kicked off in Paris, France, on July 26 with an Opening Ceremony outdoors alongside the metropolis’s famed Seine River earlier than the sports competitions. Around 10,500 athletes will march in the Parade of Nations, after which these high rivals — many who’ve skilled for years to have a shot at the gold, silver and bronze coveted medals — will compete of their sport over the competitors’s16 days.
From July 26 till the Olympic closing ceremony on Aug. 11, athletes will compete in 32 completely different classes of sports starting from archery to desk tennis. Spectators from round the world will collect to look at their favourite athletes, comparable to Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky, in swimming and gymnastics, amongst others. Tennis star Coco Gauff will lead the U.S. team at the Paris Olympics three years after missing the Tokyo Games as a result of testing optimistic for COVID-19.
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What had been the authentic Olympic sports performed at the first Summer Games?
Ancient Olympic sports included working, lengthy bounce, shot put, javelin, boxing, pankration (a fight sport, kind of the historic equal of trendy blended martial arts) and equestrian occasions. Initially a one-day occasion till 684 BC the Olympics was prolonged to a few days after which to 5 days to cowl the multitude of sporting occasions for attendees.Â
Some historic sports strategies – comparable to for discus – have not modified a lot, however different strategies have differed vastly all through the years. Boxers, in the Ancient Olympics, wrapped straps round their arms to strengthen their wrists and regular their fingers however as time progressed athletes began utilizing onerous leather-based straps. These straps typically precipitated disfigurement of their opponent’s face. Jumpers competed with heavy weights throughout their jumps dropping them at the finish of their flight.Â
What are the new Olympic sports for the 2024 Games?
For the first time, athletes will be capable to compete in breaking — an city dance started in the United States — which was added to the Olympics as a new sport in the 2024 Paris Games. Athletes will compete in two occasions — one for men and one for women — the place 16 males and 16 ladies will face off in solo breakdance battles.Â
What are some of the extra obscure Olympic sports?
Competitions will happen in 35 venues divided into three normal areas, the Olympics stated. Paris will host 13 sports, Ile-de-France 12 sports, and the relaxation of France will host 10 sports.Â
Some of the extra obscure Olympic sports are the trampoline Olympics, the place athletes bounce at the least 26 ft in the air whereas twisting and tumbling; rugby sevens, the place athletes play intense matches lasting 14 minutes; and the modern pentathlon. The trendy pentathlon, which was launched to the Olympic program in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, is made up of 4 occasions combining 5 sports: working, using, swimming, fencing and capturing.Â
Full list of Summer Olympic Sports for 2024
- Aquatics (swimming, marathon swimming, diving, water polo, creative swimming)
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball (3×3, basketball)
- Boxing
- Breaking*
- Canoe (canoe dash, canoe slalom)
- Cycling (BMX freestyle, BMX racing, highway biking, monitor biking)
- Equestrian (equestrian eventing, equestrian dressage, equestrian leaping)
- Fencing
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics (creative gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics)
- Handball
- Hockey
- Judo
- Modern Pentathlon
- Rowing
- Rugby (rugby sevens)
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Skateboarding*
- Sport Climbing*
- Surfing*
- Table Tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball (seaside volleyball, volleyball)
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling (Greco-Roman wrestling, freestyle wrestling)
