🌎 Paris 2024 Olympics: Schedule, Events, Medals, New Records and All you need to know

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Everything You Need to Know

The highly anticipated Paris 2024 Olympic Games is finally here! From July 26 to August 11, 2024, the world’s top athletes will gather in the City of Light to compete in a thrilling display of sportsmanship and excellence.

Schedule:

• Opening Ceremony: July 26, 2024
• Competition Dates: July 27 - August 10, 2024
• Closing Ceremony: August 11, 2024

Events:

• 32 sports and 5 new disciplines added for Paris 2024, including breakdancing, surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing, and karate.
• 10,000 athletes from 206 nations expected to participate.

Medals:

• 339 medal events across all sports.
• Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals up for grabs in each event.

Venues:

• 95% of venues already exist or are temporary, reducing the environmental impact of the Games.
• Iconic Parisian landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Grand Palais, and Champs-Élysées will host various events.

Football at the Olympics:

• Men’s and Women’s Football tournaments will feature 16 teams each.
• Matches will be played at various stadiums in and around Paris.

Join us in this thread for updates, discussions, and analysis throughout the Paris 2024 Olympic Games!

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Opening Ceremony

Paris 2024 is officially under way

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This is Paris. #Olympics

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Zizou with the Olympic torch.

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LeBron James and Coco Gauff bearing the flag for Team USA in Paris

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Just Zidane with the Olympic torch

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Team GB’s Tom Daley and Helen Glover recreated the famous Titanic pose on a boat during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris.

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INDIA BEAT NEW ZEALAND AT THE OLYMPICS IN HOCKEY.

• A proud opening day for team India.
  
  

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Argentina get their first win of the Olympics on the board

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Spain have defeated Dominican Republic by 3-1 and are into the quarterfinals of the Olympics. Congratulations!

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USA respond to opening loss with a 4-1 win vs. New Zealand at the Olympics

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India comes from a goal down to win a 3-2 thriller in Olympics opener!

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South Sudan stunned Puerto Rico, 90-79, for its first-ever Olympic basketball game

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US men’s basketball team beats Serbia 110-84 in their opening game at the Paris Olympics.

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20-year-old Coco Gauff is the youngest American woman to win a singles match at the #Olympics since Venus Williams in 2000

Venus went on to win gold

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WHAT A MATCH BETWEEN ZAMBIA AND AUSTRALIA

Zambia’s Barbra Banda’s first half hat trick isn’t enough as Australia come back from being down 2-5

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LÉON MARCHAND SETS AN OLYMPIC RECORD IN THE 400M IM AND WINS HIS FIRST OLYMPIC GOLD IN HIS HOME COUNTRY

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Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will go head-to-head at the #Olympics for the first time since 2008

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The USWNT with a big 4-1 win over Germany to book their spot in the Olympics quarterfinals