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The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
In 2024, the wide, wide world of sports saw repeat champions, first-time titlists, a grand Paris summer and some epic fails. The winners and losers:
Winner/s 1–6 Road bicycle racing: 2024 Tour of the Basque Country (UCI World Tour #15) International Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) 1–7 Snooker: 2024 Tour Championship (Players Series #3) International Mark Williams: 3–7 Trampolining: 2024 European Trampoline Championships: Continental Great Britain 3–14 Ice hockey: 2024 IIHF Women's ...
[8] The participants who scored highly received a medal that read ‘Yea, I have a goodly heritage.' [8] The demographic of these medal winners were predominantly white, married, wealthy, educated, and non-immigrant individuals which promoted the AES agenda of ideal and perfect traits for “positive eugenics." [8]
The biggest names in sports were recognized at the 2024 ESPY Awards and some were lucky enough to take home the coveted silver statue. The ESPYs, which stands for Excellence in Sports Performance ...
The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]
John Shearer/Getty Images for ACM The 59th Academy of Country Music Awards honored the biggest names in country music. The award show returned to the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas, on Thursday, May 16.
The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and was part of the 2024 D.I.C.E. Summit. The ceremony took place on February 15, 2024, at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Greg Miller of Kinda Funny Games and Stella Chung returned as hosts for the ceremony. The nominees were announced on January 10 ...