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The list of American universities with Olympic medalist students and alumni shows the number of Olympic medals won by students and alumni of American universities in Olympic Games up through 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Many of these athletes did not compete for the United States; the American college sports model, in which post-secondary ...
The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 24 July. [1] Athletes representing 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the games. [2]
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:
Jenna Hartson named 2024 Roosevelt Robinson Memorial Sports Scholarship winner.
2024 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2024 Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Paris . Calendar by month
Key achievement: The 22-year-old ended her wait for a global title at Paris 2024 by winning 800m gold, having won successive world silvers since finishing runner-up on her Olympic debut in Tokyo ...
Winners of the competition at each local branch are eligible for awards at the finals during the NAACP national convention, which occurs every July. [2] The 114th national competition was held in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2023. The latest 115th national competition was held in 2024 and took place from July 10 to 14, in Las Vegas, Nevada.