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At the Summer Olympics, there have been eight Olympic sports that have been discontinued. For the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, long-discontinued sports in golf (last competed in 1904) and rugby (last competed in 1924) were reinstated as Olympic sports, though rugby was as rugby sevens (having previously been rugby union).
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are almost here, and I certainly look forward to watching talented athletes compete for gold medals. This year, the games will feature 329 events in 32 sports ...
Sled dog racing at the 1932 Winter Olympics (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Discontinued sports at the Winter Olympics" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The Olympic Charter decrees that Olympic sports for each edition of the Olympic Games should be decided at an IOC Session no later than seven years prior to the Games. The only summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic program are athletics , aquatics ( swimming ), cycling , fencing , and gymnastics ( artistic gymnastics ).
Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year. Since 1994, summer and winter Games have been held in staggered even years. The last Olympic games were held at Paris in July-Aug 2024.
A new, youthful sport is coming to the Paris 2024 Olympics — while some other sports are falling by the wayside this year.. Breaking, aka breakdancing, will make its Olympic debut in Paris this ...
The Austrian glaciers where Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn honed her craft are shrinking as the slopes she grew up speeding down melt away.. Now a few years removed from her decorated alpine skiing ...
Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The athletics program traces its earliest roots to events used in the ancient Greek Olympics. The modern program includes track and field events, road running events, and race walking events.