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The Summer Games returned to the traditional four-year Olympiad cycle, after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Paris 2024 featured the debut of breaking as an Olympic sport, [7] and was the final Olympic Games held during the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach. [8] The 2024 Games were expected to cost €9 billion.
Competition began two days before the opening ceremony on 26 July, and ended on 11 August 2024. [3]On 29 July, the weather in Tahiti turned dangerous towards the end of round 3 of the men's shortboard event, forcing the cancellation of the women's third round.
Costing $1.5 billion (equivalent to $7.58 billion in 2023), [36] [37] the 1976 Summer Games were the most expensive in Olympic history (until the 2014 Winter Olympics) and it seemed, for a time, that the Olympics might no longer be a viable financial proposition. In retrospect, it is believed that contractors (suspected of being members of the ...
Join us for complete coverage of the all of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games news, highlights and results that will taking place from July 26 - August 11, 2024.
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]
Time Points Notes 1 3 Damian Warner Canada (CAN) 10.25 1035 2 3 Ayden Owens-Delerme Puerto Rico (PUR) 10.35 1011 3 3 Till Steinforth Germany (GER) 10.52 970 3 Sven Roosen Netherlands (NED) 10.52 970 5 3 Ashley Moloney Australia (AUS) 10.56 961 3 Lindon Victor Grenada (GRN) 10.56 961 7 3 Ken Mullings Bahamas (BAH) 10.60 952 3
Skateboarding, held for the first time in front of true crowds at Paris 2024, has become one of the Olympics’ most popular events. And the outspoken joyousness of people like street skateboarder ...
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: