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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.
The largest prize money under the MAP is for athletes who clinch an Olympic gold medal. Those athletes who win multiple Olympic gold medals are entitled to more than S$1 million only for the first individual gold medal won at the Games. [46] The money, however, is taxable and the medal winner is obligated to share half of the prize money to the ...
The United States will pay an athlete who wins a medal at the Olympics. How much do they pay per medal and how much did Biles earn? The U.S. pays $38,000 per gold, $23,000 per silver and $15,000 ...
May 11 & 12: 2024 Central Asia Open Championships in Athletics in Tashkent; May 14–16: 2024 West Asian Championships in Athletics in Baghdad; May 18 & 19: 2024 Nordic Senior Championships in Athletics in Malmö; May 25 & 26: 2024 Balkan Championships in Athletics in İzmir; June 1: 2024 Championships of the Small States of Europe in Gibraltar
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:
Paris 2024 was the first Olympics in history to reach full gender parity on the field of play, with equal numbers of male and female athletes. [ 12 ] The United States topped the medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games and 19th time overall , with 40 gold and 126 total medals. [ 13 ]
Last year's PGA Championship winner, Brooks Koepka, received $3.15 million (18% of a record $17.5 million purse) for his two-stroke victory at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York. In a ...