Next summer olympic games 2024

Paris is no stranger to the summer Olympics, having hosted back in and exactly one century before its upcoming games, in The French metropolis bested other minor European candidates and its major opponent, Los Angeles, to host the Olympics. The new Olympic Village is expected to be about 15 minutes from central Paris landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, with other venues distributed along the Seine. But in the end, the Italian cities took the day.

The L. The IOC had granted Brisbane exclusive negotiating rights a few months before the announcement was made official. South Korean worker setting up a cable at the Olympic Stadium, the venue of the opening and closing ceremony for the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, in Pyeongchang.

By Raisa Bruner. July Aug. Jul 26, — Aug 11, Paris is no stranger to the summer Olympics, having hosted back in and exactly one century before its upcoming games, in July 21 — Aug. July 23 — Aug. You May Also Like.

Already a print subscriber? Go here to link your subscription. Which sports are at the Games? And how do athletes qualify? Read on to find out. They were the brainchild of Pierre de Coubertin , the father of the modern Olympic movement.

Tokyo was delayed by a year, and ended on 8th August There are scheduled to be a total of 32 sports at the Olympic Games Paris , with more than 10, athletes from over nations taking part in medal events. Aquatics diving, marathon swimming, artistic swimming, swimming, water polo , archery , athletics , badminton , basketball including basketball 3x3 , breaking , boxing , canoe , cycling road cycling, cycling track, mountain biking, BMX freestyle, BMX racing , equestrian , fencing , football , golf , gymnastics artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline , handball , hockey , judo , modern pentathlon , rowing , rugby sevens , sailing , shooting , skateboarding , sport climbing , surfing , table tennis , taekwondo , tennis , triathlon , volleyball including beach volleyball , weightlifting, and wrestling.

For example, competitors in boxing must be between years of age. Special permission was granted to Mira Potkonen who was 40 at Tokyo in after the Games were delayed by one year, and claimed her second medal at consecutive Games. Some sports, like shooting and taekwondo, offer quota places for National Olympic Committees NOCs based on performances of individual athletes, but the NOC in question can select a different athlete to take that place at the Games.