From July 26 to Aug. 11, the city of Paris, France, will welcome the world to the 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics.
So, did you know ?
- it is the first post-pandemic Games and 32 sports will be played accross the nation of France and in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
- for the first time ever, the opening ceremony will be outside of a stadium, making Olympic history. It will be a parade of athletes on boats down the Seine, the river that runs through several Parisian neighbourhoods.
- expecting more than 15.3 million visitors, the Paris Metro has been equipped with over 3,000 translation devices.
- the Olympic medals will contain iron once part of the Eiffel Tower. Each Olympic medal will be infused with iron from the original Eiffel Tower, which was built for the 1889 World’s Fair.The pieces of iron were cut from parts of the tower that were replaced during renovations over the years and saved.To create these medals, the Olympics recruited Chaumet, a French luxury jewelry maker to infuse 18 grams of iron from the Eiffel Tower into other materials made from silver, gold and bronze.
- the official mascot of the Paris Olympics is… a hat! Yes, a traditional hat that was once worn by French revolutionaries. It’s pronounced “freege.”
- breakdancing (also called “breaking”) has been officially added as an Olympic event. Breakdancing is the one and only sport making its Olympic debut at the Paris Games.
- 32 sports, 869 events, 206 countries, more than 10 000 athletes, more than 30 000 registered reporters, 6.8 million tickets sold, 45 000 volunteers
- One of the most exciting parts of the 2024 Olympics is that iconic parisian landmarks will serve as venues for various events. The Seine River will be used for swimming !
- Paris hosted the Olympics in 1924...precisely 100 years ago ! Paris will join London as the only cities to host the Olympics three times. On 26 July 2024, the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris will be held almost exactly 100 years after the 1924 Closing Ceremony, which was held on 27 July.
- The next stop for the 2028 Summer Olympics is Los Angeles.
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