OLYMPICS| GAMES| PARIS| FRANCE| SPORTS
As the “Paris 2024" Olympics Officially Kick Off in France …
The Olympic games, as usual, promise to be a beauty and a wonder to behold.
The host city, Paris — the French capital is regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Aside the famous Eiffel Tower, the city offers even much more in aesthetics and tourism.
For the Olympics proper in a nutshell:
- Participating Countries ➡️ 206
- Participating Athletes ➡️ 10,500
- Events ➡️ 329
- Sports ➡️ 32 (28 ‘core’ + 4 newly proposed by the IOC)
- Organizers ➡️ International Olympics Committee (IOC)
- Opening Ceremony ➡️ Friday, July 26, 2024
- Period of Games ➡️ July 26 to August 11, 2024
The Paralympics will also hold between August 28 and September 8, 2024 and will feature 4,400 athletes in 549 events.
There will be 206 countries represented at the Olympics, and 184 at the Paralympics respectively.
The 2024 Summer Olympics officially will be the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad.