Thread: 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Originally Posted by S Landreth

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• Too hot for the Olympics? Paris 2024 organisers are keeping a close eye on Europe's heatwave

France has escaped the worst of the searing heat this summer but organisers are remaining "very vigilant" about temperature forecasts.

Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are paying close attention to long-term weather models, chief Tony Estanguet said on Tuesday (18 July).

Almost exactly a year away from the start of the games, swathes of Europe are being baked again in near-record temperatures.

The heatwave engulfing the northern hemisphere is set to intensify this week, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. Temperatures in the Mediterranean, North America, Asia and North Africa are expected to be above 40 Celsius for a number of days.

"We are remaining very, very vigilant on temperature forecasts," Estanguet, a three-time Olympic Champion and President of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee said.

Paris is vulnerable during heatwaves

Temperature records could be broken in the days ahead, the WMO has said. The previous European high was 48.8C reached in Sicily in August 2021.

France hit an all-time high of 46C in 2019 and recorded its hottest July on record last summer when wildfires raged as drought parched the country. The country has escaped the worst of the searing temperatures so far this summer.

The 2024 Games will mostly be held in and around Paris, though some events will take place further from the capital, including soccer at some southern venues and sailing in the Mediterranean waters off Marseille.

The capital city is the most vulnerable in Europe when it comes to heatwaves according to a recent article from The Lancet journal. Its population faces the highest risk of heatwave-related deaths across all age groups.

Ellen Walshe sets new Irish record to secure Paris 2024 Olympic time

Ireland’s Ellen Walshe had the swim of her life on the opening night of finals at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan and is now the first Irish swimmer to secure an Olympic Qualification Time for Paris 2024.

Walshe, who entered the semi-finals in 16th place, moved up the rankings finishing fourth in her semi-final and in ninth place overall in a time of 2:10.92. That time wipes over a second off her Irish record of 2:12.02 and is well inside the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification Time (OQT) of 2:11.47.

Speaking after the race Walshe commented “I’m delighted, I was pretty nervous this morning coming into it and tonight I got the chance to do it again and I was like, just take the opportunity and enjoy it. I went out and it was the easiest swim of my life I think.”

She continued: “It was hard this morning because you gave it 100% from the start and you didn’t quite get what you wanted out of it and you think do I have anything left in this and tonight I thought, you have nothing to lose, keep the faith and believe in yourself and I was out in a side lane tonight and I just enjoyed every moment of it”

• ‘I can’t wait for 2024’: The candidates keen to volunteer at the Paris Olympics

Thousands of people from all over Europe have signed up to volunteer at Paris 2024 in a bid to play their part in France’s first Games in a century.

"Behind every great champion, there is a volunteer," says Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Addressing would-be volunteers on the official Olympics website, he thanks the hopefuls for “their enthusiasm, energy and uniqueness”, adding that “they will play a key role in the success of the Paris 2024 Games, helping to make them an unforgettable event”.

More than 300,000 people have answered his call – nearly seven times the 45,000 the organising committee will ultimately select.

From welcoming and directing spectators to leading sports delegations to competition venues and providing medical assistance, they will have their work cut out.

Meet Margot, the medical student going for gold

One year ahead of France hosting the Olympic Games, we went to meet athlete Margot Chevrier. At 23, she's a pole vaulter for the French national team. The athlete is also in her fifth year of studying medicine in Nice and is getting ready to sit her exams to become a doctor. This high-flyer aims to one day become an Olympic champion.

• Swimming could return to River Seine for Paris 2024 Olympics after century-long ban

The Paris Olympics begin one year from Wednesday, and the clock is ticking to prepare the beautiful — and filthy — River Seine for its big moment.

State of play: The Seine will not only host swimming events for both the Olympics and Paralympics, but also the opening ceremony, which for the first time ever will not be held in a stadium. Instead, each nation's delegation will be ferried down the river.

Yes, but: The City of Love's central waterway is in desperate need of a major cleanup, overrun by pollution for so long that civilians haven't been allowed to swim in it since 1923.

• Such a cleanup was discussed for decades to no avail, but Paris' successful Olympic bid provided the spark required to kickstart the plan that has now been underway for years.

Details: The $1.5 billion project is focused on decreasing the river's bacteria levels to an acceptable standard by limiting the amount of untreated water that's dumped into it.

• For example, heavy rains overwhelm the city's outdated sewage system, so a series of tunnels and storage facilities were built to prevent filthy runoff from flowing directly into the river before it's treated.
• Another major project involved workers knocking on more than 20,000 doors in hopes of accessing and retrofitting old pipes that no longer properly connect to the sewage system.

So far, it's working: In samples taken last summer, the water quality was overwhelmingly "good," per AP. There's even been a return of various fish species that had been unable to survive there before this process began.

Looking ahead: Every Olympic host is charged with leaving a lasting legacy, and one of Paris 2024's major contributions will be giving the city back its river.

• Nearly two dozen swimming areas for civilian use are expected to open by summer 2025, a century after swimming was banned due to pollution.
• "I learned to swim as a child in the Marne [the Seine's upstream tributary]," a 70-year-old Parisian told NYT. "I would be very happy to swim again there."

• Team GB tipped to bring home 62 medals from Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Great Britain are forecast to win 62 medals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

An analysis released one year out from the Games predicts Team GB will finish fourth in the medal table behind hosts France, China and the United States.

Britain won 65 medals at London 2012, 67 in Rio 2016 and 64 in Tokyo 2020, having failed to reach 60 in any single Games in 100 years before that.

The Gracenote forecast predicts 10 individual gold medals including skateboarder Sky Brown, 15.

Keely Hodgkinson in the 800m, Bethany Shriever in the BMX, Jessica Gadirova and Bryony Page in gymnastics and Bradly Sinden in the taekwondo are some of the other athletes projected to take gold.

World 1500m champion Jake Wightman and women's bronze medallist Laura Muir are forecast to win bronze and silver respectively in Paris, while Dina Asher-Smith is predicted to take 200m bronze.

However, European 200m champion Zharnel Hughes is among those not included in the medal count, despite being considered among the favourites at this year's World Athletics Championships having run the fastest 100m time this year.

Among nine swimming medals, two-time Olympic 100m breaststroke champion Adam Peaty is expected to take silver - as is Tom Dean in the 200m freestyle.

Dean recently took silver at the World Aquatics Championships behind fellow Briton Matt Richards, who is not included among the predicted medals.

Elsewhere, reigning Olympic men's mountain bike champion Thomas Pidcock has not been included among seven cycling medals, nor has men's pommel horse gold medallist Max Whitlock in gymnastics.

The forecast does have GB team golds in sports including men's and women's rowing and equestrian eventing, with multiple silver and bronze team medals across the athletics relays, swimming and cycling disciplines.

"Britain is expected to come close to sustaining its performance in Tokyo," said data analysts Gracenote Nielsen.

"Gracenote's virtual media table forecasts a drop of just two medals to 62. Gold medals could be significantly down, though, as the British team are on just 15 golds in this initial prognosis.

"British success over the past three Olympic Games has been built on having medal winners in at least 20 sports and the initial virtual media table forecast suggests that this is set to continue."

Russian and Belarusian competitors were not included in the calculations because of uncertainty over their participation.

The International Olympic Committee is still fine-tuning its stance on athletes from those countries.

Team GB chef de mission Mark England said: "I think we've got a great opportunity to be the top European nation again, despite the fact that the home nation is very, very strong and getting stronger for a whole variety of reasons.

"So top European nation, top five are our aspirations. I know that we are medal-competitive in a significant number of sports. I think we've got all of those building blocks, notwithstanding we've got another 12 months to build on that."

Paris 2024 launches "champagne Torch" and predicts "perfect Flame"

Designer Mathieu Lehanneur predicts that his Olympic and Paralympic Torch for Paris 2024 will provide "the perfect Flame" after revealing that he was inspired by the organisers' efforts towards equality and by its projected sea journeys during the Relay.

"It is an object and must speak and convey everything that you want to express and communicate," Lehanneur told Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet as he showed him the finished Torch for the first time.

"The Torch is superb, it looks very elegant," Estanguet said.

"There is a perfect balance between an object that is very beautiful and very aesthetic but it is also something that carries a meaning that will endure."

The Torch is 70 centimetres tall and weighs 1.5 kilograms.

The design is identical for both Olympic and Paralympic Torches.

"The question was how to turn the values of Paris 2024 into shapes, we started with the idea of parity, this notion of perfect equality, we asked ourselves how to give shape to equality?" Lehanneur continued.

"It became the principle of symmetry."

The colour of the Torch has been described as that of champagne.

"We wanted something that was not too golden but still warm," Lehanneur insisted.

"If you were to blend a gold, silver and bronze medal and mix them together you would get this champagne colour."

Lehanneur had been chosen for the task after an open tender for designers launched last year.

He had been shortlisted from a group of ten and then chosen to execute the final design.

"Frankly I am not a big fan of competitions, but in this type of case it was impossible for me to say no," Lehanneur admitted.

"It was a great surprise to receive a brief that was Carte Blanche, it was super open."

He had previously designed a cafe at the Louvre Museum in Paris and also created street furniture for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) held in Paris.

"We wanted to be sure that the Flame itself would remain visible whatever the weather," he said.

A slit has therefore been incorporated into the top of the Torch so that the Flame can be seen from all sides.

The lower portion of the Torch has been designed as a "wave relief" in polished steel to represent both the waters of the River Seine and the ocean voyages made by the Flame during the Relay.

"We wanted to play on the context and the context is Paris, so the idea is to express the idea of Paris by the water, of course the Seine River which goes through Paris and is going to be the main stage for the Opening Ceremony," Lehanneur said.

"We also wanted to express the idea of the journey of the Torch, the water is the common thread to all the elements."

The Torches are to be manufactured from recycled steel, processed by Paris 2024 partner ArcelorMittal at their factories in France.

A silversmith in Normandy working with the company is to add the special decorations.

The champagne colouring is to be provided by another craftsman using a process known as Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD), which will enable each Torch to be cleaned for re-use.

Only around 2,000 Torches are to be made and these will each be re-used approximately ten times during the course of the Relay as part of an initiative to make the event as sustainable as possible.

The Paris 2024 Torch will be introduced at the official Flame Lighting Ceremony in Olympia on April 16 2024.

Traditionally, the Flame is carried from the ancient Olympic Stadium by a Greek bearer, as yet unnamed.

The Olympic Flame is set to arrive in Marseille on May 8 2024, carried on board the sailing ship Belem.

The Flame is also to travel across the Atlantic by tri-catamaran to visit French overseas territories and is also to stop at Tahiti, scheduled to host Olympic surfing competitions.

The Relay is planned to take 68 days to the Olympic Opening Ceremony set for July 26 2024.

Although Lehanneur and his team are also responsible for designing the cauldron in which the Flame is to burn throughout the Games, no announcement on the design or the final location of the cauldron has yet been made.

Originally Posted by S Landreth

The Great Britain Empire are forecast to win many hundreds of medals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.


232 medals, alone, in the graphic below and many more to come from other reaches of The Empire such as Jamaica, Canada, India, the African long distance runners, a rugby gold from Fiji, and perhaps a sailing bronze from the Kiwis...

I made a couple of improvements to the above article...

^62 medals is a great number based on population.

A preview of tomorrow’s post……

• IOC issues invitation to Ukrainian fencer disqualified for anti-Russia protest

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued a special invitation to a Ukrainian fencer to take part in the Paris Olympics next year, after she was disqualified from a tournament for refusing to shake hands with her defeated Russian opponent.

The IOC president, Thomas Bach, a former Olympic champion fencer himself, wrote in person to Olha Kharlan to make a “unique exception” to Olympic qualifying procedures, in an unusually emotional letter.

“As a fellow fencer, it is impossible for me to imagine how you feel at this moment,” Bach said. “The war against your country, the suffering of the people in Ukraine … all this is a roller coaster of emotions and feelings. It is admirable how you are managing this incredibly difficult situation, and I would like to express my full support for you.”

The letter was copied to the Ukrainian fencing federation, its national Olympic committee and the International Fencing Federation, which had disqualified Kharlan from the world fencing championship in Milan on Thursday, after she had offered to touch sabres but not shake hands with the Russian fencer she had beaten, Anna Smirnova. Smirnova staged a 50-minute protest on the fencing piste in protest at the snub.

Bach said that without the qualification points from the world championships, Kharlan would not normally be able to take part in the Paris Olympics.

“Given your unique situation, the International Olympic Committee will allocate an additional quota place to you for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, in case you will not be able to qualify in the remaining period,” Bach wrote. “We make this unique exception also because the ongoing procedures will in no case make up for the qualification points you missed because of your disqualification.”

The decision was welcomed by Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, who had called on the International Fencing Federation to reverse its decision.

“Truth and dignity prevail when we all stand up for them and fight as one,” Kuleba wrote on social media.

Netherlands claim women’s crown as water polo Paris 2024 Qualifiers confirmed

Both finalists, Netherlands and Spain, have qualified for the women’s water polo tournament at Paris 2024.

Netherlands are the world champions in water polo for the first time in 32 years, after defeating Spain 17-16 on penalties in the final at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on Friday (28 July).

It was the second time in history that the Dutch women have claimed the world title. They became Olympic champions in 2008.

Both Netherlands and Spain booked tickets to Paris 2024 by reaching the finals in Japan.

Italy beat Australia to take the bronze medal 16-14.

The men’s fight for gold will be an encounter between Greece and Hungary on Saturday. Greece knocked out Serbia in Friday's semi-final 13-7, while Hungary were victorious against Spain 12-11.

Greece and Hungary have both booked a ticket to the Paris Olympics next year by reaching the men's final.

Tom Daley to return to diving with sights set on Paris 2024 Olympic Games - at son's request

Olympic diving champion Tom Daley has announced his return to the pool after a two year absence with his sights set on Paris 2024 - after a request by his son.

The 29-year-old won gold alongside Matty Lee in the men's synchronised 10m platform at the Tokyo Games, his third Olympics after his debut as a teenager at Beijing 2008.

The three-time world champion has not competed since then, declaring he had "in theory retired".

But in a new YouTube video he said a recent trip to Colorado Springs in the United States had reignited his competitive spirit with a year to go until the Paris Games.

Daley and his American filmmaker husband Dustin Lance Black travelled to Colorado for the birth of their second son, with Daley saying he had not realised its status as an Olympic city until they arrived.

He then took eldest son Robbie to the museum there and felt inspired to attempt a return.

• Aussie swimming stars and France pool king Marchand lay down Olympic marker for 2024 Games

Leon Marchand's performances at swimming's world championships gave a tantalising glimpse of what he could achieve at next year's Paris Olympics, while Australia's stars will also be confident after an impressive display.

French sensation Marchand was irresistible in Fukuoka, winning three gold medals and breaking Michael Phelps' long-standing 400m individual medley world record.

The 21-year-old cut a relaxed figure in and out of the pool, rarely looking flustered.

The Paris Olympics will be a different matter, with the expectations of the host nation cranked up to potentially overwhelming levels.

Marchand said he was "super-happy" with what he achieved in Japan, where he was named the competition's top men's swimmer.

"It's not perfect, there are always things to improve," he said.

"But I'm super-satisfied with what I've done this year."

Australia's Kaylee McKeown took the women's MVP award after sweeping all three backstroke events.

She was one of several outstanding performers in an Australian team that tied their best world championships tally of 13 golds to top the medal table for the first time since 2001.

McKeown said the prize was a reward for "how well we've done as a collective as an Australian team".

"For me, as proud as I am, I feel like I should have shared that with my teammates," she said.

Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan became the first woman ever to complete a 100m-200m freestyle world double, and won five gold medals overall.

The 19-year-old also played a part in four world records both individually and as a team, including setting a new mark in the women's 200m freestyle.

Another Australian, Ariarne Titmus, won an epic women's 400m freestyle final, outduelling American Katie Ledecky and Canadian Summer McIntosh in a world-record time.

Ledecky dusted herself down and went on to claim gold in both the 800m and 1500m freestyle, cementing her status as the most decorated woman in world championships history.

The 26-year-old has said she wants to compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and she is likely to be a force at the Paris Games before then.

- Young Americans -

Ledecky's performances helped lift an American team that only really came alive late in the competition.

Ledecky believes young Americans like men's 50m and 100m freestyle silver medallist Jack Alexy will learn from the experience.

"It's a really young team -- the things I'm hearing at the lunch table, dinner table, people are learning a lot," said Ledecky.

"We want to be better next year in Paris so I think we'll continue to encourage each other."

China enjoyed a more successful world championships than last year in Budapest, where they won only one individual gold.

The Chinese claimed five in Fukuoka thanks largely to the performances of new breaststroke king Qin Haiyang.

Qin won all three breaststroke titles and will look to challenge Adam Peaty in Paris if the British swimmer returns to competition following a mental health break.

Romania's David Popovici left empty-handed after arriving in Fukuoka as defending champion in men's 100m and 200m freestyle. The 18-year-old insisted, however, he would "be just fine" at Paris 2024.

"After I take some time off for myself, clear my head, reflect on this very busy and weird year I've had, I'm going back in the pool," he said.

"Fortunately for me, what hasn't gone perfectly here is trainable."

Lithuanian breaststroker Ruta Meilutyte enhanced her reputation with two golds and a world record.

Tunisia's Ahmed Hafnaoui also claimed two titles and came close to beating Sun Yang's 11-year-old world record in the men's 1500m freestyle.

Then there was Canadian prodigy McIntosh, who lost her world record and missed out on a medal in the women's 400m freestyle but still left with two world titles.

The 16-year-old won the women's 200m butterfly and 400m individual medley, and said she had "learned so much strategically" from the competition.

"It's always good to get positive and negative feedback on how I can improve my races," she said.

• One year to go

One year from today, just before 9am local time, the first athletics champions of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be crowned.

It will be the first of 48 sets of medals that will be awarded during the track and field programme of the Games, spanning 11 days of action. Here are some of the expected highlights from each of those 11 days.

Day one (1 August)

The starting gun will fire at 7:30am local time for the men’s and women’s 20km race walk events, marking the start of the athletics programme in the French capital.

Held on Pont d’lena, against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, the races will bring together the best race walkers in the world with athletes such as double world champion Kimberly Garcia and world and Olympic champion Massimo Stano competing for top honours.

Day two (2 August)

In-stadium track and field action will kick off on this day, starting with heats of the women’s 100m in the morning and ending with the men’s 10,000m in the evening session.

Uganda’s world record-holder Jacob Kiplimo has won the past two world titles for the 25-lap event, but he was beaten to gold in this discipline by Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega at the last Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Another world record-holder, Kevin Mayer – one of the host nation’s best hopes for a gold medal – will likely be in action on this day as the first five disciplines of the decathlon get under way.

Day three (3 August)

The fastest woman in the world will be crowned on the evening of the third day when the women’s 100m final takes place. Expect a strong Jamaican presence as Elaine Thompson-Herah has won the past two Olympic titles, while compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is a five-time world champion at the distance. But the US challenge is always tough, too.

The decathlon will also reach its conclusion on this day, while the mixed 4x400m will produce much excitement on the track.

The men’s shot put and women’s triple jump have seen their fair share of world records in recent years, and that could continue on this night in Paris as both disciplines take place.

Day four (4 August)

The men’s 100m final on the evening of 4 August will, as ever, be one of the biggest focuses of the Games.

Italy’s Marcell Jacobs won the wide-open final in Tokyo in 2021, while USA’s Fred Kerley took the world title in Oregon last year. Another gold medallist could emerge at the World Championships in Budapest next month, while several other contenders will be vying for the podium.

The women’s high jump and men’s hammer will add further interest to the programme on day four.

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Day 11 (11 August)

In a break from tradition, the last athletics action of the Games will be the women’s marathon, which will take place on the morning of 11 August as the world’s best road runners compete for the final title on offer in Paris.

• After a Deal Worth $166 Million, Paris Olympics Signs Major Player Worth Over $1.14B

Paris has been placed as the global epicenter, with the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games being hosted by the French capital. As the countdown to the games has already begun, the organizers are leaving no stone unturned to ensure the events become a universal celebration. Speculations had been mounting about a potential collaboration between LVMH and the 2024 Games ever since Paris secured the bid. However, it has recently been confirmed that the luxury conglomerate is making significant contributions to the Games in Paris.

Just days after reports surfaced that the sponsorship deal between LVMH and the 2024 Paris Olympics was likely a whooping $166 million, another big player was added to its grandeur.

Set to begin on July 24, 2024, the Olympics and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 Organizing Committee (OCOG) partnered with Tremblay-en-France-based airline carrier. Air France, which has a net worth of over $1.14 billion, has started its preparations for the arrival of athletes, fans and media in France.

As reported by Corporate Airfrance, the Airplane is the 13th official partner of the games and plans to offer special attention to individuals with reduced mobility or disabilities. Air France’s Saphir service will primarily provide assistance for the Paralympic Games. Alongside mobility assistance, the airline is also undertaking modifications to its cargo hold to accommodate the equipment required by the participants of the games.

This isn’t Air France’s first involvement with the Olympic Games. Since 1952, the carrier has been providing its services to France’s sports and international delegations for the Olympics. Meanwhile, among the other official partners for the Games are the French bank Caisse des Dépôts, tech company Cisco, retail company Decathlon, French entertainment company GL Events, the U.K.-based multinational corporation PwC, Paris-based food company Danone, and sports equipment company Le Coq Sportif.

LVMH brands take center stage

Several brands under the LVMH umbrella will play crucial roles at the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games. Starting with the historic Parisian jeweler, Chaumet, which is responsible for designing the medals. Moët Hennessy will be in charge of supplying wine and spirits throughout the duration of the games. Sephora will assist with the Olympic Torch Relay. As the opening ceremony approaches, the roles and responsibilities of Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Berluti will be unveiled.

Anticipation has been building for the games, and many French companies are actively pursuing sponsorship deals. While most of the events will take place in Paris, additional celebrations are planned for Marseille and Tahiti.

• Paris 2024 Olympic Open Water Test Event Postponed Due to Pollution in River Seine

The Open Water Swimming World Cup stop this weekend in Paris has been postponed due to substandard water quality in the River Seine caused by the city’s heaviest summer rainfall in two decades.

A training session on Friday morning was canceled and the women’s 10km race scheduled for Saturday has been pushed back until Sunday, the same day as the men’s 10km. World Aquatics said an update on water quality will be released around 5 a.m. Paris time on Sunday morning, just a couple hours before the women’s 10km is slated to begin.

“The water quality in the river Seine is still below acceptable standards for safeguarding swimmers’ health, following several days of rainfall,” the French Swimming Federation (FFN) said on Friday. “As a result, the decision has been taken, in consultation with public health authorities and event delivery partners, to modify the proposed schedule.”

The event is doubling as a test run for the Paris Olympics next summer, when swimmers will compete in the Seine for open water and triathlon events. The course features a direct view of the Eiffel Tower.

This weekend’s races represented the fourth of five stops on the 2023 Open Water Swimming World Cup tour after previous competitions in Soma Bay (Egypt), Golfo Aranci (Italy), and Setubal (Portugal). The last World Cup races will take place in Eilat (Israel) on Dec. 1 and 2.

Paris 2024 Olympic organizers said they will be better prepared to deal with pollution in the River Seine by the time next summer rolls around. An $88 billion underground overflow basin should be ready before next summer to further prevent contamination.

Pollution issues with open water are not a new phenomenon at the Summer Olympics. At the 2016 Games in Rio, waterborne viruses were a major concern in Guanabra Bay, and at Tokyo 2020, water quality issues (as a result of pollution) in Tokyo Bay were a major storyline leading all the way up to the Games.

World Archery Championships 2023: Aditi Gopichand Swami wins individual compound gold medal - all Indian winners

At 17, Indian archer Aditi Swami became the youngest to win an individual gold medal at the world championships. Ojas Pravin Deotale won in the men’s event.

India’s Aditi Gopichand Swami and Ojas Pravin Deotale won gold medals in the women's and men’s individual compound events, respectively, at the World Archery Championships 2023 in Berlin, Germany on Saturday.

India finished the Berlin archery meet with four medals - three golds and one bronze. All the medals were won by compound archers.

The medal tally was India’s best haul at the world championships. India had never bagged a gold medal since the championships began in 1931.

The 17-year-old Aditi Gopichand Swami, seeded sixth, defeated Andrea Becerra of Mexico 149-147 in the final to become the youngest archer to win an individual event at the senior world championships.

Archery - Paris 2024

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Originally Posted by S Landreth

^62 medals is a great number based on population.

Its all about beating the EU

^62 might not do it

Olympics swimming test event in Seine canceled due to poor water quality

Workers are seen dismantling a temporary venue to host a pre-Olympic swimming test competition that was canceled on Sunday.

A swimming competition that was supposed to serve as a test event ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics was canceled due to poor water quality in the Seine, casting doubt over the French government’s audacious plan to clean up the famous river before next summer.

World Aquatics, the international governing body for swimming and water sports, and the Paris 2024 organizing committee said above-average rainfall in July had left the Seine too polluted to swim in. The decision to cancel the event, the Open Water Swimming World Cup, was made by World Aquatics in consultation with the French Swimming Federation (FFN) and public health authorities.

“World Aquatics is disappointed that water quality in the Seine has resulted in the cancellation of the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup, but the health of our athletes must always be our top priority,” said World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam.

Olympic organizers expressed confidence that the Seine would be better prepared for swimmers when the Games open next year. The Paris 2024 organizing committee in a statement that new infrastructure will be put in place to further improve the water treatment in rainy weather by the start of the Paris Olympics. Contingency measures, such as postponing competitions due to water quality, are also being planned.

Paris plans to make the river Seine the centerpiece of the Olympics. It will feature prominently in the opening ceremony, while several swimming events, paratriathlon and triathlon events are set to take place in its waters.

2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon Announcement

WHAT:

This Tuesday, August 1, the City of Orlando, USA Track & Field, Track Shack Events, and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission will unveil the route for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon that will be hosted in downtown Orlando on Saturday, February 3, 2024.

WHERE:

Rotunda at Orlando City Hall
400 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801

WHEN:

Tuesday, August 1, 2023
10:30am – 11:00am EST

Paris 2024 Marathon Pour Tous