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    2024 Paris Olympic Games

    The Olympic Games of Paris 2024

    The Paris 2024 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games will be the biggest event ever organised in France. The Olympic Games will take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024.

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    It’s a bit early but trials will start earlier and some have already qualified.

    U.S. Olympic Team Trials


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    'So expensive' - Paris Olympics ticket prices mar image of Games for all


    Athletes have joined the clamour of criticism at the high cost of tickets for the 2024 Paris Olympics, decried as undermining organisers' promises of a Games accessible to all.

    Phase two of sales got underway on May 11, with nearly 1.5 million individual tickets available, after over three million were sold as multi-event packs during phase one.

    Sales have been swift with two thirds of the latest batch snapped up on the first day, organisers said.

    Tickets for the men's judo heavyweight final, in which France's triple Olympic gold medallist Teddy Riner is expected to compete, sold out in two hours.

    "Frankly it started very strong, almost too much so. It's proof of the huge enthusiasm," the organising committee said.

    But just as during phase one, there were vocal protests, particularly on social media, that the exorbitant prices conflicted with the "Games for all" promised by Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet.

    "We expected the criticism, we were warned that the sales periods were a difficult time. But we underestimated the scale," conceded Estanguet, a former three-time Olympic canoeing champion.

    "With four million registered in the draw for 1.5 million tickets on sale, we knew that some people would be disappointed."

    Of the promised one million seats at 24 euros ($26), the lowest price for next year's Olympics, nearly 150,000 went up for sale in phase two.

    But as these tickets were the first to go, potential buyers quickly found themselves facing much higher prices.

    Three days after the launch of the second phase, sports fans were offered tickets at 690 euros and even 980 euros for athletics semi-finals, and as high as 2,700 euros for the opening ceremony.

    Athletes were also unhappy with the prices.

    Belgian Nafissatou Thiam, a two-time Olympic heptathlon champion, told Belgian media DH: "I'm not even sure that my family will be able to come to see me, it's so expensive."

    French judoka Amandine Buchard, a world bronze medallist, slammed organisers on Twitter: "Olympic Games accessible to all, you said... In fact, you have to take out a bank loan so that families and loved ones can have the chance to come and see us… Well at least if by then there are still tickets."

    "How can we put such high prices for our sport?" French runner Jimmy Gressier wrote on Instagram.

    French Sports Minster Amelie Oudea-Castera defended the pricing policy, telling parliament on May 16 ticket prices were lower than at previous Olympics.

    She did admit though that: "The accessible tickets, at 24 euros, exist but they go too quickly."

    For sports policy expert David Roizen, in the money-spinning world of modern sports, a Games for all "doesn't exist".

    "The Champions League final, the Olympics, are events reserved for a financial elite," Roizen told AFP.
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    When I saw the news about ticket sales, I thought that might be a nice time to visit Paris again.

    But then..........

    The first phases of ticket sales for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been completed.

    The first two sales phases of the Olympic Games are now closed.

    We remind you that any resale outside the official platform is prohibited.

    Further opportunities to purchase your tickets will be offered before 2024.

    What are the chances, “with four million registered in the draw for 1.5 million tickets on sale”?


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    Can't wait to see who's posted most often on this one in late 2024.

    When will the paris olympic paralympics start, I ponder.

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    The best spectating will be watching the protests and riots. I am sure the average Frenchie will be just thrilled with public spending going to the Olympics

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    is it a games for the homeless and refugees? are they including purse snatching 100 yard dash?

    given their policing of the champions league, shouldn't have it

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Can't wait to see who's posted most often on this one in late 2024.
    Me?

    While I’m here a look back.......




    Maybe Team USA can bump it up a bit more in 2024.

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    First challenge

    Victor Wembanyama Reveals Audacious Goal for 2024 Paris Olympics

    Victor Wembanyama has his sights set on the NBA as the projected No. 1 pick in this year’s draft.

    However, playing in the NBA isn’t the only goal the French superstar has in mind. He’s already thinking about the 2024 Summer Olympics, which will be held in Paris.

    And Wembanyama has one specific goal in mind for the 2024 Games.

    “You know the Olympics are in Paris in 2024,” Wembanyama told French broadcaster Pascal Giberné last fall, via ESPN. “And there could be no more perfect occasion for me to win my first title with the French national team. My goal is to beat Team USA in the final.”

    The United States has won four consecutive Olympic gold medals in men’s basketball. France lost to the U.S., 87-82, in the gold medal game at the Tokyo Olympics. Wembanyama, 19, wasn’t on the team then, but he clearly aims to be a difference-maker next summer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Can't wait to see who's posted most often on this one in late 2024.
    Could they rival the poster with over 95% of the contributions on the Sporting "News" thread?

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    ^You must of enjoyed this post,.........

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    yesterday at the PGA Championship



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    France to remove homeless from Paris ahead of Rugby World Cup, 2024 Olympics

    From mid-March, the government began asking officials around France to create "temporary regional accommodation facilities" that can handle an outflux of homeless people from the capital, many of them migrants.

    Housing Minister Olivier Klein explained to parliament earlier this month that the changes were necessary because of an expected accommodation crunch in the City of Light during the Rugby World Cup from September and the Olympics next July and August.

    Many low-end hotels that authorities use to provide emergency accommodation to homeless people plan to rent their rooms at market rates to sports fans and holiday makers.

    The government estimates that hotel capacity available to accommodate the homeless "will fall by 3,000-4,000 places due to these events," Klein told MPs on May 5.

    He said the expected fall "obliges us to ask questions and prepare for the situation... It's about opening accommodation spaces in provincial areas for people who require emergency accommodation."

    But some of the proposed locations are already sparking concern among local elected figures.

    The mayor of Bruz in northwest Brittany, Philippe Salmon, voiced his opposition on Tuesday to the idea of a new centre in his town of 18,000 people near regional capital Rennes. "We are not in favour of the creation of a facility in our area, in conditions that we consider unacceptable," he said. The proposed site was next to a railway line and "polluted by hydrocarbons and heavy metals," he said.

    'Positive in principle'

    Pascal Brice, the head of the Federation for Solidarity Workers, a homelessness charity, said that "putting people up in good conditions all over France rather than in the streets of the Paris region is positive in principle. "But will they put in the necessary resources?"

    He said there was danger of "putting people on buses" then failing to look after them. Hadrien Clouet, an MP from the hard-left France Unbowed party, accused the government of adopting "the method of all authoritarian regimes: moving the homeless by force to hide them from sight of those taking part in the 2024 Olympics."

    Authorities in China cleared an unknown number of beggars, hawkers and the homeless from the streets of China before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, with many shipped back to their home regions, reports said at the time.

    Brazilian campaign groups also said Rio de Janeiro's homeless were being forced out of tourist areas in the middle of the night as the city hosted the games in 2016.

    The French initiative to create emergency housing capacity in small towns around the country fits a pattern under President Emmanuel Macron of trying to disperse migrants and others requiring social support from the densely populated Paris region.

    Efforts to create housing facilities for asylum seekers in provincial areas have already proved an explosive issue, sparking fierce resistance from some local people, far-right activists and mayors.

    A French mayor who supported a migrant centre in his area of northwest France had part of his house burned down in an arson attack, leading him to resign earlier this month.

    Housing Minister Klein said the fight against homelessness was "a priority" of the president and that funds allotted to solving the problem had "increased by five between 2012 and 2022."

    After coming to power in 2017, Macron gave himself to the end of the year to end rough sleeping once and for all.

    He later admitted that he had failed, citing an influx of migrants from Africa and South Asia as the reason.

    Many of Paris's bridges and parks are used for shelter by the homeless, with camps and tents regularly cleared away by security forces.

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    After the flame is lit in the traditional ceremony in Olympia, Greece, it will arrive by sea in Marseille aboard the three-master Belem on May 8.

    From there it will travel across France on its way to the Olympic opening ceremony in the capital on July 26.

    There has been speculation that the Olympic flame will be placed on the Eiffel Tower, but the president of the organising committee, Tony Estanguet, told a press conference the final destination had not been decided.

    "The Eiffel Tower has not been decided as the lighting location for the cauldron," he said.

    A novelty this time is "collective relays", which could be groups of up to 24 people, with one carrying the torch.

    There will be 3,000 collective and 7,000 individual torchbearers, including equal numbers of men and women aged 15 and over.

    Each torchbearer will carry the flame for around 4 minutes over a distance of 200 metres.

    A third of the torchbearers will be selected by the organising committee and the sports bodies, another third by relay sponsors Coca-Cola and French bank BPCE, another third by other Olympic partners, and the final 10 percent by the regions hosting the relay.

    The International Olympic Committee forbids elected officials and religious figures carrying the flame.

    Some French departments refused to take part, deeming the 180,000-euro ($193,000) cost prohibitive.

    The organisers said there would be "an itinerant bubble" of security around the flame provided by the French gendarmes, police and local security forces.

    The Paralympic torch relay, which will arrive in Paris on August 28 for the opening of the Paralympic Games, will involve 1,000 torchbearers, and will be shorter.

    The record for most torch bearers is 20,000 ahead of the Beijing summer Games in 2008. That relay passed through 19 countries, where it was carried by more than 1,300 bearers, before reaching China. It covered a total of 85,000 miles on its 130-day journey.

    For the last Summer Olympics in Japan in 2021, the Olympic torch relay was banned from public thoroughfares in many departments, including Tokyo, because of Covid. For the same reason the relay ahead of the 2022 Winter Games was reduced to three stages in Beijing.

    At the London Olympics in 2013, 8,000 people relayed the flame.

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    5 Surfers Qualify For Olympics

    For South Africa, Jordy Smith and Sarah Baum have qualified.

    For New Zealand, Billy Stairmand and Saffi Vette have qualified. Saffi said, “I’m kind of terrified of Teahupo’o but I’ll give it a red hot crack.”

    And for Japan, Shino Matsuda has qualified.

    All three of these countries surfed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.


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    North Korean weightlifters skip Olympic qualifier in Cuba despite registering




    North Korean weightlifters failed to show at an Olympic qualifying competition in Cuba on Thursday despite registering for the event, extending a yearslong absence from international sport.

    The development comes after the DPRK’s registration last month raised the possibility that the country would soon ease its strict COVID-19 border controls, which have prevented even its own citizens from entering the country since early 2020.

    The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced on May 22 that the DPRK Weightlifting Federation would send 14 men and women to the IWF Grand Prix, which kicked off in Havana this week.

    But a North Korean athlete did not appear for his official weigh-in on Thursday, after the IWF made repeated attempts to contact sports and Olympic authorities in Pyongyang since Monday without success.

    On Friday, the IWF announced that it had received an email from North Korea’s weightlifting federation in the morning confirming they would not attend.

    “We received a letter from them, just saying they were not coming,” an IWF spokesperson said. “No reason or further explanation.”

    North Korea has won more Olympic medals in weightlifting than any other sport, but their Grand Prix no-show means it cannot send lifters to the Summer Games in Paris next year.

    “This is so weird,” Canadian gold medalist Maude Charron said after learning her North Korean competitors failed to show up. She was one of several professional weightlifters who criticized the IWF’s decision to allow North Korea to participate in Havana because its athletes had not undergone the same level of anti-doping testing and monitoring as everybody else.

    Hall-of-fame coach Paul Coffa previously called the decision “a catastrophe for weightlifting” and “the biggest bullshit of the century.”

    No North Korean weightlifter has been tested for performance-enhancing drugs since 2019, the last time they competed abroad, according to the International Testing Agency, an anti-doping body for professional sports. It is “not feasible for the ITA to conduct unannounced testing in North Korea,” the agency noted.

    Doping is a big enough problem in weightlifting that it convinced the International Olympic Committee to drop it entirely from the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

    Aside from a handful of diplomats, no one has been allowed to leave or enter North Korea since the beginning of 2020 as part of the regime’s effort to mitigate the risks of COVID-19. The country missed the Olympics in Japan in 2021 as a result, receiving a multi-month ban from the IOC.

    Despite this, there has been growing speculation that North Korea is preparing to open its borders to travel in the near future. It allowed the new Chinese ambassador and a small delegation into Pyongyang in March, and a Chinese travel agency has advertised new DPRK tours for later this month.

    North Korea’s soccer association also condemned the Netherlands for allegedly denying entry visas for its athletes to participate in 14th World Military Women’s Football Championship this month.

    Meanwhile, despite their absence, all 14 lifters appear in the official Grand Prix program of entries and events in Havana.

    The first North Korean listed for action was Pang Un Chol in the men’s 55 kg yesterday evening. When he failed to weigh in two hours before the competition, he became ineligible for Paris. The same process will apply to the other 13 North Koreans as the event continues.

    “In accordance with the Olympic qualification rules, athletes aiming at participating in the 2024 Games in Paris must take part in two mandatory events — the 2023 IWF World Championships and the 2024 IWF World Cup,” IWF general secretary Antonio Urso said.

    The North Koreans who registered for Cuba would also have had to compete in several other events ahead of Paris, Urso explained.

    The Grand Prix ends on June 18, and the last date on which a North Korean is scheduled to lift is June 15.

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    Gold medalist Suni Lee to return to elite gymnastics for 2024 Olympic run




    Olympian Sunisa “Suni” Lee is planning to make another run for the 2024 Paris Games.

    In an Instagram post Tuesday, Lee shared that her upcoming sophomore season competing for Auburn University will be her last.

    Lee, 19, plans to return to elite gymnastics after this winter in a bid for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics.

    “I don’t want it (the Olympics) to just be once in a lifetime,” she said in a video posted Tuesday. “I have my sights set on Paris in 2024, and I know what I have to do to get there. I’m looking forward to rolling up my sleeves and putting in the work.”

    She added that gymnastics is her “passion” and “something that I love so deeply because it pushes me to be the best version of myself every single day.”

    Lee took home three medals at the Tokyo Olympics, winning gold in the all-around, silver in the team event, and bronze in the uneven bars. She hasn’t competed in elite international gymnastics since then, choosing to instead attend Auburn and take part in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.

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    Facing Olympic corruption charges, Dentsu out as IOC broadcast partner in Asia

    http://apnews.com/article/olympics-asia-broadcast-rights-dentsu-infront-5be7954456ff51a477c103567cbd6d7a

    I expect usual rights bunfight marathon

    LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Facing corruption charges linked to the Tokyo Olympics, Japanese marketing giant Dentsu will no longer be a major broadcast rights holder in Asia.
    The International Olympic Committee said Thursday it has awarded exclusive rights for four Olympics from 2026 to 2032 to the Switzerland-based, Chinese-owned sports marketing agency Infront.
    The 22-market Asian deal includes Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Taiwan and Vietnam, but not China, Japan or South Korea.
    A statement from the IOC and Infront did not mention Dentsu, which was the called the “gatekeeper” for selling Asian rights to broadcasters starting with the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics through the 2024 Paris Summer Games.
    Dentsu and other companies were charged in February by prosecutors in Japan for collusion in commercial contracts for the Tokyo Olympics. A former Dentsu executive is implicated in a separate bribery case linked to Olympic sponsorship.
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    Metro Boulot Dodo encore?

    Chaos in Paris metro leads to further concerns for 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

    To be fwoggyphile at least NikNikSarkozy is wearing a tag , unlike gropers like Trump and Johnson free to evade screwtinny

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    Saccage aims to extinguish

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    No withdrawal, no Olympics.” The slogan spread across social media after President Emmanuel Macron signed a law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.
    Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets in fiery protest. Macron, who undemocratically fast-tracked the legislation, has seen his popularity slump like a wet baguette. A recent poll showed that if last spring’s election between Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen were replayed today, the neofascist would trounce the centrist president 55 percent to 45 percent. Activists even torched the awning of one his favorite brasseries.

    “No withdrawal, no Olympics”—or #pasderetraitpasdeJO on social media—speaks to the mood of the country. Danielle Simonnet, a member of France’s National Assembly from the left-wing populist party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed), told us, the new law signals an “authoritarian drift” under Macron and that linking the pension law and the Paris 2024 Olympics indicates “a deep political crisis marking a strong aspiration for a Sixth Republic so that the president stops behaving like a monarch against the people.”

    Simonnet added, “Connecting the rejection of the Olympics with the rejection of the pension law marks the level of popular awareness of the same logic that underlies them: a policy for the profits of a handful, at the expense of the overwhelming majority.”

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    How amusing. Spectator costs, athlete intentions, marketing corruption?

    Is it too soon for terrorism to raise its ugly head? The French being the French, how long before they upset one of more unruly organisations?

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    ^I had this post ready since I started this thread. Was just waiting for the right time.

    It would be difficult to stop any lone wolf, but it does seem the French are taking the necessary steps.




    The Olympics opening ceremony will begin at 8:24pm on July 26, when the first boat – carrying the Greek delegation – emerges onto the River Seine from the eastern part of the capital. The vessel will lead a flotilla of boats carrying the athletes participating in the Games 6 kilometres west through the heart of the French capital, past famous landmarks and crowds of spectators.

    The last boat, carrying the French delegation, will arrive at 11:50pm at the Eiffel Tower, where athletes and other spectators will witness the artistic and musical spectacular of the official ceremony along with the lighting of the Olympic flame.

    Olympic host countries typically use the opening ceremony to spotlight their national culture for a global audience, usually through song and dance. But the organisers of the 2024 games have added a twist by declining to host the event in a stadium in order to make the city of Paris itself the star of the show.

    “It's the biggest audience that France will ever have had, the most beautiful showcase,” said organising committee president Tony Estanguet at a press conference on Tuesday. “Our responsibility is to create dreams, to show how incredible this country is."

    "The open and public character of this ceremony will enable hundreds of thousands of people to see it for free," added Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.

    But both the scale and open staging of the event pose unique logistical and security challenges.

    Organisers have promised the ceremony will be “the largest ever held in the history of the Games”, and the numbers are colossal: Some 10,500 athletes, 100,000 paying guests, up to 400,000 free-ticket holders and 200 heads of state are set to attend. Live broadcasts will be shown on 80 giant screens and extensive sound systems will be erected in the capital.

    Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin joined Estanguet and Mayor Hidalgo on Tuesday to detail an 11-page security protocol aimed at shielding the event from the threats of terrorism, drone attacks and other risks.

    One of the biggest security announcements was that attendees wanting to claim one of the hundreds of thousands of free tickets will have to sign up in advance on a ticketing platform set up by France’s interior ministry. Darmanin said the tool would “be indispensable for regulating all [crowd] flows for tourists and Parisians”.

    Free-ticket holders will have access to one of 20 zones along the river's upper embankments, separated from guests paying for a closer, waterside view. They will not have access to bridges, which will be reserved for logistics, sound and lighting equipment, emergency services and security, and paid ticket holders.

    Ticket prices for the opening ceremony ran as high as €2,700 during the most recent ticket sale on May 11. Athletes and others have already decried the high prices of tickets to the competitions, which run from €24 to €980 for semi-final events.

    35,000 police officers

    The security protocol addressed acute concerns that the show might be a target for terrorism, as well as the possibility of protests after the sustained and sometimes violent demonstrations this year against pension reforms pushed by President Emmanuel Macron.

    Bomb-carrying drones are also a worry. “It's a totally new threat,” Darmanin said. “It's not certain that anything will happen but it is certainly the most difficult to prepare for.”

    Plans include an unprecedented deployment of 35,000 police officers in the French capital for the opening ceremony. (For comparison, the London police force deployed nearly 13,000 police officers for its largest-ever security operation, the coronation of King Charles.)

    Some 2,000-3,000 security agents from private firms will be also be called upon, with stepped-up screening procedures for hiring.

    “We will be, in terms of security, extremely demanding regarding those who will be on the lower and higher quays [of the river] or to the stadiums, including private security agents,” Darmanin said.

    An extra 400 security cameras will also be installed on Paris streets ahead of the event, bringing the total to 4,400.

    Critics have already raised privacy concerns about video surveillance technology that will be used during the Games in Paris on an experimental basis, combining cameras with artificial intelligence software to flag potential security risks such as abandoned packages or crowd surges.

    Darmanin on Tuesday defended the measures, saying that all security efforts put in place “had a common objective: that the experience for spectators will be as good as possible”.

    Unanswered questions

    As plans solidify for the ceremony – now only 14 months away – announcements this week indicate some attempts to downsize the event. Previous announcements put the number of free tickets at 500,000, as opposed to the “roughly” 300,000 – 400,000 suggested by the sports minister overseeing the Olympics, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, on Sunday.

    Darmanin on Tuesday said “hundreds of thousands” of free tickets would be available.

    There remain questions over a recruitment shortfall for privately hired security agents and how many boats will join the flotilla. French media have quoting figures between 90-170 vessels. But “there are questions over how many delegations will refuse to join the parade as well as which delegations will accept sharing boats”, a member of the organising committee told French sports media site RMC Sport.

    Tuesday’s safety protocol specifies there will be 30 security boats and 25 other craft in reserve in case of breakdowns or other needs.

    A partial trial run for the flotilla, without passengers, will take place on July 17, with more tests planned for spring 2024. In the week before the event, two days of rehearsals on the river have been planned.

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    The olympics are just a fucking joke these days. Just a big TV borefest designed to line pockets.

    Police are searching the headquarters of the 2024 Paris Olympics organisers as part of a probe into suspected corruption.
    A Paris 2024 spokesperson said: "A police search is currently under way at the headquarters of the Organising Committee.
    "Paris 2024 is cooperating fully with the investigators to facilitate their investigations."
    An official with the financial prosecutor's office said the searches are linked to two investigations based on information provided by an anti-corruption agency.

    Police searching 2024 Paris Olympics headquarters in corruption investigation | World News | Sky News

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    Hopefully this will be the last post the sorority sister above makes here.

    But then, maybe not.

    Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Soccer Tournaments at Paris 2024 https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/art...-at-paris-2024

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    Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Program:

    Men’s One Person Dinghy – ILCA 7
    Women’s One Person Dinghy – ILCA 6
    Mixed Two Person Dinghy – 470
    Men’s Skiff – 49er
    Women’s Skiff – 49erFx
    Men’s Kiteboard – Formula Kite Class
    Women’s Kiteboard – Formula Kite Class
    Men’s Windsurfing – iQFoil
    Women’s Windsurfing – iQFoil
    Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17

    Venue: Marseille, France
    Dates: July 26-August 11

    Get moving on Olympic Day 2023

    World Sailing has committed to supporting the International Olympic Committee’s Let’s Move campaign as part of this year’s Olympic Day, taking place on June 23, 2023.

    To promote better health through sport, the Olympic Movement will encourage and support people around the world to make time in their daily lives to move in any way, anywhere. The new global initiative is led by Olympians and created in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote the health benefits of regular physical activity.

    Olympians including Allyson Felix, Pau Gasol, PV Sindhu, Yusra Mardini – to name a few of the athletes involved – have sent a digital invitation to schedule 30 minutes to move this day with them and to join the Let’s Move Olympic Day digital workout from anywhere in the world, with the ambition of turning this into a daily habit.

    “World Sailing has prioritized equity, inclusion, and accessibility to make sure more people have access to the sport,” said World Sailing President, Quanhai Li. “We encourage anyone looking to take the first steps towards a more active lifestyle to find out more about how sailing can have a long-term positive impact on physical and mental health.

    “Even if you aren’t able to get on the water on Olympic Day, please use this opportunity to tell your friends and family about the health benefits of sailing.”

    Research has found that one in four adults and over 80% of young people do not meet the recommended minimum activity levels needed for optimum health (WHO, 2022). Not having enough time in the day is one of the most common reasons given for not being able to reach this goal. At the same time, starting with just 30 minutes of movement a day has significant health benefits for hearts, bodies and minds.

    Regular physical activity can help prevent or manage certain diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some types of cancers. It also helps to prevent hypertension and reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety. Being active also ensures healthy growth and development in young people and staying healthy in later life.

    The calming effect of being on the water, interacting with nature and away from the distractions of modern life has been shown to ease the impact of conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety, amongst others. These benefits, alongside the benefits of physical activity in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, help to increase confidence, develop friendships, feel calmer and more relaxed.

    IOC President Thomas Bach added, “On Olympic Day, we celebrate the Olympic Movement’s mission to make the world a better place through sport. When we do sport, it keeps our mind and body strong and healthy. When we do sport, it inspires us to always give it our best and it makes us dream, it spreads joy and it brings us together.

    “This year, together with the WHO, we are highlighting the positive impacts sport has on both physical and mental health. We want to inspire the world to move more every day. Sport and physical activity are the low-cost, high-impact tool for healthy bodies and healthy minds and resilient communities.”

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    Ukraine should stop "depriving" its athletes of the chance to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics, says International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.

    Earlier this year, Ukraine stopped its national teams from competing in Olympic, non-Olympic and Paralympic events in which athletes from Russia or Belarus are competing.

    That decision came after the IOC recommended Russian and Belarusian athletes be allowed to compete under a neutral flag.

    "The Ukrainian athletes are being sanctioned by their own government for the war that has been started by the Russian and Belarusian governments," said Bach.

    "It is hard to understand why the Ukrainian government is depriving their own athletes from the chance to qualify for Paris 2024 and to make the Ukrainian people proud.

    "It is hard to understand why Ukrainian athletes are allowed to compete in tennis but not in table tennis, it's hard to understand why they're allowed to compete in cycling but not in swimming.

    "What the entire Olympic community and in fact the entire world is longing for is Ukrainian athletes shining brightly in international competitions."

    Ukraine has previously threatened to boycott the 2024 Olympics if the IOC allows Russian athletes to compete.

    Participation in events featuring Russians and Belarusians could see Ukrainian federations sanctioned and lose "national status".

    Some sports already allow competitors from Russia and Belarus to compete as neutrals - for example, tennis players from the two countries compete on the ATP and WTA Tours under neutral flags.

    Bach added: "We all want [Ukrainian athletes] to have the opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.

    "This means participating now in the qualification events so they can make the Ukrainian people proud, showing the resilience of the Ukrainian people and of the Ukrainian Olympic community."

    No decision has yet been taken on whether Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete in next year's Olympics.

    The United Kingdom is among 36 countries to have pledged support for an ongoing ban.

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