Thread: 2024 Paris Olympic Games

• Three Indians breach 20km race walk entry standard for Paris 2024 Olympics

Suraj Panwar, Servin and Arshpreet Singh breach 20km race walk entry standard for Paris 2024 Olympics

Three Indian athletes - Suraj Panwar, Servin and Arshpreet Singh - met the qualifying standard for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the men’s 20km race walk at the Indian Open Race Walking Competition 2024 in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old Panwar clocked one hour, 19 minutes and 44 seconds (1 : 19 : 44) to win the silver medal. Servin claimed the bronze medal with a timing of 1 : 20 : 03 and was followed by Arshpreet Singh in 1 : 20 : 04. The men’s 20km race walking qualifying standard for the Paris 2024 Olympics is 1 : 20 : 10.

With the trio breaching the entry standard for the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday, a total of six Indian athletes have now met the entry standard for Paris 2024 in the men's 20km race walk event.

• World Aquatics Championships Doha 2024: Sharon van Rouwendaal regains women's 10km open water swimming title

Rio 2016 Olympic champion van Rouwendaal edged out Spain's Maria de Valdes in a thrilling sprint finish with Angelica Andre of Portugal taking bronze.

Sharon van Rouwendaal won women's 10km open water swimming gold at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday (3 February).

The Dutchwoman, who won Olympic gold at Rio 2016 and silver at Tokyo 2020, produced a devastating final sprint to touch the wall just ahead of Spain's Maria de Valdes with Angelica Andre of Portugal just behind in third.

This was 30-year-old van Rouwendaal's second world title after she won gold in Budapest two years ago.

On the sixth and final lap, Australia's Moesha Johnson was at the front of a large leading group battling for the lead with van Rouwendaal and de Valdes.

Johnson looked to have shaken off her rivals but, in the last 500 metres, faded out of medal contention as de Valdes and van Rouwendaal moved to the front with Andre in touch.

De Valdes had a slight advantage inside the last 200 metres, but van Rouwendaal just had enough strength in the finish to regain her title after finishing fourth in Fukuoka last year.

Johnson took fourth with the top 13 all securing quota spots* in the 10km race for their National Olympic Committees at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

• PARIS 2024 Handball qualifications - 12 teams to fight for 6 places

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Olympic qualifications groups for the Paris 2024 are set and ready for March when decision about the last 6 teams who will play next summer in the City of Light, will be made.

The following national teams qualified directly:
France (host)
Denmark (World Champion)
Japan (Asian Champion)
Argentina (Pan American Champion)
Germany/Sweden (third place with EP)
Egypt (African Champion)

Qualification for the Olympic Games:

Group 1
Spain
Slovenia
Bahrain
Brazil

Group 2
Sweden/Germany
Croatia
Algeria
Austria

Group 3:
Norway
Hungary
Portugal
Tunisia

• Paris Olympics 2024: France Is Set To Host Equestrian Events at the Historic Chateau De Versailles

In just half a year, the much-anticipated Paris Olympics 2024 will burst into life. It will commence with a grand Opening Ceremony set against the picturesque backdrop of the ebbing and flowing of the meandering River Seine in France. This stage will host an unprecedented celebration of athleticism, dreams realized, and emotions unfurled across 35 unique venues. Amidst the tapestry of diverse venues, an illustrious location emerges as a beacon of cultural and historical significance.

Revered globally as an iconic masterpiece, this distinguished site has been selected to host the Olympic and Paralympic horse sports. It will infuse the 2024 Paris Games with a blend of regality and heritage that befits its prestigious nature.

Paris 2024 recently shared a captivating post on Instagram. It unveiled the Chateau de Versailles as a distinguished venue for the upcoming Games. Renowned globally as an iconic symbol, the historic chateau will provide a magnificent backdrop steeped in rich history. Utilizing overlay facilities, Paris Olympics 2024 plans to host several events amidst this grandeur. These events include dressage tests and jumping disciplines, as well as jumping and dressage competitions, both Olympic and Paralympic. All of this will take place at the temporary arena on the Etoile Royale esplanade.

• Paul Chelimo, two-time Olympic track medalist, to make marathon debut at Olympic Trials

Paul Chelimo, an Olympic 5000m silver and bronze medalist, will make his marathon debut at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Feb. 3 in Orlando.

“Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed of running a marathon… The day has come- this is it!” was posted on his social media Friday.

Chelimo, 33, qualified for the marathon trials by running a 1 : 02 : 22 half marathon last April 2, safely quicker than the 1 : 03 : 00 minimum to get into the field.

He didn’t publicly commit to racing the marathon trials until now. He could still contest the track trials in June.

“Let’s start by Orlando... then we will see!” Chelimo’s agent wrote in an email when asked about track trials.

• Paris 2024 Olympics medals unveiled, each with a little piece of the Eiffel Tower right in the middle

There's another metal on offer for winners at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. In addition to the customary gold, silver and bronze, each winner's medal will feature a small piece of iron straight from the Eiffel Tower. Small chunks of the iconic tower — an instantly recognizable symbol of Paris and of France — have been included in the medals to mark 100 years since the City of Light last hosted the Olympic Games.

Organizers unveiled the medals Thursday, just six months before the Paris games are set to get underway.

• Marathon Swimming at the Paris 2024

Paris 2024 Marathon Swimming qualifiers from the World Aquatics Championships – Doha 2024

The final 19 positions for women and men in the Marathon Swimming competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympics were earned at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, which are currently underway in Doha, Qatar (2-18 February 2024). The 10km open water event for women took place on 3 February, followed by the 10km competition for men on 4 February.

The 13 highest-placed athletes in 10km competitions for women and men in Doha earned a quota place for their NOC to the Paris 2024 Olympics (D.1.2), provided they had not already qualified in Fukuoka.

In Doha, the following countries earned NOC quota position for women in Marathon Swimming (listed in the order of the country’s highest-positioned athlete from the open water swimming 10km event for women in Doha):

• Netherlands (1 NOC quota position)
• Spain (2 NOC quota positions)
• Portugal (1 NOC quota position)
• Australia (1 NOC quota position)
• Brazil (1 NOC quota position)
• United States (1 NOC quota position)
• France (2 NOC quota positions)
• Italy (1 NOC quota position)
• Monaco (1 NOC quota position)
• Japan (1 NOC quota position)
• Hungary (1 NOC quota position)

• D’Tigress qualify for Paris 2024 Olympics

Nigeria’s female national basketball team, D’Tigress, have qualified for the basketball event of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

D’Tigress achieved the feat, having defeated Senegal 72-65 in their first game and Senegal losing to Belgium 66-92 at the ongoing FIBA Olympic Qualifying Games in Belgium.

• FIBA Olympic Women's Qualifying Tournament results: Team USA beats Senegal by 62 to finish undefeated

Team USA had a much easier go of it at the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament on Friday, as they cruised past Nigeria for a 100-46 win to move to 2-0 in the event. Jewell Loyd led the way in the scoring department with 18 points, while Sabrina Ionescu added nine points, six rebounds and eight assists. Diana Taurasi sat out, but the 11 other players on the roster all scored in the game.

The comfortable evening was a welcome relief after Thursday's controversial win over Belgium, in which Breanna Stewart saved the Americans from what would have been a historic defeat with a buzzer-beating tip-in. It should not have counted, though, as Kelsey Plum stepped out of bounds seconds beforehand. The referees missed that call, and Team USA escaped.

By virtue of winning the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup, Team USA has already qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, but is still participating in the qualifying tournament to gain continuity and compete against high-qualify opposition.

• Paris 2024: Usoro qualifies for Paris after 2020 disappointment

Following her massive jump at the Jarvis Scott Open in the early hours of today, Nigerian long jumper Ruth Usoro has qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

The athlete leaped 6.87 metres in her last attempt to beat the Olympic qualifying standard of 6.82 metres. By winning the long jump category at the Open, Usoro qualified for her debut Olympic Games after missing out on the 2020 Games.

Her qualification means she will join the likes of 100m hurdles record runner Tobi Amusan, men’s 400m hurdler Ezekiel Nathaniel Ezekiel, and 800m runner Edose Ibadin, who have all confirmed their participation at the Olympics.

• China's women basketball team secures Olympic ticket for Paris 2024

France beat China 82-50 for its second consecutive victory in the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT), while Puerto Rico nosed out New Zealand 69-67 on Saturday.

As France has automatically secured a berth in Paris 2024 as the host nation, the rest three teams in the group are competing in Xi'an for two Olympic tickets on offer. Through the win-loss records, both China and Puerto Rico secured the other two Olympic tickets in the group.

• Canada’s artistic swimming team qualifies for Paris Olympics

Canada’s artistic swimming team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics after a seventh-place finish in the free competition Friday at the world aquatics championships.

The result gave Canada the fifth-best aggregate score over the team acrobatic, technical and free competitions among nationals that had not already qualified for the Olympics.

Five Olympic spots were available in Doha.

The United States, Spain, Japan and Italy also qualified. China, which swept the events, already had a spot as the 2022 Asian Games champion.

Soccer: Japan women head to Olympic q'fier in Saudi Arabia

Japan's national women's football team are preparing to play the first of their two final Olympic qualifying games against North Korea in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Japan Football Association announced Tuesday.

Norio Sasaki, the chairperson of the JFA women's committee, informed reporters in Chiba, east of Tokyo, that the team and their staff will depart for Saudi Arabia on two flights Tuesday night. The Asian Football Confederation on Monday instructed the JFA to prepare to play there.

Saturday's first game of the home-and-away fixture to decide one of Asia's two berths in the 2024 Paris Olympic women's tournament was originally to be held at Kim Il Sung Stadium in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang.

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• Jamaican sprinter Fraser-Pryce to retire after Paris 2024 Olympics

Three-time Olympic champion sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will retire after the 2024 Paris Olympics, saying she owes it to her family.

Fraser-Pryce was the first 100m sprinter to win individual medals in four consecutive Olympic Games. The Jamaican began her journey in Beijing 2008, which saw her become the first Caribbean woman to win gold in the women’s 100m.

She held on to her 100m title in London 2012, joining a select few to have done so. Despite battling a toe injury, she won bronze in 2016 Rio Olympics and a silver in relay.

After giving birth in 2017, she won another Olympic silver and a relay gold in Tokyo 2020.

“My son needs me, my husband and I have been together since before I won in 2008. He has sacrificed for me,” 37-year-old Fraser-Pryce told Essence.com.

“We’re a partnership, a team, and it’s because of that support that I’m able to do the things that I have been doing for all these years,” she added. “I think I now owe it to them to do something else.”

Currently, she is focussed on preparing for Paris, which she views as an opportunity to push boundaries.

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• Nigerian Olympic Committee: Anyanacho's qualification for Paris 2024

The Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC) has congratulated Team Nigeria's taekwondo star, Elizabeth Anyanacho, for qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Leadership reports.

The 24-year-old, one of the beneficiaries of the International Olympic Committee Scholarship, who became the second Nigerian female taekwondo athlete to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after Princess Dudu at Athens 2004, has made further history by becoming the first female Nigerian athlete to qualify for back-to-back Olympic Games in taekwondo.

Anyanacho defeated Kenya's Jully Musangi in the two rounds of the -67kg category at the 2024 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal, to book her ticket to the Paris Summer Olympics. NOC President Habu Gumeltold in his statement: "We in the Olympic Movement are proud to be associated with such a rising star, and she is committed to flying the flag of the nation in Paris." Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF) president, Abdullahi Saidu, expressed confidence in the ability of Anyanacho, who won the silver medal in the women's -67kg category at the 2023 African Taekwondo Championships in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to excel at Paris 2024. "Anyanacho will be come to the Paris Games later this year as a more mature lady. She is ready to go," Saidu said.

Olympic Qualifiers Secured in Busan After Thrilling Showdowns

Day 6 of the ITTF World Team Championships Finals 2024 intensified the tournament atmosphere as teams fiercely competed for quarterfinal spots and Olympic qualification.

Additional teams secured their places as Olympic qualifiers today.

In the women's division, Korea, Germany, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Romania, and Japan joined China, Australia, Egypt, the United States, and Brazil, who had already secured their spots.

In the men's division, Japan, Denmark, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Germany and Portugal joined China, Australia, Egypt, Sweden, Brazil, and Canada as confirmed Olympic qualifiers.

Both French teams, as a hosts will also play in Paris 2024.

Table tennis: Which teams have obtained a Paris 2024 qualifying quota spot?

Table tennis: These teams have obtained a Paris 2024 qualifying quota spot

he line-ups for the men's and women's team table tennis events at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 are nearly set.

Following the round of 16 at the World Team Table Tennis Championships 2024 in Busan, Republic of Korea, on Wednesday (21 February), 13 men's and 12 women's teams have obtained their Paris 2024 qualifying quota.

The remaining seven teams – three men's, four women's – will find out their fate at the conclusion of the Championships, with the publication of March's World Team Table Tennis Rankings.

Men's and Women’s team event – Paris 2024 qualified table tennis teams in the link

• Paris 2024 Olympics: Anush Agarwalla obtains quota for India in dressage

Anush Agarwalla obtained India’s first quota in equestrian for the Paris 2024 Olympics in dressage, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) confirmed on Monday.

In dressage competitions, the horse and rider perform a series of predetermined movements in an arena bordered by a low rail. The horse must stay within the area while performing.

Agarwalla, who won India’s first individual medal at the Asian Games in dressage last year with a bronze, obtained the Paris 2024 quota for India based on his performance in four FEI events. In Hangzhou, Agarwalla rode Etro during his medal-winning run.

• Leon Marchand discusses training plans ahead of home Olympics for Paris 2024

French swimming superstar Leon Marchand makes final plans ahead of home Games for Paris 2024: "I will be ready"

The world champion swimmer and medal contender for Paris revealed his goals and preparation plans just a few months ahead the Games. He remains in the U.S. under the watchful eye of veteran coach Bob Bowman.

He'll be one of the headliners at the Olympic Summer Games Paris 2024.

At 21, French swimmer Leon Marchand is the world record holder in the 400m individual medley (IM), but will be attempting to win his first Olympic medals in Paris.

"I'm lucky to have this opportunity in France to swim in front of the French fans," Marchand told reporters Friday (23 March) at a press conference organised by the Arizona State University Sun Devils.

Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games organisers

The Paris Oympics flame was formally handed to French organizers on Friday in the all-marble stadium where the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896.

Greek water polo player Ioannis Fountoulis, the last in a long line of torchbearers, used the flame to light a cauldron at the Panathenaic Stadium. From there, it was delivered to Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet.

A few moments of suspense followed as assistants struggled to light the lantern that will carry the flame to France.

“It wants to stay in Greece,” Estanguet joked.

Safely in the lantern, the flame will depart for France on Saturday on a 19th century sailing ship across the Mediterranean Sea, to make landfall 12 days later in the southern port city of Marseille.

The flame was kindled on April 16 at Olympia in southern Greece, where the ancient games were held for more than 1,000 years from about 776 B.C. to A.D. 393.

From Olympia's ancient stadium, a relay of torchbearers carried it along a 5,000-kilometer (3,100-mile) route through Greece, which included several islands and an overnight stop on the ancient Acropolis.

The Olympic flame will be housed overnight in the French Embassy, to leave Athens' port of Piraeus on Saturday on the Belem, a French three-masted sailing ship built in the year of the first modern games in Athens.

The Belem is due in Marseille on May 8, ahead of a relay through France leading to the opening ceremony in Paris.

The Games run from July 26-August 11.

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Olympic Flame Departs Piraeus Aboard Classic Three-Masted Ship

On Saturday, the Olympic torch boarded a historic French sailing vessel in Piraeus, bound for France and the next leg of its long journey to the Paris Olympics.

The torch relay began on April 16 in the ruins of Olympia, Greece, with a ceremonial lighting of the flame. This year, the relay runners wound their way along a 3,000-mile route through Greece, ending in Piraeus to meet the French tall ship Belem. (Belem was docked about 20 miles from Olympia during the lighting ceremony, and transited around the Peloponnese to meet the runners in Athens.)

Belem is a historic steel-hulled, three-masted barque built in Nantes in 1896 - the same year that the Olympic Games were revived in Athens. After a successful career ferrying sugar, chocolate and rum from South America to France, Belem was bought by the Duke of Westminster and converted into a large yacht. Irish Brewer Sir Arthur Guinness bought it from the duke seven years later, and he owned it until his passing in 1949. The ship is now owned by a French foundation and homeported in Nantes, where her journey began. Belem is classified as a French national monument, and was specially restored for the Olympic torch ceremony with government support. The work took extensive planning and cost about $2 million.

"These games mean a lot. It's been a centenary since the last time we organized the Olympic games in our country," Paris Olympics organizer Tony Estanguet told The Local at the departure ceremony in Piraeus.

On Saturday, Belem departed for France, bearing the ceremonial flame. She used the Corinth Canal to speed the voyage homeward, and was under way in the Ionian Sea by Sunday. The ship is scheduled to arrive in Marseille (a city founded by Ancient Greek settlers) on May 8.

The arrival ceremony will be a monumental event. Organizers expect as many as 150,000 attendees, and a welcoming fleet of 1,000 boats to greet the arriving barque.

After it reaches Marseilles, the torch will continue to travel in France for a long time - and not just in mainland France. It will tour the French world by aircraft, visiting overseas departments in the Caribbean, the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean before returning to Paris. (Fire is normally prohibited as a cargo, but the Olympic flame travels in special-purpose lanterns during the airborne legs of the journey.)

Everything you need to know about the iconic ship as the Olympic flame heads to France