2024 Summer Olympics - Paris
The logo for Paris 2024
2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and officially branded as Paris 2024, is scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France.
Debut Of Breakdancing As An Olympic Event -Paris 2024 will feature the debut of breakdancing as an Olympic event.
Paris hosting summer Olympics for the third time - Having previously hosted in 1900 and 1924, Paris will become the second city ever to host the Summer Olympics three times (after London, which hosted the 1908, 1948 and 2012 Games)
The logo for Paris 2024 combines three separate symbols – the gold medal, the flame and Marianne, the personification of the French Republic. Each of these symbols reflects a part of our identity and values.
THE GOLD MEDAL – SYMBOLISING ACHIEVEMENT
THE FLAME – SYMBOLISING THE ENERGY WE SHARE
MARIANNE – SYMBOLISING FRANCE & its spirit of creativity
It is also the first time in history the same emblem has been used for both the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games.
India at paris olympic
What we need to know:
- Five returning medallists -There are five returning medallists heading to Paris: Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, PV Sindhu, Lovlina Borgohain and the men's hockey team. India had won seven medals in Tokyo, with wrestlers Ravi Dahiya and Bajrang Punia being the other two.
- Dhinidhi Desinghu, aged 14, will be the youngest Indian to compete in the Paris Olympics. In fact, she is the second youngest Indian to compete in the history of the Olympics after fellow swimmer Aarti Saha, who participated in the 1952 Olympics as an 11-year-old.
- India's shooters grabbed the quota in every category -India's shooting team goes into the Paris Games on the high of securing a record number of quotas - 21. This is the first time that India's shooters grabbed the quota in every category.
- At 42 and 44, Sharath Kamal and Rohan Bopanna will be the senior-most members of India's Paris Olympics contingent.
- 40% of the Indian contingent women - It's interesting to note that over 40% of the Indian roster comprises women athletes [47 in total].