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A post shared by The Olympic Games (@olympics) The opening ceremony will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Paris (1:30 p.m. EDT in the States) on July 26, and the Games will run through August 11.
Saturday marks the 45th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice,” when the U.S. Hockey Team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 in Lake Placid, N.Y., during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, en route to ...
The Refugee Olympic Team debuted at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, and also participated in the 2020 Tokyo Games. In the Rio Games, the Refugee Olympic Team marched second-to-last, while in the ...
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) [a] [1] are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition ...
Figure skating and ice hockey were also included in the Summer Olympics (in 1908 and 1920) before the Winter Olympics were introduced in 1924. Early Olympic Games prior to World War II included eight sports that have since been discontinued from the Olympics: basque pelota, croquet, jeu de paume, polo, rackets, roque, tug of war and water ...
Team GB men go for team pursuit gold in the final against Australia later. Team GB’s Andy MacDonald , 51, is the oldest competitor in Olympic skateboaring history will bid to reach tonight’s ...
Breaking was introduced at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris as an optional (temporary) sport. Despite the United States being the birthplace of breakdancing, the sport is not set to be included at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles; on its omittance in the latter, the IOC's sports director Kit McConnell stated that "It's up to each local organizing committee to determine which ...
The U.S. Olympic Team for the 2024 Paris Olympics has officially been announced.. With just 16 days to go until the opening ceremony, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced 592 ...