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For the 10,000 metres, combined events (men's decathlon and women's heptathlon) and racewalking, the qualification period ran from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024. [ 8 ] In the marathon races, any runner ranked higher than the sixty-fifth-place athlete on the filtered Quota Place "Road to Paris" list on 30 January 2024, was deemed eligible for ...
Since the largest softball stadium in southern California seats fewer than 2,000 people, which does not meet the expected spectator demand for the games, softball at the 2028 Summer Olympics will ...
The 2024 Summer Olympics (French: Les Jeux Olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (French: Jeux de la XXXIIIe olympiade de l'ère moderne) and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with several events started from 24 July.
Softball: 2024 Women's Softball World Cup Finals: International Japan: 15–28 Association football: 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship: Continental Spain: 16 Baseball: 2024 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: Domestic American League: 18–21 Athletics: 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships: Continental Italy 18–21 Golf: 2024 Open ...
At the Summer Olympics, there have been eight Olympic sports that have been discontinued. For the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, long-discontinued sports in golf (last competed in 1904) and rugby (last competed in 1924) were reinstated as Olympic sports, though rugby was as rugby sevens (having previously been rugby union).
In interviews, Olympians compared the athletes' villages to summer camps, college dorms, hotels, and, as Mark Spitz put it, a "gigantic cruise ship."
The qualification period for the marathon races will occur from 1 November 2022 to 30 April 2024; for the 10,000 metres, combined events (heptathlon and decathlon), racewalks, and relays from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024, with the rest of the individual track and field events running over an annual period (from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024). [2]
The opening ceremony took place outside a traditional stadium setting for the first time, with the parade of nations conducted as a boat parade along the Seine from Pont d'Austerlitz to Pont d'Iéna, with the official protocol taking place at Place du Trocadéro in a temporary "mini-stadium". The 6-kilometre (3.7-mile) parade route featured ...