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The 2024 Summer Olympics was the most successful Olympics in the history of the nation, with Ireland breaking their previous record medal haul of 6 at London 2012. The team also surpassed the Atlanta 96 record of 3 Olympics golds in a games, including both a first Olympic medal and Olympic gold medal in gymnastics as well as a first gold for ...
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in total. [15] The occasion marked the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympics history. [ 16 ]
Crombie added that he felt Adeleke was the "most unfortunate Irish competitor at the Olympics". "Two fourth places in track and field which we don't traditionally do well in, but she was amazing.
For a few days, 51-year old shooter Yusuf Dikec became one of the stars of the Olympics for competing in a standard-issue T-shirt and regular “dad glasses” while winning a silver medal.
Olympics. Medals table. Through Tuesday. Events finished: 56. Events scheduled: 273
The team also surpassed the Atlanta 1996 record of 3 Olympics golds in a games, including both a first Olympic medal and Olympic gold medal in Gymnastics as well as a first ever gold for the men in Swimming. The 2024 Paris games also marked 100 years since Ireland's first appearance at the summer games.
Tweet discusses rusted bronze medals from Paris 2024 Olympics, comparing to Rio\'s rapidly degrading medals. Image credits: 2018Josh Comment on rusted bronze medals by French Olympians for Paris 2024.