The 2024 Paris Olympics are underway, the 33rd in modern history. Here is a rundown of all the sports taking part in the Games.

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epa11493950 A rugby ball sits on a podest prior a match of the Rugby Sevens competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, France, 24 July 2024. EPA/YOAN VALAT

Sport climbing

Sport climbing involves climbing artificial walls using holds, focusing on strength, technique and endurance. As an Olympic sport, sport climbing has three disciplines: bouldering, speed e lead.

Athletics

Contested in the first ancient Olympic Games, athletics is undoubtedly the oldest sport among the Olympic events. Today it includes a wide variety of competitions such as running, jumping and throwing, where speed, endurance and physical ability are evaluated.

Badminton

Its Olympic debut was in Munich 1972, but it officially became an Olympic sport at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Badminton is a racket sport played with a shuttlecock, requiring speed, precision and quick reflexes.

Basket 3×3

3×3 basketball is a variation of traditional basketball, played on half the court with three players per team, fast and dynamic. Another substantial difference is the score, shots from outside are worth two points, while inside the line are worth only one.

Beach Volley

Beach volleyball is a version of volleyball played on the sand, in teams of two players. The playing field necessarily requires a lot of agility and resistance from the athletes.

Breaking

Born in the 70s in New York, breaking is ready to make its mark debut in Paris 2024It is a form of acrobatic dance characterized by rapid, stylized movements, performed to the rhythm of music.

Soccer

Football is a team sport played on a rectangular pitch, where the aim is to score goals in the opponent’s goal using all parts of the body, mainly the head and feet, except the hands which cannot be used.

Canoe: slalom, sprint

Canoe slalom involves passing through 18 to 25 gates in fast water, while sprint is a speed race on a straight course in calm water.

Boating

Rowing is a water sport that involves propelling and propelling a rowing boat over various distances, requiring strength and coordination.

Cycling: BMX freestyle, BMX racing, Mountain bike, on track, on road

Freestyle BMX cycling is based on acrobatics and maneuvers; BMX racing is a race on a short circuit full of jumps and obstacles; mountain biking is a competition that takes place on rough and rugged terrain; track cycling is practiced in dedicated velodromes; road cycling covers long distances on public roads and relies almost entirely on the endurance of the athletes.

Artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics includes different exercises for men and women. Women compete on apparatus such as uneven bars, vault, and balance beam, while men compete on pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, and high bar. Competitions are all about strength, agility, coordination, and precision.

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics is pure expression through movement and combines elements of dance and artistic gymnastics, using apparatus such as ribbons, hoops, balls and clubs.

Golf

Golf is a sport in which players hit a ball with a club to get it into a series of holes in as few strokes as possible.

Hockey

Hockey is a team sport played on ice or on a field (the latter at the 2024 Paris Olympics), where players use curved sticks to propel a puck or ball into the opponent’s goal.

Judo

Judo is a Japanese martial art based on throws and immobilizations, aimed at unbalancing and controlling the opponent.

Lotta

Wrestling is a combat sport that involves holds, leverage and control techniques to immobilize an opponent.

I swim

Swimming includes different techniques of styles such as freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, evaluating speed and resistance in the water.

Artistic swimming

Artistic swimming combines elements of dance and gymnastics performed in water and can be practiced in duos or teams, with the same goal of achieving a perfect and synchronized execution (of the couple or the team).

Long distance swimming

Long-distance swimming involves long-distance races in open water, testing endurance and strategy. The waters of the River Seine will host the event during the 2024 Olympics.

Basketball

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Handball

Handball is a team sport that combines elements of football and basketball, where players use their hands to score goals.

Water polo

Water polo is a team sport played in a swimming pool, where the objective is to score goals in the opponent’s goal using a ball.

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which players pass a ball over a high net, trying to knock it into the opponent’s court.

Modern Pentathlon

The modern pentathlon includes five disciplines: fencing, swimming, horseback riding, shooting and running. It differs from the ancient pentathlon precisely because of the disciplines, which originally were running, jumping, wrestling, discus and spear throwing.

Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two opponents face each other by dodging and throwing punches, but always using special gloves.

Rugby a 7

Rugby sevens is a variation of traditional rugby, played with seven players per team on a smaller pitch.

Fencing

Fencing is a combat sport in which duelists use swords, sabres or foils with the aim of scoring points by touching their opponent.

Skateboard

Skateboarding involves performing tricks and maneuvers on a board with wheels, often in dedicated skate parks or on the street.

Weightlifting

Weightlifting involves lifting the maximum possible weight in two lifts: the snatch and the clean and jerk. In the first, the bar is lifted from the floor above the head in a single motion, in the second, the bar is first brought to shoulder height and then pushed above the head.

Equestrian sports

Equestrian sports include disciplines such as dressage, show jumping and cross-country, highlighting the relationship between horse and rider.

Surf

Surfing is a water sport in which participants ride waves on a board, requiring balance and the ability to “read” the sea.

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art characterized by high kicks, rapid strikes and self-defense techniques, with the aim of hitting the opponent without being hit in return.

Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport played on a court divided by a net, where players hit the ball trying not to let their opponent hit it back in order to score points.

Table tennis

Table tennis, or ping pong, is a racket sport played on a table, where players hit a lightweight ball over a net.

Archery

Archery involves using a bow to shoot arrows at a target, requiring precision and concentration.

Sport shooting

Sport shooting involves various shooting disciplines with pistols, rifles and shotguns, aimed at accuracy on fixed or moving targets.

Trampoline

Trampolining is a gymnastics discipline that involves acrobatic performances on a trampoline, evaluating height, control and complexity of movements.

Triathlon

A triathlon is a multi-sport event that combines swimming, cycling and running in sequence, testing the athletes’ endurance and versatility.

Diving

Diving consists of acrobatic free-fall performances from a platform or springboard, evaluating technique and precision.

Vela

Sailing is a water sport that involves controlling sailing vessels along defined courses, requiring tactical skill and knowledge of the wind.

2024-07-24 16:55:27
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