2024-04-17 17:08:46
There are 100 days left until the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
İdman.biz presents 77 highlights from the most prestigious multi-sport event of the quadrennial.
1. Paris 2024 will be the eighth Olympic Games in which the Azerbaijani national team will take part during the years of independence.
2. The capital of France will host these competitions in 100 years. Paris will become the Olympic capital for the third time after 1900 and 1924.
3. The Olympic Games return to Europe 12 years after London 2012 (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020).
4. The Azerbaijani national team won a license for Paris 2024 in 7 sports.
5. France will host the Olympic Games for the sixth time in its history.
6. Competitions in 32 sports will be held in Paris.
7. Azerbaijan has already won 17 licenses for Paris 2024.
8. Breaking will be included in the Olympic program for the first time.
9. Paris is the first city where women participated in the Olympic Games (Paris 1900).
10. The Azerbaijani freestyle wrestling team won the right to participate in Paris 2024 in full force.
11. For the first time in history, the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games have a single logo.
12. The motto of the Olympics is “Games open to all.”
13. Azerbaijan will be represented in a team competition for the first time – the Azerbaijani women’s 3×3 basketball team will take part in the Olympics.
14. 10,500 athletes will compete in the French capital.
15. July 24, two days before the opening ceremony, football and rugby start, and the next day handball and archery.
16. For the first time, Azerbaijan won the right to be represented at the Olympics in trampoline gymnastics.
17. For the first time in history, the amateur marathon race at the Olympic Games will be organized on the same day and along the same route as the main race, but at a different time.
18. The Olympic flame was lit in Greece yesterday – April 16.
19. Azerbaijan again won a license for wrestling, athletics, shooting, boxing, where it was represented at all Olympic Games.
20. More than 8 billion euros have been allocated for the organization of Paris 2024.
21. The mascot for the 2024 Olympics is named Frige. Its prototype was the traditional Phrygian cap. The name and image of the Olympic Frige symbolize freedom and represent allegorical figures from the history of the French Republic.
22. At the moment, Azerbaijan has won 49 medals at the Olympic Games.
23. Olympic medals contain alloys of parts of the Eiffel Tower.
24. Surfing competitions will be held outside mainland France, 15,700 km from Paris – on the island of Tati.
25. At the previous 7 Olympic Games, Azerbaijan won 7 championships, won 14 silver and 28 bronze medals.
26. Paris is the second city after London to host three Olympic Games.
27. For the first time, an international federation will award winners, and World Athletics will pay $50,000 to winners in 48 sports.
28. At the previous 7 Olympic Games, Azerbaijan was represented in 19 sports, basketball will be 20th on this list.
29. 35 sports facilities will be used at the Olympics.
30. The opening ceremony will take place on the banks of the Seine.
31. Azerbaijan won medals in 7 events at 7 Olympic Games.
32. A parade will take place near the Eiffel Tower, where the winners will share their joy with the fans.
33. Three sports from the Tokyo 2020 program – karate, baseball, softball – were excluded from the program this time.
34. Our national wrestling team has won at least 1 medal at all Olympic Games.
35. The parade of athletes at the opening ceremony will be 6 km.
36. Some spectators who will watch the opening will pay nothing, others will shell out 2,700 euros for seats along the Seine and in nearby places.
37. Azerbaijan’s first Olympic medal was won by freestyle wrestler Namik Abdullayev in Atlanta in 1996.
38. The parade of athletes will take place on the Seine River, where the teams will cross by boat.
39. The Olympic Games will end with the women’s marathon race.
40. Azerbaijani athlete Maria Stadnik, who has the most medals at the Olympic Games, won 2 silver and 2 bronze.
41. The Paris 2024 licensing competition will end on June 23.
42. In addition to Paris, games will be held in Les Yvelines, Seine-et-Marne, Haute-Seine, Saint-Denis, football matches in Nantes, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nice, Lyon and Saint-Etienne.
43. The first medals will be awarded on June 27.
44. On the last day of the competition, winners in 9 categories will be announced.
45. Of the 7 championships of the Azerbaijani national team, 4 – that is, more than half – were won in wrestling.
46. In Paris there will be a fight for 329 sets of medals.
47. The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games will take place at the Stade de France.
48. In summer, fares on the Paris metro will almost double.
49. A total of 13.4 million tickets will be sold.
50. Azerbaijan won gold in 4 sports – wrestling, shooting, judo and taekwondo.
51. Artistic director of the opening and closing ceremonies – Thomas Colley.
52. 44 thousand volunteers will take part in the Olympics.
53. The Olympic flame will be lit in the Tuileries Park during the opening ceremony.
54. 26 thousand journalists were accredited for the games.
55. Azerbaijan won its first gold medals at Sydney 2000. Namik Abdullaev distinguished himself in wrestling, Zemfira Meftakhetdinova – in shooting.
56. Since Tokyo 2020 was held in 2021, the Olympic Games will be held for the first time in three years.
57. The Olympics were transferred to Paris on September 13, 2017.
58. Tennis and boxing competitions will be held at the famous Roland Garros stadium.
59. Equestrian sport and modern pentathlon will be held at the historic Palace of Versailles.
60. The Azerbaijani national team performed more successfully in London 2012: 2 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze.
61. 8876 trees were planted in the Olympic Village.
62. Greek actress Mary Mina lit the Olympic flame.
63. About 2,500 houses were built in the Olympic Village.
64. It is predicted that the Olympic Games will be watched by 1 billion viewers.
65. Azerbaijan won more medals in Rio 2016 – 18: 1 gold, 7 silver, 10 bronze.
66. In honor of Paris 2024, a new variety of rose “Georgina” was grown and put up for sale in the French capital.
67. 95 percent of Olympic venues are temporary and will be dismantled after the competition.
68. Residents of the Olympic Village will be able to travel by bicycles and special minibuses that will operate 24 hours a day.
69. The national teams of Russia and Belarus will be able to participate in the Olympic Games as part of an individual team of neutral athletes (INA).
70. Azerbaijan did not win gold only twice – in Atlanta 1996 and Tokyo 2020.
71. The Olympic Village canteen will prepare 40 thousand servings of food per day.
72. Azerbaijan has not won any medals in boxing, canoeing or karate.
73. The Olympic Games will last a total of 17 days.
74. Azerbaijan won two gold medals at two Olympics – Sydney 2000 and London 2012.
75. The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, promised to swim in the Seine before the opening ceremony.
76. Azerbaijan participated in Rio 2016 with the largest number of athletes – 56.
77. At the closing ceremony, the Olympic baton will be handed over to the USA, the organizer of Los Angeles 2028.
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