Olympic News Paris 2024 Latest Updates and Highlights

Paris will host the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024, one hundred years after it last hosted the Games. Athletes competing for gold and a spot in Olympic history will take place in the French capital for over a month, drawing delegates, politicians, and fans.

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Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan won the competition to win gold, his first Olympic medal, in the men's javelin throw final at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. He had a new record throw of 92.97 meters at the State de France. Pakistan's first-ever Olympic gold medal in athletics is this victory.

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Neeraj Chopra had to settle for a silver medal in the men's javelin throw final of the Paris Olympics on Thursday night after his dreams of adding a second gold medal to his first from Tokyo were destroyed. With a stunning throw of 89.34 meters in the qualification, Chopra entered the final as the favourite.

He delivered the javelin to 89.45, his second-best-ever effort and an impressive increase over the 87.58 that won him the gold in Tokyo. However, Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who happens to be the champion of the Diamond League, upset him by breaking the Olympic Record to win the gold medal, but that was enough for the reigning World Champion and Diamond League finalist.

Olympic Records Broken

Team USA won a fifth straight gold medal in the Olympic basketball competition on August 10, NBA player Kevin Durant could become the first male athlete to win four gold medals in any team sport. However, if France wins the men's handball competition the next day, his record could be reached in just 24 hours.

Having competed in the last five Olympic Games, France's three-time IHF World Player of the Year Nikola Karabatic has helped his country win gold in Beijing in 2008, London in 2012, and Tokyo in 2020. The 40-year-old, one of the greatest players in sports history, is scheduled to retire after Paris 2024, so the final day of competition at Pierre Mauroy Stadium might be an emotional farewell in front of home fans.

Men’s 400-meter

• In a thrilling finale in Paris 2024, Matthew Hudson-Smith of Great Britain lost out on the Olympic 400-meter gold by four-hundredths of a second.
• The 29-year-old set a new European record of 43.44 seconds, but in an exciting finish, American Quincy Hall won in a personal best of 43.40 seconds.
• After missing the world title by just 0.09 seconds a year ago, Hudson-Smith faced yet another heartbreaking near-miss on a global platform.
• Hudson-Smith, the world's fastest man in 2024 and the clear favorite for gold makes history by becoming the first British athlete to place on the men's 400-meter podium at a Games in 28 years.

Women’s Pole Vault

Basketball

• Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court between two teams, usually consisting of five players each.
• The game's main goal is to shoot a basketball through the opponent's defender's hoop, an 18-inch basket mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court.
• The goal is to prevent the other team from shooting through their hoop.

Volleyball

• A net separates the two teams of six players in the team sport of volleyball. Under set rules, each side tries to get points by putting the ball on the other team's court.
• Since Tokyo 1964, it has been a part of the official Olympic Summer Games schedule.
• Beach volleyball was added to the schedule for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
• Sitting volleyball is the adapted sport played during the Summer Olympics.

Sailing

• Using sails, wing sails, or kites, sailing is the use of wind power to move a craft along a set path on the water's surface, on ice, or land. This is often done as part of a larger navigation plan.
• Sailing boats were the main mode of maritime trade and transportation from prehistory until the second half of the 19th century; sailing was necessary for any sea exploration that involved more than the shortest distances.