Tag: Paris 2024
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File: Men Can Compete in Artistic Swimming at 2024 Paris Olympics | CGTN Sports Scene
Men can compete in Olympic artistic swimming for the first time at the 2024 Paris Games, World Aquatics said on Thursday. Approval from the International Olympic Committee means a maximum of two men can be selected among eight athletes in the team event that is due to include 10 nations. Artistic swimming, formerly known as…
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Aquatics Olympic Qualification System Principles Published for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games | FINA
FINA worked closely with the IOC Sports Department and the leadership of FINA Technical Committees, and consulted with National Member Federations, to develop the aquatics qualification principles for the Paris 2024 Games. Among the highlights: Athletes will compete in 49 Olympic medal events across five aquatics disciplines – swimming, artistic swimming, open water swimming, diving,…
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Olympic Hopeful Braves the Waves to Keep Training Despite COVID Restrictions | TaiwanPlus News
Hong Kong swimmer Jody Lee is running out of time to qualify for the Olympics. The 15-year-old swimmer only has two years left to grab a spot at the 2024 games in Paris, but COVID-19 restrictions are preventing him from getting in the water.
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Paris 2024 scraps temporary aquatics venue in cost control measures
The Paris 2024 organising committee has made further revisions to its construction plans, announcing that it will no longer build two temporary venues as part of a suite of cost control measures to ensure the French city delivers the Olympic Games within its initial €3.8bn ($4.5bn/£3.5bn) budget. Paris had originally planned to build a permanent…
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IOC member Guy Drut says plans for 2024 Paris Olympics are ‘obsolete and outdated’ because of virus
Plans for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are “obsolete and outdated” in light of the coronavirus pandemic, International Olympic Committee member and former French sports minister Guy Drut said Sunday. Drut, who won gold in the 110-meter hurdles in 1976 and took silver in 1972, wrote in a column for Franceinfo that the Olympic…
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Paris 2024 said to be considering temporary option for aquatics centre
The newspaper Le Parisien first raised the possibility, putting the expected price tag at some €80 million (£70 million/$97 million). Reports underlined, however, that such a move would leave no legacy either for the local community or the French Swimming Federation. The cost of a permanent venue was put at $137.5 million (£98.5 million/€113 million) in 2024…
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It’s official: Los Angeles to host the 2028 Olympics, Paris gets 2024 Games
Calling it a “win-win-win†situation, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach officially awarded the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games to Paris and Los Angeles, respectively, at the IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday. Read The Washington Post