All about Paris Olympics: 329 gold medals at stake in 32 sports, India will participate in 16 games; Who are the top-5 contending countries?

The great sports event Olympic Games is going to start from today. This time the games, which are held once in 4 years, will be held in Paris, the capital of France. Where more than 3,800 hours of live sports are to be held. The opening ceremony will be held at 11 pm tonight, with this the official start of the Olympics will take place.

329 gold medals in 32 sports are at stake in the Paris Olympics. 10,500 athletes from 206 associations and countries will participate in them. India has fielded a team of 117 players in 16 sports.

In this story, you will know the schedule of the 34th Olympics and every other important thing related to sports…

The main games will start from tomorrow
The opening ceremony will start at 11 pm tonight from the Seine River in Paris. All countries and athletes will participate in it. Every country will participate in the Parade of Nations. The Olympics will officially begin with the opening ceremony, but the main round of the games will start from tomorrow. The closing ceremony is on August 11, with which the Olympics will officially end.

The Olympics will officially begin with the Parade of Nations and the Opening Ceremony on the Seine River in Paris.

Qualification matches started from 24 July
The opening ceremony is today, but some of the Olympic games have already started two days ago on 24 July. Some games will take a very long time to finish, so they are started before the official date. This time these games include football, rugby, handball and archery. Although these are considered qualification stages, the main games will start from 27 July. This has been happening every time in the last few Olympics. The first event of the Paris Olympics was a football match between Argentina and Morocco on 24 July.

The Olympic Games began with a football match between Argentina and Morocco. Spectators were repeatedly entering the ground and interrupting the game, so the match was conducted without spectators. Morocco defeated world champions Argentina 2-1.

When will the medal events start?
There will be no events on July 26 as the opening ceremony. Medal events will begin on July 27. Medals for some events in cycling, diving, swimming, fencing, judo, rugby, shooting and skateboarding will be decided on this day.

How many gold medals are at stake?
329 gold medals will be at stake in 32 sports. Out of which 39 gold medals will be decided on August 10, a day before the closing ceremony. The first medal event will be held on July 27 in the mixed air rifle team event of shooting. The gold medal match of the women’s basketball event will be held on August 11 at 7 pm. With this the Olympic Games will end. After this, the closing ceremony will be held at 11:30 pm.

How many new sports were included this time?
The breakdance event will debut at the Paris Olympics, it is the only new sport included in this year’s games. However, it will not be included in the 2028 Olympics. This sport is a style of dance that started in New York during 1970. Which became a part of the competition a few years later. The women’s event will be held on August 9 and the men’s event on August 10. 16-16 participants will take part in both categories.

The format of sport climbing has been changed and the number of medals in it has been increased. Kayak cross event has been added in canoe slalom, which has been included in the Olympics for the first time. Two new events have also been added in sailing sport. Men’s event in artistic swimming has been included for the first time in Olympic history.

The breakdance event will debut at the Paris Olympics.

Which sports will not take place this time?
Baseball and karate are not included in the Paris Olympics. Both were included in the Tokyo Olympics.

How many athletes will participate from India?
India has fielded a team of 117 athletes in the Paris Olympics, who will participate in 16 different sports. India won 7 medals including one gold in the Tokyo Olympics. According to experts, this time India can win more than 10 medals. Badminton star PV Sindhu and table tennis player Sharath Kamal will be India’s flag bearers in the opening ceremony. Both will lead the Indian team carrying the tricolor.

India has started the campaign from 25 July
Indian players have started their campaign with archery. On 25 July, Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Bhajan Kaur from India participated in the Women’s Individual Archery. On the 25th, Indian archers also participated in the Men’s Individual Archery. From here, the rest of India’s events will be played directly from 27 July.

Who was made the mascot of the Olympics?
‘Friz’ is the official mascot of the Olympics. This name is derived from the historic ‘Phrygian hat’. In French history, it is associated with freedom fighters. The motto of the mascot is, ‘Alone we run fast, but together we go farther.’

The official mascot of the Paris Olympics is ‘Fridge’.

Will all countries participate in the Olympics?
No, Russia and Belarus have not been given permission to participate in this year’s Olympics. Because their country is involved in the war with Ukraine, the Olympic Committee banned them. However, athletes from both countries will play in the Olympics as neutral athletes. They will be added to the individual neutral athletes team.

Who will be the top 10 countries?
According to BBC data experts, America will once again top the medal tally by winning the most gold medals. China is likely to be second and France third. The Netherlands can be fourth by winning 18 gold medals. After them, Great Britain, Australia, Japan and Italy are expected to win 12 to 13 gold medals.

Germany and South Korea could be the other countries in the top-10. Experts’ predictions may prove to be wrong, but according to recent records, these will be the top-10 countries in the medal tally. If Russia had been there, then their claim would have definitely been in the top-10.

What will be the timing of the events?
The events will start between 12pm and 1pm as per Indian time. Most of the events will end by 1am, but some events may take till 4am to finish.

Where can we see it?
In India, you can watch the Olympic matches live on TV on Sports-18 and digital platform JioCinema. Apart from this, users can follow live medal tally and match results on Dainik Bhaskar app.

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Graphics: Anklesh Vishwakarma