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The Summer Olympics is being held in Paris, France and the opening ceremony is scheduled to take place on July 26. The official branded name of Olympics 2024 is Paris 2024. This multi-sports event will be held from July 26 to August 11. However, some events like football and rugby-7 have already started on July 24.
India has sent a record 117 athletes to the Olympics this time and is expected to win around 10 medals. The main host city of the Olympics is Paris but the events are also held in a total of 16 other cities in metropolitan France. Paris has also hosted in 1900 and 1924. Paris is the only other city to have hosted three Olympic Games.
There will be 329 events in 32 sports
A total of 10,672 athletes are participating in these Olympics and a total of 329 events will be held in 32 sports. A total of 117 athletes from India are participating in 16 different events. India has top 30 athletes in athletics event and 21 athletes in shooting who will be expected to win medals. Badminton star PV Sindhu and table tennis player Sharath Kamal will be the flag bearers for India. Kamal is competing in his fifth and final Olympics.
13 crore food dishes will be prepared
Continental food from around the world will be prepared during the Paris Olympics. A total of 13 million dishes have been prepared during the overall games, including 2.2 million food dishes for athletes and officials. This time, completely vegetarian dishes have also been prepared by the organizers, which can benefit Indian athletes a lot.
Greece will finish first in the parade, France will finish last
Greece's players were the first to arrive at the opening ceremony parade. The Olympic Games began in 1986 in Athens, Greece. This country is considered the birthplace of the Olympics. Greece's flag bearer at the Paris Games will be race walker Antigoni Bioti. India will be ranked 80th. At the end of the opening ceremony, the host country comes last. This time France will be the last and before that the next Olympics Los Angeles 2028 will be hosted by the United States.
Musicians rehearsing on a boat on the Seine River
This time more than 10 thousand athletes will take part in a different kind of opening ceremony. They will parade in more than 90 boats in the Seine river which will be six kilometers long. The parade will start from Austerlitz Bridge and go to the Eiffel Tower. About three lakh people will witness this opening ceremony. A holiday show has also been planned which will showcase French culture and Olympic history.