On April 1 local time, the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee officially approved the competition schedule of various sports events of the 2024 Paris Olympics . The Olympic Games will open on July 26, 2024 and close on August 11. Competitions for some events will be the first to start on html on July 24. The 132 major events of html will produce 329 gold medals in 19 competition days.
According to the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee, a highlight of this schedule is to enrich the athletes' participation experience. The schedule has been carefully designed so that all athletes can participate in at least one of the opening or closing ceremonies, and there is no need to worry about affecting their competition.
The competitions for three events, including handball, rugby and football, will be the first to start two days before the opening ceremony, which is July 24. The first competition day after the official opening, , which is July 27, will be born, the first gold medal .
Two basic major track and field events will be held at the Stade de France and the Stade de La Defence respectively. All finals will be scheduled for prime time after the evening. The first swimming final will be held on July 27, and the first track and field final will start on August 2.
Paris landmark building Concorde Plaza will build an urban sports park during the Olympics. From July 27 to August 10, competitions for three-person basketball, breakdancing, skateboarding and other events will be staged here continuously. Among them, breakdance, which attracted much attention and debuted in the Olympic stadium, will perform its debut on August 9. The breakdance, which originated in the United States in the 1970s, will produce two gold medals for men and women at the Paris Olympics.
According to the previously announced news, the Paris Olympics will start the ticketing plan for in 2023. The Paris Olympics and Paralympics will provide a total of 13.4 million tickets, including 10 million tickets for the Olympics and 3.4 million tickets for the Paralympics. It is estimated that half of the tickets will be priced at 50 euros (about 350 yuan) or less than 50 euros. The specific ticket sales details and ticket purchase process will be announced in December 2022.
Compared with the Tokyo Olympics, the settings of some major events in the Paris Olympics have also been adjusted to certain extent. In track and field events, the mixed relay of race walk will replace the men's 50-kilometer race walk. The weightlifting has been reduced from 14 sub-items to 10, and the division of each heavyweight has also been officially determined.
In addition, the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics was creatively chosen to hold outdoors in non-stadiums. According to the organizing committee's vision, athletes will sail from east to west along the Seine River in boats, pass through the most core area of the center of Paris, and arrive near the Eiffel Tower for the final ceremony. The opening ceremony is expected to be held along the coast.
Source: Xinhua News Agency, China News Service, Tencent Sports
