Paris 2024: Sporting highlights of the Olympic Games :- After sixteen days of Olympic competition that were both beautiful and unforgettable, the baton was passed on to LA28 during a Closing Ceremony that was held at the Stade de France and featured a variety of celebrities.
Paris 2024: Sporting highlights of the Olympic Games
Artistic Gymnastics: Simone Biles’ triple gold comeback
The triumph of Simone Biles at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games marked the culmination of one of the most remarkable comebacks in the history of the Olympic Games.
Withdrawing from the Tokyo 2020 competition, the American athlete, who is now 27 years old, came back to Paris and won three additional gold medals and one silver medal.
At the beginning of the artistic gymnastics competition, she was the one who led the American women to the team title. She then went on to win gold medals in the all-around and the vault, and she finished with a silver medal in the floor exercise.
Swimming: Four medals each for Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh
The legend of Team USA swimmer Katie Ledecky, who was competing in her fourth Olympics, strengthened even further as a result of these Games. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the swimming legend, who is 27 years old, garnered four additional medals: two gold, one silver, and one bronze.
Her performance was highlighted by the fact that she won her fourth consecutive gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle event, a feat that is only matched by Michael Phelps.
Athletics: Noah Lyles’ 100m sprint
The flair, the confidence, and the claims were all backed up by Noah Lyles of Team USA on August 4, when the men’s 100-meter sprint took center stage at the Stade de France as the closing event of the evening.
A show that lived up to every promise was provided as a result of the carefully managed buildup, which included the use of lasers.
Athletics: Keely Hodgkinson charges to victory in 800m for Great Britain
In this particular competition, Keely Hodgkinson of Team GB would not accept a silver medal. Hodgkinson, who is 22 years old and won a silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, quickly established himself as the leader of the pack.
After overcoming any nervousness that may have been present, the pre-race favorite was able to withstand an outside attack from Kenya’s Mary Moraa. After that, she found her top gear in the final straightaway, which allowed her to draw away and surge to victory with a time of 1:56.72.
Swimming: Leon Marchand, four-time gold medallist and host-nation star of Paris 2024
When Leon Marchand, a swimming sensation who was 22 years old at the time, was about to compete in Paris 2024, the pressure was on. If he were to represent his own country, would he rise to the occasion or would he crumble under the pressure?
He broke Michael Phelps’ records for the 400-meter individual medley and the 200-meter individual medley, and he finished with a bronze medal in the men’s 4 × 100-meter medley relay. Wow, he was able to rise, kick, pull, and glide his way to four individual gold medals at the Olympic Games.
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Athletics: ‘Mondo’ Duplantis’s pole vault world record
At the Stade de France, the shout of “Mondo, Mondo, Mondo!” reverberated around the stadium, setting the atmosphere for some truly remarkable moments to take place.
Armand “Mondo” Duplantis, a Swede, did what he does best: he broke the Olympic record with a jump of 6.10 meters to defend his gold medal, and then he raised the bar even higher to 6.25 meters.
Mountain biking: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Tom Pidcock must-see cycling
Both the powerful Frenchwoman Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and the self-assured British rider Tom Pidcock, who are both reigning XC mountain bike world champions and, in the case of Pidcock, the defending Olympic champion, were the ones who had hearts rising and racing in the mountain bike finals.
Skateboarding: Men’s street skateboarding finals decided in three-way battle
In what is being referred to as the greatest men’s skateboard final in the history of the sport, it came down to the final three competitors. “The defining moment belonged to three titans of the street contest scene: the defending gold medalist from Japan in Yuto Horigome,
the United States of America’s Nyjah Huston, who is the 15-time X Games champion looking to cap his career with the elusive Olympic gold medal, and Jagger Eaton, who is an unwavering fellow American competitor.”
Athletics: Women’s 4×100 … and here come the United States!
It was not a guarantee that the United States of America would win the women’s 4×100-meter relay competition, despite the fact that they were the reigning world champions in the event.
In the middle of the race, the United States of America was in third place, with Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry competing on the first and second legs, respectively.
Surfing: Teahupo’o goes huge for men’s Round 3
When the Olympic surfers woke up in Tahiti, thousands of kilometers away, they were greeted by a big swell: Teahupo’o had come on. This was a highlight that did not involve a final medal round. During the third round of the men’s competition, which took place on Monday, June 29,
big and powerful barrels were rolled in, and the best surfers in the world pulled in deep and emerged with their hands in the air. This was a day that went beyond the realm of sports and brought about something that was truly moving to the heart.
Basketball: USA vs France twice over
The all-star United States men’s team won the gold medal game by a score of 98-87. Steph Curry, who was making his Olympic debut, led the way by scoring 24 points and shooting four of his eight three-pointers in the last minutes of the game.
Kevin Durant and Devin Booker finished with 15 points each, and LeBron James scored 14 points. Since Beijing 2008, this was the fifth consecutive gold medal that the United States of America has won in men’s basketball.
Athletics: Julien Alfred makes history for Saint Lucia in women’s 100m
All of this transpired in the blink of an eye; Julien Alfred, who was representing Saint Lucia, sprinted out of the starting blocks ahead of the field. She maintained her advantage, beating off the pre-race favorite Sha’Carri Richardson to take the gold medal in 10.72 seconds. The three-time NCAA champion maintained her lead.