With the Paris Olympics 2024 just around the corner, Indian athletes are gearing up to set new records and bring home medals. The highly anticipated event will kick off with an unprecedented opening ceremony on the river Seine on July 26th.
Opening Ceremony
The opening ceremony will be a spectacle unlike any other, featuring a river parade along a 6 km stretch of the River Seine, concluding at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. An estimated 3,00,000 spectators are expected to line the banks of the Seine to witness this unique event.
Schedule & Venues
The Paris 2024 Olympics will run from July 26 to August 11, followed by the Paralympics from August 28 to September 8. Paris, awarded the 2024 Games in September 2017, will host the event 100 years after its last Olympics in 1924, making it a historic occasion.
The city will use multiple iconic venues for the events, including the Eiffel Tower Stadium for beach volleyball and the Grand Palais for fencing and taekwondo.
Among the key venues are the Aquatics Centre for swimming events, Bercy Arena for gymnastics and basketball, and Stade Roland-Garros for boxing and tennis. The famed Stade de France will host athletics and rugby sevens, while surfing will take place at Teahupo’o in Tahiti.
Where To Watch
The Paris Olympics will be broadcast live in India on Sports 18 and Sports 18+ channels, with online streaming available on the JioCinema app.
Indian Athletes
The Sports Ministry has cleared 117 athletes and 140 support staff to represent India. Additionally, a specialized 13-member Sports Science team, led by renowned sports medicine expert Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala, will support the Indian contingent.
Athletics: Akshdeep Singh, Priyanka Goswami, Vikas Singh, Paramjeet Bisht, Avinash Sable, Neeraj Chopra, Parul Chaudhary, Ram Baboo, Priyanka Goswami/Suraj Panwar, Muhammed Anas, Muhammed Ajmal, Amoj Jacob, Santhosh Tamilarasan, Rajesh Ramesh, Jyothika Sri Dandi, Subha Venkatesan, Vithya Ramraj, Poovamma MR, Kiran Pahal, Jyothi Yarraji, Sarvesh Kushare, Annu Rani, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveel Chithravel, Jeswin Aldrin, Ankita Dhyani.
Shooting: Prithviraj Tondaiman, Sandeep Singh, Swapnil Kusale, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Elavenil Valarivan, Sift Kaur Samra, Rajeshwari Kumari, Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Babuta, Ramita Jindal, Manu Bhaker, Anish Bhanwala, Anjum Moudgil, Arjun Cheema, Esha Singh, Rhythm Sangwan, Vijayveer Sidhu, Raiza Dhillon, Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Shreyasi Singh, Maheshwari Chauhan.
Wrestling: Antim Panghal, Nikhat Zareen, Preeti Pawar, Lovlina Borgohain, Kishore Jena, Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik, Reetika Hooda, Nisha Dahiya, Aman Sehrawat.
Badminton: PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanisha Crasto.
Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar, Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Archana Kamath.
Archery: Dhiraj Bommadevara, Bhajan Kaur, Tarundeep Rai, Pravin Jadhav, Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat.
Golf: Shubhankar Sharma, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar; Boxing: Nishant Dev, Amit Panghal, Jaismine Lamboria; Sailing: Vishnu Saravanan, Nethra Kumanan; Equestrian: Anush Agarwalla; Tennis: Rohan Bopanna, N Sriram Balaji; Rowing: Balraj Panwar; Weightlifting: Mirabai Chanu; Judo: Tulika Maan; Swimming: Srihari Nataraj, Dhinidhi Desinghu.
