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Paris will host the subsequent yr’s Olympics. It would be the third time that the French capital has hosted the Summer Games, however the newest version within the metropolis was precisely 100 years in the past, in 1924.

World Athletics is standing by its ban of all Russian and Belarusian athletes from the largest Olympic sport of all, regardless of the International Olympic Committee clearing their participation.

The IOC confirmed on Friday that governing our bodies may allow impartial athletes from these nations, topic to sure situations, amid the continued Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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When does Paris 2024 happen?

The thirty third Summer Olympic Games – or formally, the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – will run from Friday July 26, 2024 till Sunday August 11. As is custom, the official Opening Ceremony will happen on Friday July 26.

Over 10,000 athletes from 206 nations are anticipated to participate throughout 329 occasions, representing greater than 28 sports activities.

What is the most recent information?

By Jeremy Wilson

World Athletics is standing by its ban of all Russian and Belarusian athletes from the largest Olympic sport of all, regardless of the International Olympic Committee clearing their participation.

The IOC confirmed on Friday that governing our bodies may allow impartial athletes from these nations, topic to sure situations, amid the continued Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In explaining their resolution, the IOC famous that athletes from these nations had competed underneath strict situations of neutrality in sure qualifying occasions over current months “largely without incident”.

Russians and Belarusians weren’t, nevertheless, permitted in the course of the World Athletics Championships in August and the game’s president Sebastian Coe, who has not dominated out standing himself to turn out to be the subsequent IOC president, harassed that they’d not be competing in Paris.

“We have a fixed position,” Coe mentioned, following a World Athletics Council assembly in Monaco on Friday.

“That position hasn’t altered, and I think it is right that international federations should make judgements that they feel is in the best interests of their sport. That is what our council has done.

“You may well see some neutral athletes from Russia and Belarus in Paris. They just won’t be in athletics.

“The position that our sport took, and has consistently taken, is unchanged. It is a settled position.”

It is a place that can also be shared by the British Government, who’ve persistently opposed the inclusion of any Russian and Belarusian athletes subsequent summer season.

The IOC have highlighted how there are a lot of conflicts at present across the globe and have argued, largely on the grounds of human rights, that sport mustn’t difficulty a blanket ban on particular person athletes on account of their nationality and authorities’s actions.

An IOC assertion on Friday confirmed that certified impartial athletes may compete subsequent summer season, however outlined their eligibility standards. This consists of permitting solely particular person athletes and never Russian groups, flags or emblems.

Athletes and assist personnel who actively assist the struggle in Ukraine should additionally stay barred, as should any athlete or assist workers member contracted to the Russian or Belarusian navy or safety businesses.

All athletes, assist personnel and officers from Russia and Belarus are at present excluded from all World Athletics Series occasions and from internet hosting any worldwide or European athletics occasions.

Only 11 of greater than 4,500 at present certified athletes are from Russia or Belarus.

Critics of the IOC’s place argue that it’s virtually unimaginable to confirm potential hyperlinks between athletes and the Russian state or navy. Ukraine have threatened to boycott the Olympics if Russian and Belarusian athletes compete at the same time as neutrals subsequent summer season.

What venues shall be included and for which sports activities?

Grand Paris zone