The 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are set for July 26 through Aug. 11. This will be the XXXIII Olympiad. The Games will be held in Paris, France, where 10,500 athletes will compete in 329 events in 35 venues.
45 years ago, a legendary sports victory made history. Headline writers thrilled to the moment.
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American landed five quadruple jumps in his Elton John-themed free skate performance and defeated Yuma Kagiyama of Japan by a staggering 332.60 points to 310.05.
U.S. women cruised to a 9-3 victory over the Russian Olympic Committee before triumphing 7-5 against Denmark
Harvard freshman Sean Farrell has hat trick, Team USA gets 29 saves from Boston University sophomore Drew Commesso
Connecticut native wins first American gold in Beijing
With temperatures dipping toward zero and winds gusting to 40 mph at some venues, the art of keeping warm has been a popular topic of discussion. That might seem like no big deal for winter athletes, but it is.
The first match for Team USA will be Wednesday at 6:05 a.m. CT against the Russian Olympic Committee.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China 鈥� When she pushed her ski over the finish line, Jessie Diggins wasn't sure she had won a medal. She glanced up at the video screen and saw her name in third place, but she still wasn't ready to believe it.
The Bemidji Curling Club will host a Winter Olympics watch party and a "learn-to-curl" evening on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the club, 1230 23rd St NW.
The Group A preliminary round contest mattered little in the standings with both teams having already secured spots in the knockout round.
The sisters from Eagan, Minnesota, begin Team USA鈥檚 quest for an Olympic medal on Wednesday in Beijing
BEIJING 鈥� Speed skater Ireen Wust of the Netherlands made history at the Beijing Olympics on Monday when she claimed her sixth career gold medal, making her the first Olympian to win gold at five different editions of the Winter Games.
Zhou, who finished sixth at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games and beat triple world champion Nathan Chen for the gold medal at the Skate America Grand Prix in October, delivered the news in a five-minute Instagram video
American fell early in giant slalom and couldn't repeat her gold medal
Even though Moltzan grew up immersed in skiing, her path to the Olympics was anything but linear
The 30-year-old Diggins isn鈥檛 boastful in the way she carries herself. Nobody would ever know she鈥檚 an Olympic star simply by talking to her.
Olympics quick facts
- Billions will watch the Olympics
- 350,000 hours will be broadcast on TV
- Millions of spectators will be hosted
- No. of venues: 35 venues
- 10,500 athletes will participate
- 45,000 individuals will volunteer
- +600,000 meals are served at the Athletes鈥� Village daily
- There will be 329 events
- No. of sports: 32
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