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Skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing and breaking were four non-traditional sports that captivated audiences at the Paris Games. Breaking, also known as break dancing, made its Olympic debut. Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing all first appeared at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris have officially drawn to a close, capping off 19 days of eye-popping spectacle, jaw-dropping athletic triumphs and ear-splitting cheers from spectators across the French capital and around the world. The Paris Games culminated in a spectacular closing ceremony.

Baseball/Softball

While not entirely new to the Games, (baseball was included as a medal event at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and softball at Atlanta 1996) both baseball and softball make their returns in 2028.

The U.S. women's basketball team gets to bring down the curtain on the 2024 Paris Olympics. In the final event of these Games, the United States plays France with an eighth consecutive gold medal on the line.

The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics features 329 events in 32 sports, encompassing a total of 48 disciplines.

How many sports are in the Summer Olympics? In all, 32 sports are on the Olympic programme for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

206 countries were represented in the 2024 Paris Olympics. How many events were held at the 2024 Summer Olympics? The 2024 Paris Olympics featured 329 medal events, second most in the history of the Games (339 at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics).

Paris, the city known as "the city of light," is hosting the Olympics for the third time in history. The 2024 Paris Summer Games is an opportunity to shine a light on athletic prowess and reinforce France's connection to the Olympic movement.

Athletes from the territories of 206 National Olympic Committees and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) will take part at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Breaking, or breakdancing, made its Olympic debut, but Team USA's Logan Edra (B-Girl Logistx) and Sunny Choi (B-Girl Sunny) did not advance out of the round-robin stage to the quarterfinals. The men's competition will be tomorrow.

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Karate made a historic Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games, but its inclusion was short-lived. The sport will not return for the Paris Olympics, to the confusion of some in the martial arts community.

Paris 2024 athletics: Eliud Kipchoge announces the end of his Olympic career after 'worst marathon' Eliud Kipchoge won't compete at another Olympics after failing to finish a race on Saturday, 10 August, for the first time in his storied career at Paris 2024.

PARIS (AP) — The contest for most gold medals at the Paris Olympics ended in a 40-40 tie between China and the United States. But the U.S. topped the medals table with a whopping 126 overall, compared to 91 for China.

With their victory, the U.S. now closes the Paris Olympics tied with China atop the gold-medal leaderboard with 40. Of Team USA's 40 gold medals, 26 were won by female athletes, meaning women were responsible for 65% of Team USA's gold medal victories at the Paris Olympics.

Whereas Team USA has focused on athletics and swimming, China majors in diving, table tennis, weightlifting, shooting and badminton. In fact, around a fifth of China's 302 golds since 1984 have come in diving.

Breaking makes its Olympic debut, while surfing and skateboarding return for their second Games along with sport climbing and 3x3 basketball.

The athletic, gravity-defying art form you might know as breakdancing is making its debut in Paris as the newest Olympic sport. Its route to the world's biggest stage began in the streets of New York, and runs right through the Bay Area.

Baseball, which first featured in the Olympics in 1904, will not be in Paris primarily due to scheduling concerns. Since MLB has a 162-game calendar and runs through the summer, the league would lose numerous players, which would drastically affect how teams operate in that span.

Softball: hard luck

Similar to baseball, softball will also be missing in Paris. This sport shares much of baseball's history: both had a streak, but softball debuted in 1996 and continued until Beijing 2008. It was then excluded until its return in Tokyo 2020, but it will not be featured in Paris.