The 33rd Summer Olympic Games will be held in Paris, France.
Odd-numbered years are small years for sports, and even-numbered years are big years for sports – 2024 is destined to be a big year for world sports. This year, the global sports feast is undoubtedly the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which is also the first Olympic Games since the new crown epidemic no longer constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern", and athletes no longer have to worry about social distancing in the Olympic stadium.
On September 5, 2023, the second world** meeting of the Paris Olympic Games opened in Paris, France.
At the same time, football, as the world's largest sport, will adopt a posture of "surrounded by all sides" in 2024 to impact the influence and communication of the Olympic movement. This year, the Asian Cup of Football and the Africa Cup of Nations, which were unveiled in January, and the European Championship and Copa America, which were held almost simultaneously in June, respectively represented the highest level of football on the four continents, and also attracted the attention of fans.
Euro 2024 will be held in Germany.
The Olympic Games are by no means the whole story of sports, sports have a broader world, especially professional sports events with a large number of participants and a good market base, including fashion and trend events that are popular with young people. In 2024, the F1 Chinese Grand Prix will return to Shanghai for the first time in four years, and a number of individual events, including the four major tennis opens, the Tour de France road cycling, the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup World Badminton Team Championships, will also present a different kind of excitement.
The Paris Olympics came out on top.
In 2024, the Paris Olympics is the cherry on the cake of international sports, with incomparable comprehensive value. From 26 July to 11 August 2024, the 33rd Summer Olympic Games will be held in Paris, France, and the Paralympic Games will be held from 28 August to 8 September.
On November 15, 2022, the first Paris 2024 official licensed merchandise opened in the center of Paris, France, and began to sell licensed merchandise related to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Paris is an inextricable city for the modern Olympic Movement, the birthplace of Coubertin, the "father of the modern Olympic Games", and hosted the Olympic Games twice in 1900 and 1924. After 100 years, the return of the Olympic Games to the "romantic capital" will inevitably make people have extraordinary expectations for this Olympic Games.
As the capital of romance, the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics will be held on the Seine, breaking the long-standing tradition of the Summer Olympics only holding athletes and appearances in stadiums. In addition, new sports such as breakdancing, skateboarding, rock climbing and surfing have been added to the Games, and for the first time, male athletes have been allowed to compete in synchronized swimming. In addition, the competition venue has been integrated into famous attractions, and for the first time, the quota for male and female athletes has been ...... 50%.There are indeed a lot of things to see in this Olympic Games.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas **left) and Paris Organising Committee President Tony Estanguet are interviewed on December 1, 2023. On the same day, IOC President Thomas **, accompanied by Paris Organising Committee President Tony Estanguet, visited the Paris Olympic Village, which is about to be completed.
IOC President** has high expectations for the Paris Olympics. "The Games will be a turning point in history: more sustainable, more urban, younger, more inclusive, and gender equality, as the slogan of the Paris Olympics is – more open," he said. ”
At the last Tokyo Olympics, the number of gold medals and medals of the Chinese sports delegation ranked second only to the United States, handing over a brilliant report card. In the Paris Olympics, the Chinese team no longer has the geographical advantage of being close to the "home field" of the host, but in some traditional advantageous events such as diving and table tennis, Chinese athletes maintain a leading position.
Football is not far behind.
Football, as the "world's number one sport", also occupies an important place in the sports feast in 2024. This year, not only will the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup qualifiers continue, but the Asian Cup, Africa Cup, European Championship and Copa America will be held one after another.
On December 1, 2023, the mascot of the Qatar Asian Cup "Jerboa Family" and the designer appeared in Doha, the capital of Qatar (Photo courtesy of the 2023 Qatar Asian Cup Organizing Committee).
This year, the world football has a lot of great show: from January 12 to February 10, the Asian Cup will be played in Qatar;Almost at the same time as the Asian Cup, the Africa Cup of Nations will also be played in Côte d'Ivoire, thousands of miles away, from 13 January to 11 FebruaryFrom June 14th to July 14th, European powerhouses will compete in Germany for the glory of the European CupAlmost simultaneously, the Copa America will take place in the United States from June 20 to July 14. The Copa America and the European Cup, the Africa Cup of Nations and the Asian Cup steal the show - the football continent representing the world's high-level football will sing the "play", and the fans will face happy troubles.
The men's Asian Cup, which will start in January, will be held in Qatar, and the Chinese team is in Group A with Qatar, Tajikistan and Lebanon. On January 13, the Chinese team will play the Tajikistan team in the first match. For Chinese fans, although it has been difficult for the national football team to regress to winning Southeast Asian teams over the years, when the Asian Cup comes, everyone will still pay attention to and support the Chinese team.
In July 2019, the Algerian team returned to Algiers after winning the Africa Cup of Nations and was warmly welcomed by the fans
For the Chinese men's football team, the Asian Cup is a rare high-quality event. The head coach of the Chinese team, Jankovic, said that the Chinese men's football team performed well in the previous World Cup qualifiers in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and he hoped that the team would continue to maintain a humble attitude, generate more positive energy, and continue the good form to the Asian Cup.
For each national football team, the national team cup competition in their respective continent is just a test match, and the key is to qualify for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Similarly, after the Chinese team finishes the Asian Cup, it will shift its focus to the World Preliminaries. The US-Canada-Mexico World Cup, which was expanded to 48 teams for the first time, increased the number of Asian participants to an unprecedented 85 pcs. This time, the Chinese team needs to take the initiative into their own hands.
Professional racing is a fascinating one.
In addition to the Olympics and football, the allure of professional sports is irresistible. Including the four major tennis opens, F1, Dakar rally, Tour de France road cycling and other competitions, will present a different excitement in 2024 to meet the needs of different sports fan groups.
Djokovic serves in a match on July 16, 2023. On the same day, in the men's singles final of the 2023 Wimbledon Tennis Open held in London, England, Serbia's Djokovic lost 2-3 to Spain's Alcaraz and won the runner-up.
On January 14, the Australian Open, the first tennis Grand Slam tournament of the new season, will be held in Melbourne. For tennis lovers, the four major tennis tournaments must be "checked-in" one by one. From January 14 to 28, the Australian Open will be played in Melbourne;From 26 May to 9 June, tennis stars will compete for the French Open title in ParisJuly 1 to 14 will be the time slot for the Wimbledon Tennis ChampionshipsFrom August 26 to September 8, the US Open tennis tournament will be the "finale". Last season, Chinese players such as Zhang Zhizhen and Zheng Qinwen made a lot of breakthroughs, and this year they are optimistic about whether the ** team can create more miracles.
From April 19 to 21, 2024, the 20th anniversary of the Shanghai International Circuit, the F1 Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai will return after a four-year hiatus, showing the world a more open and inclusive Shanghai, China. As China's first F1 driver, Zhou Guanyu is expected to compete on his home turf to show the world the confidence and strength of China's new generation. In addition, F1 officially announced that the six sprint races in 2024 will be held in Shanghai, China, Miami, Austria, Austin, Brazil and Qatar. Among them, F1 China will be the first Grand Prix to hold a sprint race in the year.
Mercedes Racing Great Britain driver Hamilton (second from right) at the medal ceremony on April 14, 2019. On the same day, in the 2019 F1 Chinese Grand Prix held in Shanghai, Mercedes team's British driver Hamilton won the championship with a time of 1:32:06.350, Mercedes team's Finnish driver Bottas won the second place, and Ferrari's German driver Sebastian Vettel won the third place.
In addition, many events such as the World Championships, Continental Championships or Olympic Qualification Tournaments will be held in 2024, and these competitions will be a training battle for the best players to compete for Olympic tickets, rehearse the line-up and get to know the opponents. Some of the more important ones include the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 18 February, the World Table Tennis Team Championships in Busan, South Korea, from 16 to 25 February, the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow, UK, and the Badminton Tang You Cup in Chengdu, China.
A new mini-comprehensive Olympic qualification event, the inaugural Olympic Qualification Series, will be held in Shanghai and Budapest and will be a key event in determining qualification for BMX freestyle, breakdancing, skateboarding and rock climbing in Paris, with the Shanghai qualifying event taking place from 16 to 19 May. In Shanghai, you can experience the charm of the Paris Olympic Games.
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