WHEN ARE THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES?
The Paris 2024 Olympics will run from Friday to Aug. 11, while the Paris 2024 Paralympics will be held from Aug. 28-Sept. 8.
WHERE WILL THE GAMES TAKE PLACE?
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In September 2017, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Paris the 2024 Games when its only remaining rival, Los Angeles, agreed to wait another four years to be the host city.
Paris has hosted two Olympics and will stage the event 100 years after its last Games in 1924. The Games will be staged in 35 venues across Paris, Ile-de-France, on both mainland France and overseas.
Some notable venues are the Eiffel Tower Stadium (beach volleyball), Parc des Princes (soccer), Roland Garros Stadium (boxing and tennis), Stade de France (athletics and rugby sevens) and Teahupo’o in Tahiti (surfing).
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WHICH NEW SPORTS WILL DEBUT IN THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS?
Breaking, a competitive form of breakdancing that blends artistry and dance with acrobatic moves, will debut at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Having made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, karate was absent from the four sports organizers recommended for the 2024 Summer Games. Baseball-softball has also been dropped as a sport for Paris 2024 but will return at Los Angeles 2028.
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WHEN IS THE OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY AND WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE?
The Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony will start at 7:30 p.m. (1730 GMT) on Friday. Instead of a traditional opening ceremony in a stadium, France has planned a river parade along 6km of the River Seine, ending at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
Some 300,000 spectators will watch from the banks of the Seine as a global audience tunes in on television.
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WHAT ARE THE SECURITY RISKS AND HOW COULD THEY IMPACT THE OPENING CEREMONY?
Conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine, as well as the threat of an attack, have led the French government to raise its security alert to its highest level this year.
Around 45,000 French police and security forces will secure Paris during the Games, with additional help from a few thousand foreign security officials. France will deploy 35,000 security agents and the military to secure the opening ceremony from security threats, including drone strikes, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in May.
France has prepared alternatives to holding the Olympics ceremony on the Seine should security reasons require it, French President Emmanuel Macron said in April.
One option, Macron said, would be to restrict the ceremony to the Paris Trocadero square facing the Eiffel Tower, while another would be to move it to the Stade de France. The Kremlin has rejected assertions that Russia would malevolently target the Olympics, calling them absolutely unfounded.
IS RUSSIA TAKING PART IN THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS?
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) initially recommended a ban from international competitions of athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus, but it has since allowed them to qualify as neutrals. Each qualified athlete is undergoing a vetting process by a three-member panel appointed by the IOC to ensure they meet certain eligibility criteria. Not having actively supported the war in Ukraine and not having been contracted to any military or security agency are among the criteria.
Russian and Belarusian athletes cannot take part in team competitions but are allowed to participate as neutrals — without flags or anthems being played and will be excluded from taking part in the opening parade. Russia has denounced the restrictions as discriminatory and accused the IOC of taking part in a “conspiracy” with Ukraine. The Russian Olympic Committee has paid compensation to 245 athletes who failed to meet the criteria allowing them to compete, RIA Novosti, the Russian state news agency, reported.
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奧運及帕運何時舉行？
2024年巴黎奧林匹克運動會〔簡稱「奧運」〕將於本週五至8月11日舉行。2024年巴黎帕拉林匹克運動會〔簡稱「帕運」〕將於8月28日至9月11日舉行。
比賽在哪裡舉行？
2017年9月，國際奧委會授予巴黎2024年奧運主辦權，其唯一的競爭對手洛杉磯同意等候4年再主辦奧運。
巴黎曾主辦過兩次奧運，上次是在1924年〔首次是1900年〕，如今時隔100年再度舉辦。比賽將在巴黎、法蘭西島、法國本土及海外的35個場館舉行。
一些著名的場地包括艾菲爾鐵塔體育場（沙灘排球）、王子公園體育場（足球）、羅蘭加洛斯體育場（拳擊和網球）、法蘭西體育場（田徑和7人制橄欖球），以及大溪地島的泰阿胡波奧（衝浪）。
2024年巴黎奧運有哪些新項目？
將在2024年巴黎奧運首次亮相的霹靂舞，是一種將藝術性、舞蹈與特技動作融為一體的競技霹靂舞形式。
空手道在2020年東京奧運上首次成為比賽項目後，卻未能成為2024年奧運新增的4個項目之一。棒球及壘球也在2024年巴黎奧運中缺席，但將在2028年洛杉磯奧運回歸。
奧運開幕式何時舉行？會是何樣貌？
2024年巴黎奧運開幕式將於本週五晚上7點30分開始（格林威治標準時間17點30分）。法國不在體育場舉行傳統的開幕式，而是計劃沿著塞納河進行6公里的河上遊行，終點是艾菲爾鐵塔腳下。
開幕式將有約30萬名觀眾在塞納河沿岸觀看，全球觀眾則是透過電視轉播收看。
安全風險及其對開幕式之影響有哪些？
中東與烏克蘭的衝突，以及攻擊的威脅，使得法國政府將今年的安全警戒調高到最高級別。
奧運期間，將有約四萬五千名法國警察及保安部隊，以及數千名外國保安人員的支援，以確保巴黎的安全。法國內政部長熱拉爾德．達馬南在5月表示，法國將部署三萬五千名維安人員及軍隊，以防止開幕式遭受無人機攻擊等安全威脅。
法國總統艾曼紐．馬克宏4月時表示，若出於安全因素要求，法國已準備好塞納河奧運開幕式的替代方案。
馬克宏表示，第一個備案是將開幕式限縮在巴黎艾菲爾鐵塔對面的特羅卡德羅廣場，另一個備案則是將開幕式移至法蘭西體育場。克里姆林宮否認了俄國將惡意攻擊奧運的說法，稱其毫無根據。
俄國會參加2024年巴黎奧運嗎？
2022年2月俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭後，國際奧委會原先建議禁止俄羅斯及其盟友白俄羅斯的運動員參加國際比賽，但後來允許他們以個人中立運動員身份參賽；每人皆需接受國際奧委會任命的三人小組之審查，以確保其符合某些資格條件。沒有積極支持俄國對烏克蘭的戰爭、未與任何軍事或安全機構簽訂合約，都是條件之一。
俄羅斯及白俄羅斯運動員不能參加團體比賽，但可以作為中立者參賽——不奏國旗或國歌，且不能參加開幕繞場。俄羅斯譴責這些限制具有歧視性，並指責國際奧委會參與了與烏克蘭的「陰謀」。根據俄羅斯新聞社報導，俄羅斯奧委會已向245名未能符合參賽資格的運動員支付了賠償金。
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