What Answers Am I Looking Forward To Being Answered At Paris 2024?
And I've got loads of sport-by-sport questions needing answers as the Games unfold. Who will make the podiums? Who will be the breakout star(s)? The underdog hero? On and on...
But there is definitely a lead story line I'll be following across each of Paris 2024's 32 sports - check them out below. I can't wait to find out what transpires...and to see some of these unfold in person at the Games!
What are yours? Let me know in the comments...
And keep an eye on my 'A Little Roundup' posts on this site to stay in touch with select news items and headlines featuring Olympic sports' athletes as the Games approach.
It goes beyond sport.
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) July 12, 2024
It's the Olympic Spirit.#MoreThanSport | #Paris2024 | #Olympics | @Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/f1x1hvT8rH
The last two world championships saw duets from Austria, Netherlands, Italy, and Great Britain win landmark medals. Might one or more do so again in Paris?
An INCREDIBLE story: Anna-Maria Alexandri & Eirini-Marina Alexandri win Austria’s 1st-ever artistic swimming World title with duet free□
— Nick Hope - the athlete’s journalist (@NickHopeTV) July 20, 2023
The sisters narrowly avoided death in 2015 when a bus hit team-mates as they walked back together from training ahead of the European Games. pic.twitter.com/4LVWFCm00V
Can Team Great Britain's Tom Daley win another platform medal in his fifth Games...and after a two-year hiatus since Tokyo 2020?
Aquatics - Swimming
C'mon...does Team Australia really have a chance to top Team USA in the Paris 2024 pool?
Aquatics - Open Water Swimming
So...if there is a need to switch the marathon swimming away from the Seine, will it unfortunately affect athletes' mindsets leading up competition?
Aquatics - Water Polo
Team USA's women's water polo squad hasn't been quite as dominant as it was winning the last three Olympic titles. Will it matter in Paris, as Teams Hungary, Greece, Spain, and more aim at the top, too?
Archery
What will Tokyo 2020 surprise champion Mete Gazoz do in Paris, now that he's also the reigning European and world champion...and has eyes on the mixed team competition, too?
TRIPLE TRIUMPH. â–¡â–¡
— World Archery (@worldarchery) May 12, 2024
Mete Gazoz reigns supreme and makes history holding now ALL three major titles â–¡
â–¡ @Olympics champion
â–¡ @WorldArchery champion
â–¡ European champion#ArcheryEurope #archery pic.twitter.com/M8xMPrFUYY
We should all be on 400 meter hurdles world record watch in both the men's and women's races, with Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin, & Alison dos Santos and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone & Femke Bol, respectively.
Will it be either reigning champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen or 2023 world champion Josh Kerr in the men's 1500 meters?
Athletics - Field
Will inspirational high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh continue to 'provide hope' to Ukraine with Olympic gold? With maybe another new world record?
Yaroslava Mahuchikh â–¡â–¡ rewrote the high jump history books â–¡ at the #DiamondLeague â–¡ meeting in Paris â–¡â–¡ on Sunday with a world â–¡ record of 2.10m recorded by the series' official timekeeper @omegawatches ⌚ï¸
— Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) July 8, 2024
â–¡ Read on â–¡ https://t.co/JarSCmVOyg#ParisDL pic.twitter.com/B3pf9DAk3p
Badminton
Guatemalan Kevin Cordon charmed fans with an upset run to the semifinals in men's singles at Tokyo 2020. He'll be at his ffith​ Games this summer...can he recapture Olympic magic?
Basketball
Finally, Golden State Warriors legend Stephen Curry makes it onto a Team USA squad for an Olympics...and gets in line to add a gold to his NBA and World Cup championship resume. There's no upset in the wings here, right??
3x3 Basketball
Will 'Jimmermania' take over the men's 3x3 basketball tournament, now that once famous college player and NBA journeyman Jimmer Fredette makes is Olympic debut?
Boxing
Team Ireland is sending its largest Olympic boxing contingent since Rome 1960. How many medals will it earn in Paris?
Paris ready â–¡â–¡ pic.twitter.com/kVdVBZsYg0
— Team Ireland (@TeamIreland) June 28, 2024
Well...who will win the first-ever (and maybe only) Olympic breaking competition?
(insert shrug emoji here...)
Canoeing - Slalom
How will first-time Olympian Noemie Fox - sister of "The World's Greatest Paddler" - be able to contribute to the family's Olympic medal legacy...alongside Jessica?
Noemie Fox will make her Olympic debut in Paris, with the 27-year-old selected to contest the new discipline of kayak cross and join sister Jess, mother Myriam and father Richard as canoe slalom Olympians.
— AUS Olympic Team (@AUSOlympicTeam) June 30, 2024
â–¡ https://t.co/ngizSkRyo0#AllezAUS | @paddle_aus pic.twitter.com/CdHdz1Ho1f
Are we really about to watch the start of canoeist Saman Soltani's four-Olympic career at Paris 2024?
Cycling - BMX Freestyle
A sports psychologist - and a mullet - have helped Briton Kieran Reilly win a world championship. Can they help him win Olympic gold, and maybe unleash a triple flair?
Cycling - BMX Racing
Will Colombian star Mariana Pajon be able to win a fourth straight Olympic medal? (link in Spanish)
Cycling - Mountain Biking
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot's cycling career has been glittering...can her final Olympic mountain bike race earn her that missing Summer Games medal?
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot to Retire from Mountain Biking to Focus on Road Racing Comeback https://t.co/ae9XgISr6h
— Bicycling Magazine (@BicyclingMag) May 31, 2024
Will all-around cycling star Mathieu van der Poel's focus on the road race this time around finally get him an Olympic medal?
Cycling - Track
Men's sprint cyclist Nicholas Paul was controversially unable to medal at Tokyo 2020 despite being the world record-holder. Will Paris 2024 offer redemption and a landmark podium place for Team Trinidad & Tobago?
Equestrian - Dressage
Will Team USA's dressage rider Steffen Peters and his mount Mopsie become internet sensations once again like at Tokyo 2020, thanks to rapper Snoop Dogg's viral impression.
@Paris2024 will be the 6th @Olympics for equestrian Steffen Peters @SteffenPeters8 . This time, together with his club-loving partner "Mopsie" , they will have a huge fan cheering for them @SnoopDogg @FEI_Global #equestrian https://t.co/a2CbPawdX2
— Yiannis (@YiannisExarchos) June 29, 2024
Australian Shane Rose has had an eventful 1st half of 2024...can he put 'mankini-gate' and multiple fractures firmly behind him and add to his career Olympic medal tally?
Equestrian - Jumping
Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Swede Henrik von Evkermann and mount King Edward are the 'undisputed number ones' headed into Paris 2024...is there another gold medalist pair in the wings?
Fencing
Despina Georgiadou is currently ranked in the top three in women's sabre, but unfortunately won't be at Paris 2024. Can current seventh-ranked Theodora Gkountoura make the podium instead for Team Greece?
After Team Belgium's men made the podium in the last two Games, can the Belgian women start to catch-up in the medal table in their only Olympic appearance after London 2012's 11th place finish? They're currently world-ranked number four...
Football (Soccer)
Will Team Spain's La Roja women's football keep true to its potential and win its first Olympic title, after its 2023 FIFA World Cup win?
Bonus:
How will Teams Ukraine and Israel fare in the men's tournament as each looks to stand proud amidst tough times at home?
â˜‘ï¸ Semifinal Euro-2023
— Ukrainian Association of Football (@uafukraine) July 2, 2023
Olympic Games 2024 ☑ï¸
Well done, boys! â–¡â–¡â–¡â–¡â–¡â–¡ pic.twitter.com/2KD1FJwX4X
Team New Zealand's Lydia Ko has a silver medal from Rio 2016 and a bronze from Tokyo 2020. Might she complete a trifecta at Paris 2024?
Gymnastics - Artistic
Umm...men's pommel horse...2024 World Cup leader Ahmad Abu Al-Soud, 2022 & 2023 world champion Rhys McClenaghan, 2021 world champion Stephen Nedoroscik, and two-time defending Olympic champion Max Whitlock are all contending. Who will win??
Gymnastics - Rhythmic
Has new European champion Stiliana Nikolova secured enough 2024 momentum to top 2022 world champion Sofia Raffaeli and 2023 world champion Darja Varfolomeev in a rare Olympic competition not headlined by Russians?
Y con este ejercicio, ¡Stiliana Nikolova se lleva el oro en el Europeo! â–¡â¤ï¸â–¡â–¡ #Budapest2024 pic.twitter.com/IB9BG4mZw0
— esteruss (@esteruss) May 25, 2024
How will Rayan Dutra - Team Brazil's first male trampoline Olympian and a popular content creator - perform at the LGBT-out athlete's first Games?
Team Handball
Teams France and Denmark were the top two at Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, the 2023 worlds, and the 2024 European championship...can any other team spoil the expected gold medal match? Not according to the odds...
Judo
Siblings Uta and Hifumi Abe are both Tokyo 2020 gold medalists, and four-time world champions. Will they both be able to repeat at Paris 2024?
Modern Pentathlon
Who will lay claim to the last Olympic titles in the sport's current format before a new era hits Los Angeles 2028? It'd be fitting to see Tokyo 2020 champion Joe Choong and leading voice against a format change win, no?
â–¡ My Olympic sport is in danger
— i newspaper (@theipaper) March 10, 2024
British Olympic and World Champion Joe Choong tells @iPaperSport he fears for the future of modern pentathlon - and fears politics will drive more athletes than ever into retirement after #Paris2024 https://t.co/cMEDdjTAmi
Speaking of the end of things...16 men's and 16 women's crews are vying for lightweight double sculls medals in Paris; this will be the last time the events are held in a Games. Who will make the final podiums?
Rugby Sevens
Will the inclusion of rugby (15s) star Hugo Keenan push Team Ireland onto the men's rugby sevens podium at Paris 2024? The squad finished second in the SVNS 2024 season, and some consistency playing with Keenan might just be the push they need. (Up Ireland!)
Sailing
It's taken four tries for ILCA 6 sailor Erika Reineke to qualify for Team USA at an Olympics. Isn't this the kind of perseverance we should root for at Paris 2024?
Erika Reineke: It’s been a long road https://t.co/u7f890PyFO pic.twitter.com/5s5kk76fIq
— Scuttlebutt Sailing News (@ScuttButt) March 13, 2024
Who will win the first medals of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games? The 10-meter air rifle mixed team competition is scheduled to end at 11:50am on Saturday, July 27 in Chateauroux (just 15 minutes ahead of diving's women's synchronized 3-meter springboard event).
Skateboarding
Can park skateboarding prodigy Sky Brown improve upon her Tokyo 2020 bronze medal, despite a dalliance with surfing and late Paris 2024 qualification?
Sport Climbing
Will a new Olympic format better suit sport climbing legend Adam Ondra after a frustrating Tokyo 2020?
Curiosity about comic Colin Jost's 'unique flair' contributions to NBC's surfing coverage aside, one main question is how that new aluminum tower will work out in the end. (The 'end', of course, meaning in the long term...)
Table Tennis
Would more Olympic success in Paris mean Ma Long is really the G.O.A.T. of the sport?
Taekwondo
Will taekwondo supply the first-ever Olympic medal for the Refugee Olympic team? There are five Refugee athletes competing in the sport, and Afghan-born, second-time Olympian Farzad Mansouri would be one for who to root.
Tennis
How fun will it be to see young star Carlos Alcaraz and living legend Rafael Nadal play doubles together?
p.s. they actually may not be the strongest Team Spain men's pair at Paris 2024...
The Olympics doubles partnership we all wanted to see â–¡
— Laureus (@LaureusSport) June 12, 2024
□□ Spain’s captain David Ferrer announces that Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will play together at Paris 2024.
Bring it on â–¡ pic.twitter.com/BDV9IN5aR1
This won't be a duathlon, will it? Holding this event in the Seine river was a key planning highlight of the Games. Here's hoping last-minute cleaning will do the trick.
Volleyball
Team Poland's men have won the world championship in 2014 and 2018, the European championship in 20099 and 2023, and the Nations League in 2023, but have only reached the quarterfinals in the last five Olympics. Can they make the podium finally?
POLAND â–¡â–¡
— Volleyball World (@volleyballworld) January 18, 2024
They dominated in 2023 and will for sure do it again in 2024 which includes defending their VNL title â–¡ and @paris2024.
□□ #NEWSMAKERS2023 #gangłysego pic.twitter.com/4XT9bbii70
Will Norwegian defending men's champions Andy Mol and Christian Sorum be back in top form after Mol's leg injury earlier this season?
Weightlifting
Team Ecuador had a breakthrough Olympics at Tokyo 2020 thanks to its female weightlifters. Can Angie Palacios, Tokyo 2020 champion Neisi Dajomes, and Lisseth Ayovi at least replicate that in Paris?
Wrestling - Freestyle
Will embattled Frank Chamizo make the most of an Olympic reprieve qualification with a medal?
Wrestling - Greco-Roman
Will Team Cuban great Mijain Lopez add to his legendary legacy with a fifth Greco-Roman medal in his six Olympic appearances?​​​
Faltan 23 dÃas para los JJOO de #Paris2024
— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) July 3, 2024
MijaÃn López â–¡â–¡ busca su quinta medalla de oro y convertirse en el máximo atleta olÃmpico de todos los tiempos.
Toda la información âž¡ï¸ https://t.co/MhVYhYlfrb#OlimpicosTelemundo
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