The Olympic Games - 2024 will be hosted by _______.

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  2. China
  3. Spain
  4. France

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The correct answer is France.

Key Points

  • The 2024 Olympic Games are hosted by France's capital, Paris, and the 2028 US city of Los Angeles.
  • Breaking, the official name for competitive breakdancing, will become an Olympic sport for the first time at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  • The athletic style of dance form emerged in the United States in the 1970s.
  • Breakdancing is among 4 sports that have got the green light to be part of the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.
  • Surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing were also approved for Paris 2024, but all three events will also be a part of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
  • The move comes after the International Olympic Committee's new rule which allows host cities to pick and propose new games that are popular in the region.
  • The Paris 2024 games will be fully gender equal with 50% female and male participation, as compared with 48.8% female participation in the Tokyo games.​

Additional Information

  • In ancient times it was organized in 1896 in Athens, the capital of Greece.
  • It was named Olympic because of the sport played on Mount Olympia.
  • Pierre de Kuvarthen is considered the father of the modern Olympic Games.
  • The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin. It is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • The Olympic Games motto is "Citius-Altius-Fortius".​ 
  • The five rings on the Olympic emblem are of five colors, red, blue, green, yellow, and black.
  • These rings represent five continents. (North and South America is considered a continent.)
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