Event Schedule – Paris 2024 Olympic Games
The event schedule of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been announced yesterday. Please see the complete schedule
Paris 2024 Olympic Games events schedule announced 2 Years before the Games – see you there!
Paris 2024 has published its events competition schedule, along with new information on ticket pricing. A chance to look forward, two years before the Games begin. The countdown continues! With the first medals being awarded the day after the Opening Ceremony, a packed middle weekend, the swimming and athletics finals in the evening, placing women in the spotlight, the calendar was designed to let fans live the full experience of the Games! With two years to go before the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on 26 July 2024, Paris 2024 has released its events competition schedule, marking a key milestone in the Paris 2024 project. Drawn up in close cooperation with all the International Federations, the IOC and OBS (which will produce the TV coverage of the Games), the schedule provides a detailed breakdown of the sports programme of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. So close your eyes for a few moments and cast your mind forward to… Team sports taking centre stage from 24 July 2024, when the eight opening matches of the men’s football tournament will be played at venues all over France, while the Stade deFrance hosts the thrills and spills of the first 12 rugby sevens matches; The men’s and women’s 100m freestyle swimming finals, and the silence of the Paris La Défense Arena crowd as they await the start of the race: at 8.30pm on 31 July; The electric atmosphere at the 110m and 100m hurdles finals in athletics at the Stade de France: from 7pm on 8 August for the men and 7pm on 10 August for the women; The handball finals in front of 27,000 frenzied spectators at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille: from 3pm on 10 August for the women and 1.30pm the following day for the men; The first ever breaking finals in Olympic Games history, at the foot of the Concorde obelisk: 8pm on 9 August for the B-Girls and the same time the next evening for the B-Boys; The Eventing cross-country Equestrian event, in the majestic setting of the gardens of the Château de Versailles: 28 July, from 10.30 am The new kitesurfing events in sailing, in the magnificent Marseille Marina: from 11am on 8 August; The men’s and women’s surfing quarters, semi-finals and finals on the mythical Teahupo’o wave in Tahiti: from 7am local time (7pm Paris time) on 30 July; The men’s individual archery final on the Esplanade des Invalides, starting at 1pm on 4 August; The very last Olympic gold medal to be decided (before the Paralympic Games begin two weeks later) at the women’s basketball final at the Bercy Arena, starting at 3.30pm on 11 August It’s official! The 32 sports on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games programme now know their events schedule, with 329 events spread across 18 days of competition from Wednesday 24 July to Sunday 11 August. (...) Source:
BWL celebrates two Commonwealth Games flag bearers
Two British Weight Lifting (BWL) home nation weightlifters have been selected by their respective Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) to serve as their flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on 28 July. Emily Campbell will fly the flag for Team England. Emily is already a Commonwealth medallist after securing bronze at the Gold Coast 2018 and for these Games, she is ranked no. 1 in the Commonwealth and will compete in the women’s 87+kg category on Wednesday 3 August. Campbell made history at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 by becoming the first British woman in history to medal in weightlifting with silver. Furthermore, Campbell is a dual European Champion and medallist from the 2021 World Championships. Emily Campbell has commented on being selected “I am extremely honoured to have the opportunity to fly the Team England flag high at the opening ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. It makes it so much more special that I get to do it in front of a home crowd on Midlands soil! It really doesn’t get any better than that. Being the first female weightlifter and the first weightlifter to be flag bearer since the legend Precious Mackenzie in 1974 has me bursting with pride and I hope this moment will inspire other young girls to chase their dreams whether that’s in sport or anything else they have ambitions of becoming. I really can’t wait to get out there with the team!” In parallel, Holly O’Shea will fly the Gibraltar flag. Holly is set to be Gibraltar's first ever weightlifter at the Commonwealth Games and will compete in the women’s 71kg category on Monday 1 August. Holly O’Shea commented, “I am so overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to have been selected to be a flagbearer for Team Gibraltar. I absolutely cannot wait to lead this super talented team out & raise the flag high for the nation. It has been a real journey through this qualification period, from training in -3 in the garage through Covid-19, to finding my feet in competition, to organising and jetting off to compete in Uzbekistan by myself. Thankfully I've had incredible support along the way that I will be forever grateful for. Thank you to everyone who has played even the smallest part in this journey, I hope I am able to make you proud.” Matthew Curtain, British Weight Lifting CEO, has commented “We are thrilled with the selection of Emily Campbell and Holly O’Shea as flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. We congratulate both athletes wholeheartedly as Emily and Holly are leading role models across our diverse membership. Indeed, such accomplishments will certainly inspire the next generation of athletes as BWL looks towards future Commonwealth Games”. (...) Source: British Weight
IWF Athletes’ Commission Elects Dora Tchakounte as New Vice Chair
Last week the IWF Athletes’ Commission opened a vote among its members to fill the position of Vice Chair after the previous Vice Chairwoman Hiromi Miyake (JPN) was elected to the IWF Executive Board at the 2022 IWF Electoral Congress in Tirana, Albania.Due to this recent activity, the IWF Athletes’ Commission has now officially elected Dora Tchakounte from France as the new Vice Chairwoman. Tchakounte is an Olympian, recently competing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games where she placed 4th in the 59kg category. She will now join Forrester Osei on the IWF Executive Board as IWF Athlete Representatives.IWF President Mohammed Jalood commented, “On behalf of the new IWF Executive Board, I would like to congratulate Ms. Tchakounte and welcome her to the Board. The athlete perspective is very important to our sport, we have a lot of good work to do for weightlifting and together with her and the IWF Athletes’ Commission Chair Forrester Osei, I know that we will achieve a lot for our sport together.”IWF Athlete Chair Forrester Osei added, “We are so pleased to have Dora Tchakounte as our new Vice Chair. She is a strong leader within our Commission, and now having her voice included in the important discussions we will have with the IWF leadership about the future of our sport will be invaluable.”Currently there are three positions available for Athlete Representatives on the IWF Executive Board. IWF Athlete Commission Chair, Forrester Osei and now Vice Chair, Dora Tchakounte hold two positions and the third will be filled later on this
The South American Weightlifting Confederation Launches the 12th Edition of its Magazine
The South American Weightlifting Confederation has launched its new magazine. The 12th edition of the magazine features a brief summary of the weightlifting activities in the region during the second part of 2021, including the successful participation of South American athletes in the World Championships, moreover a review of doping analysis made by Dr. Victor Carpio, from Perú, who is a recognized specialist with a longtime experience in this field. You can read all in the magazine by clicking
A New Chapter Begins for the IWF
Lausanne, Switzerland - July 14, 2022 The new Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation met yesterday at the IWF Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Coming together for the first time since their election, there was a packed agenda set for the new leadership. Among the most important topics was the Olympic status as well as the foundation and future of weightlifting.The discussions focused on the core principles of the IWF, including reviewing the past culture versus the new philosophy of the organisation and next steps in continuing to clean up the sport. Each member of the Executive Board committed to supporting the good governance initiatives already implemented and to the continued improvement of transparency and integrity within the sport.Furthermore, concrete steps were agreed including commissioning the International Testing Agency (ITA) to increase the number of out-of-competitions tests. Additionally, an international auditing firm will now be appointed to perform a detailed financial, governance and operational due diligence of the IWF covering the past ten years. The final report will be presented to the IWF Ordinary Congress in December this year. Also, using the learnings from the recent Electoral Congress, a review of the IWF Constitution will be made to identify any needs for adjusting operational regulations. And lastly, an adjustment will be made to the current financial management regulations and procedures to ensure a clear link between costs and obtained results.Additional points discussed also included the upcoming events for this year and next year, the support of athletes and member federations, the improvement of sponsorship and ways in which to promote the sport of weightlifting throughout the world.IWF President Mohammed Jaloud commented, “It was great to have the new Executive Board come together here in Lausanne, the Olympic Capital, and home of the IWF headquarters. With so many new Executive Board members, it was important for us to come together in unity to focus on the future of our sport. We are moving forward on all fronts and are strictly in line with the IOC requirements.”IWF General Secretary Antonio Urso said, “This was a very productive first meeting with the new Executive Board, there was a lot of positive energy. We had some great discussions and made some important decisions for weightlifting; we are looking forward to sharing more on next steps with our members and partners in the coming weeks and months ahead. But we can already promise that transparency will be at the core of everything that the IWF does from now on – including having the detailed minutes of our meeting being published very soon on the IWF
