Olympic Countdown: What to Read If You’re Impatient for the Games to Begin

There are some thrilling new sports at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Triathlon and marathon swimming are to take place in the Seine, where it has been illegal to swim for more than a century. The water has tested unsafe in recent weeks, and cleaner on other days.

The technology ‘risks permanently transforming France.’

This summer, the world will watch East African women dominate track and field at the Paris Olympics. What you won’t see are all the dangerous roadblocks and many hurdles they navigate in order to chase their dreams.

Here’s everything you need to know about the newest sport at the Olympics, from the history of breakdancing to the format, and how it will work at the Paris Games.

From sporting legends to Gen Z prodigies, Al Jazeera picks out 10 ‘must watch’ athletes at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

With an intensive athletes’ boot camp and the threat of execution for unwelcome spectators, the Greek sporting event was a serious affair.

Here are stunning images from new book The Last Heroes that capture the most tense and historic Olympic moments.

BONUS WATCH: See Jesse Owens Win Four Golds at the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany via Mental Floss.

The Paris Olympics vowed to build as little as possible, using the city’s landmarks as a backdrop instead. Has it worked? We check out the bold new venues, upgraded old ones – and the athletes’ candy-coloured village.

Step one: Get 3 million bananas.

When they make history at the Paris Games, Olympic medalists will take a bit of France and its history home, too.

With the Paris Summer Olympics just weeks away, athletes and fans alike are buzzing with excitement, anticipation, and — for the estimated 350,000 attendees with disabilities — concern.

The Olympics doesn’t award cash to its champions, but many countries do—sometimes with cars, houses, and even cows, too.

For all the hype and glamour of the games, scores of world-class performers still work normal jobs and train at night and on weekends.

BONUS READ: These Olympians Are Moonlighting as Influencers to Pay the Bills via Rolling Stone.

Athletes are responsible for getting their stuff to the Paris Games. That’s more complicated for some sports than for others.

From ice skating comedies to wrestling tragedies, Tinseltown skillfully draws upon the world’s biggest sporting spectacle.

The action begins on July 24 with eight men’s soccer matches and the preliminary phase for rugby sevens, and the opening ceremony is scheduled for July 26.