The 2024 Summer Olympics is all set to begin in France this month from July 26 onwards, with majority of the events set to be held in host city Paris.

Paris has hosted the Olympics twice; in 1900 and 1924. So after a century it will host the Olympics again.

More than 300 events will be held this year, and for the first time, Breaking/Break-Dancing will be added to the list of sport events this year. It debuted at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires and was chosen for Paris 2024 as a new sport. Similarly , a water-sport called Kayak Cross will also make its debut.

The events will begin with the opening ceremony on July 26 and will close on August 11th with the closing ceremony. More than 70 athletes from India have got qualified to compete in the Summer Olympics. Tamil Nadu will be sending 15 athletes in total to the Summer Olympics and Paralympics this year.

During the last Olympics held in Tokyo in 2021 (postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to Covid), India won 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze medals. However the paralympic athletes won 19 medals in total (5 Gold, 8 Silver and 6 Bronze).

The Paralympic games will be held in France from August 28 to September 8th.