Less than two months left until the 2024 Olympics in Paris!

The 33rd Sum­mer Olympics will be held from July 26 to August 11. Paris is host­ing the Games for the third time, pre­vi­ous­ly in 1900 and 1924.

🏃 A total of 32 sports will be rep­re­sent­ed. In addi­tion to the 28 main sports, break­danc­ing, sport climb­ing, skate­board­ing, and surf­ing have also been select­ed to “set a new stan­dard for inclu­sive, gen­der-bal­anced, and youth-ori­ent­ed games.”

In 2022, the slo­gan of the 2024 Olympics was unveiled — “Games open to all.” The slo­gan empha­sizes par­i­ty between the sex­es (5,250 male and female ath­letes) and open­ness to new sports.

The Inter­na­tion­al Olympic Com­mit­tee (IOC) announced that 28 Belaru­sian ath­letes and 55 ath­letes from the Russ­ian Fed­er­a­tion could qual­i­fy for the Olympics. So far, 26 ath­letes with Belaru­sian pass­ports and 45 ath­letes from the Russ­ian Fed­er­a­tion have received Olympic licens­es.

🏅 Mean­while, the IOC has devel­oped cri­te­ria of neu­tral­i­ty that ath­letes must com­ply with: they can­not take part in team com­pe­ti­tions, must not have sup­port­ed the war in Ukraine, and should not be under con­tract with the Belaru­sian or Russ­ian mil­i­tary or nation­al secu­ri­ty agen­cies. Con­se­quent­ly, they will not be includ­ed in the medal table. The Ath­letes For Free­dom Foun­da­tion is close­ly fol­low­ing this devel­op­ment to ensure com­pli­ance and uphold the integri­ty of the Games.