Producer: Peuli Bakshi
The upcoming sporting fest in Paris will see two new competitions make their debut- break dance, and kayak cross in canoeing.
Breaking or break dance will be making its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The girl’s competition will be held on August 9 and the boys will compete on August 10.
The 2024 Olympics will introduce a new style of canoeing, kayak cross, in the slalom category. In it, participating athletes will be racing over water through obstacles.
Skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing made their Olympic Games debut in Tokyo 2020 and are also set to feature in Paris.
The skateboarding will see the participation of 88 male and female athletes across four events. All the events will be held on a street-like’ course, including stairs & benches.
The men’s and women’s sport climbing events will take place from August 5-10 at Le Bourget. It will be conducted across three main formats- bouldering, speed, lead.
The winners of the surfing events in the Olympics are determined in six rounds. They are judged on a scale of 0.1 to 10.00.