Australia will field more than 450 athletes in 42 different sports and 329 medal events at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which officially opens on July 26 in Paris, France.
Australia will have an interest in all but three sports on the Paris 2024 Games program: handball, volleyball and fencing. The 2024 Paris Olympics will be live streamed and broadcast in Australia.
The official opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics is scheduled for July 26 (early morning July 27 in Australia), but several sports will open beforehand, including soccer, rugby sevens, handball and archery. .
Players from the Australian men’s rugby team will become the first Australian players in action at Paris 2024 when they take on Samoa in a group stage match at the iconic Stade de France.
The 33rd Summer Olympics in Paris will make the French capital the second city after London to host the Olympics three times. Paris previously hosted the 1900 and 1924 editions as well.
The Australian team won a total of 46 medals at the Tokyo 2020 Games, including 17 gold, seven silver and 22 bronze. However, the country’s highest medal haul ever came at the 2004 Athens Games, where it won a total of 17 gold, 16 silver and 17 bronze medals. 50.
More than half of the Australian team for the 2024 Paris Olympics will be women. Equestrian Shane Rose, 51, is the oldest member of the Australian 2024 Olympic team, while skateboarder Alisa Truew, at 14, is the youngest.
The Australian swimming team for the 2024 Paris Olympics includes multiple Olympic medalists Ariarne Titmuss, Emma McCune, Kayleigh McCune, Kyle Chalmers, Brianna Trossel and Molly O’Callaghan. Swimming is the sport that has produced the most Olympic medals in this country.
The track and field team includes Tokyo 2020 high jump silver medalist Nicola Olislagers and Tokyo 2020 javelin throw bronze medalist Kelsey Lee Barber. Matthew Denny, the reigning Diamond League champion in the men’s discus, will be aiming for his first Olympic medal in his third appearance.
World stars such as Peter Bol, Michelle Jenneke and up-and-coming Torrey Lewis are also part of the Australian athletics team that will be sent to Paris.
Harry Garside, who won bronze at Tokyo 2020, will headline Australia’s 12-man boxing team.
Jessica Fox will compete at the 2024 Paris Games in hopes of winning her fifth Olympic medal. The Australian canoeist won gold in the women’s C1 competition three years ago. She won silver medals at London 2012 and bronze medals at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 in K1 events. Fox will compete in both the C1 and K1 events in Paris.
Jessica’s sister Noemi will also be part of the band heading from Australia to Paris.
Interestingly, there are four other sibling duos, Mingy and Minu Lee in golf, Blake and Lachlan Edwards in water polo, Madison and Tegan Levi in rugby sevens, and Jean and Pierre van der in canoe sprints. – Westhuizen and Pierre van der Westhuizen are also scheduled to represent Australia at the 2024 Paris Games. .
Breaking will be competing at the Paris Olympics for the first time, with two Australians competing. Australian women will also be competing in 3×3 basketball at the Olympics for the first time.
Where to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics live in Australia
The 2024 Paris Olympics competitions will be broadcast live on Australia’s Network Nine TV channel.
Where to watch live streaming of the 2024 Paris Olympics in Australia
Live streaming of Paris 2024 Olympic events and matches will be available on 9Now and Stan Sport.
