The Olympics are ready for a splashy comeback after two Covid-era Games. But the festivities in Paris are shadowed by security fears and geopolitical tumult.
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100 days to Paris
Start the countdown clock. In exactly 100 days, more than 10,000 athletes and tens of thousands of spectators will converge on Paris for the start of the 33rd Summer Olympic Games, a 16-day extravaganza that marks the first time in exactly a century that the City of Lights has hosted the world’s pre-eminent sports festival.
Test your knowledge of Olympic sports that have come and gone — or never been.
The sport, also known as breaking, joins other newer sports, including three that were added to the Olympic program for the first time at the 2020 Tokyo Games — surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing.
This summer's Olympics will unfold in more than 30 venues dotted around Paris and other cities throughout France.
The Summer Games held in the City of Lights almost 100 years ago come to life in photos.
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