All the weird and wonderful facts about the Paris 2024 Olympics I can’t believe are real
The plane carrying the horses is called Air Horse One and I’m so here for it
The Olympics has already been one hell of a show and birthed some the most iconic main characters of the year: The muffin man, the pole vaulter and the Turkish shooter to name a few. Amidst these big names, there was a lot of other news and fun facts that you might have missed. Here’s a rundown of the best unbelievable moments and facts from the Paris 2024 Olympics you might not have known before the iconic games began.
Breakdancing is now officially an Olympic sport
Yes, breakdancing has now been officially inaugurated into the Olympics! You can catch it on Friday the 9th of August.
The youngest athlete in Paris was born in 2012: The year of the London Olympics
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Her name is HaoHao Zeng and she competed in women’s skateboarding for China at just 11 years old. She didn’t advance to the finals, but needless to say, her participation was enough to impress!
Unsurprisingly, the surfing isn’t taking place in Paris
It’s actually happening in Tahiti in the French Polynesia, which is closer to New Zealand than it is to Paris!
The USA gymnastics team has a therapy dog
And he’s just so adorable! His name is Beacon and he is the emotional support dog for the Paris 2024 Olympics team (and my favourite one of these facts), but also works full time being the goodest boy.
You can actually meet the athletes for free every evening
@paris2024officiel 🪩 CHAMPIONS PARK 🪩 Next session on Monday, free entry! #Paris2024 #olympics
Did you know that if you go to Champions Park at 5:30pm, you can meet athletes who come by, watch cool performances and watch the events on a huge big screen. How cool is that?!
The plane that flew horses to the Olympics is called Air Horse One
AIR HORSE ONE 😍 https://t.co/tTE0g1zGGv pic.twitter.com/wMHkkAKrwp
— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) July 31, 2024
Air Horse One is now my preferred mode of travel.
There are WHALES at the surfing event
https://twitter.com/JamesRWithers/status/1820600365345092083
Thanks to its tropical location, whales have been spotted photobombing the Olympic competition picture!
The medalists get given an iconic poster of the Paris Olympic Village
@evykayak as a big poster girlie this is very cool #genzolympics #paris2024
The poster is a colourful map of the Paris Olympic Village, which is a lovely gift for the competitors who make it to the podium.
Simone Biles can jump 12 feet high
She can also do it with a calf injury!
The shooting targets are TINY
Olympic target 🎯 shooting size #Paris2024 #Paris2024Olympic
To be precise, its entire diameter is 0.5mm in rifle shooting. In ISSF competitions, like these Olympics, the boards are electronic and in those, the targets are accurate to 0.001 of a millimetre.3 pic.twitter.com/sB4bCa60GS
— Engineers View (@Engineers_View1) August 2, 2024
Now the Turkish hitman shooter looks even more impressive for winning silver with no equipment whatsoever.
The archery targets are very far away
In honor of the Summer Olympics, we'll be posting a fun fact about an Olympic sport each day!
Olympic fun fact of the day: In Olympic archery, the distance from the archer to the target is 70 meters, or roughly 75 yards – almost the length of an American football field 🎯🤯 pic.twitter.com/SttwGMjFMu
— Sports Counsel (@sports_counsel) August 5, 2024
I’d need glasses just to see where I’m supposed to point the bow!
Bob the cap catcher is there to pick up swimmers’ caps if they fall off in the pool
It's said "not all heroes wear capes." #BobtheCapCatcher is the hero that barely wears anything. My man deserves #Olympics gold🥇for walking out with the dad bod & diving in the pool to get a swimmer's cap. Best moment of the Games so far in my book 📷 #dadbod #OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/1wV5xirkzL
— 📸🎥Eric Seals (@ericseals) July 28, 2024
Bob is there for all your lost swimming cap needs!
Snoop Dogg has the coolest Olympic pin
Snoop Dogg Olympic Pin (2024) pic.twitter.com/3b01m4hAQb
— Outlander Magazine (@StreetFashion01) July 30, 2024
Where can I get one of these amazing pins?!
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