Apart from the unrivalled array of multi-sport thrills that each Olympic Games edition offers, Paris 2024 will be known for accomplishing several firsts: most notably, becoming the first Games to achieve gender parity and the first to feature an opening ceremony outside a stadium. ( Year-Ender | More Sports News ) After 16 glorious days of action in the playing fields and outside them, the French capital bid goodbye to the Olympics, passing the baton to Los Angeles, where the 2028 Games will be held. Let us relive some of the most memorable moments and highlights of the Paris Olympic Games 2024: No Debate Necessary: Simone Biles Reaffirms G.
O.A.T Status If there was any doubt remaining, Simone Biles dismissed it emphatically in Paris.
Already the most decorated gymnast of all time by then, the 27-year-old American added three more gold and a silver to dazzle all and sundry. It was the most incredible comeback one could hope to witness, after her withdrawal from the Tokyo edition. She now has seven gold, two silver and two bronze medals in an Olympic Games journey that started in Rio 2016.
Leon Marchand's March Towards Greatness Four gold medals on home soil. Two individual golds on the same night — the 200m breaststroke and 200m butterfly — and that too in Olympic-record times. No star shone brighter for the hosts than the 22-year-old Leon Marchand, whose exploits in the pool left viewers stunned and French fans delighted.
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