2024 Olympics


By Anjan Vijapurapu, Teddy Ogley and Eli Williams

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Overall Scores:

Key:
G = Gold
S = Silver
B = Bronze
O = Overall

1) United States of America 40(G), 44(S), 42(B), 126(O)

2) China 40(G), 27(S), 24(B), , 91(O)

3) Japan 20(G), 12(S), 13(B), 45(O)

4) Australia 18(G), 19(S), 16(B), 53(O)

5) France 16(G), 26(S), 22(B), 64(O)

6) Netherlands 15(G), 7(S), 12(B), 34(O)

7) Great Britain 14(G), 22(S), 29(B), 65(O)

8) South Korea 13(G), 9(S), 10(B), 32(O)

9) Italy 12(G), 13(S), 15(B), 40(O)

10) Germany 12(G), 13(S), 8(B), 33(O)

Paris, the city known as "the city of light," hosted the Olympics for the third time
in 2024. The 2024 Paris Summer Games was an opportunity to shine a light on
athletic prowess and reinforce France's connection to the Olympic movement.

Every Sport played in 2024 Olympics:

Archery
Artistic Gymnastics
Swimming
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
Breaking
Canoe Slalom
Canoe Sprint
Mountain Biking
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing

Why the sport, 'Skeleton' was named that way:

The source of the word is debated; some speculate that it
comes from the skeleton-like appearance of the original sleds,
and others an incorrectly anglicized version of the Norwegian
word for toboggan, "Kjelke".