Starting from July 26, Paris, the capital of France will host the XXXIII Summer Olympic Games. For the first time in history, this year, the parade of athletes from the participating countries will take place not at the stadium, but on the Seine River.
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The parade will start from Austerlitz Bridge at 19:30 CET. Before the opening of the final show, the athletes will travel 6 kilometres by boat to the Trocadero.
A total of 10,500 athletes from 206 countries will compete for Olympic medals, with medals awarded in 32 sports. Georgian athletes will participate in 9 sports: judo, wrestling, weightlifting, boxing, shot put, athletics, swimming, trampoline jumping, and fencing.
Georgian athletes have been participating in the Olympic Games since 1952. As an independent country, Georgia first appeared in 1996 at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
In the 2024 Olympics in Paris, 28 athletes from Georgia will compete, the smallest number in the history of the Games. This includes 4 Olympic champions: Nino Salukvadze (shot put, Seoul 1988), Lasha Talakhadze (weightlifting, Rio de Janeiro 2016, Tokyo 2020), Lasha Shavdatuashvili (judo, London 2012), and Lasha Bekauri (judo, Tokyo 2020). Lasha Talakhadze and Nino Salukvadze will be the flag bearers of the Georgian national team, as in the previous Olympic Games.
For the first time in Georgian history, a women's and men's mixed judo team will compete at the Olympic Games. The 21-year-old judoka and current world champion, Giorgi Sardalashvili, will participate in the competition for the first time.
Georgian athletes did not secure an Olympic license in any swimming events. However, the International Federation allocated 2 spots for Georgia with the so-called "wild card." One of the participants is 15-year-old Ana Nizharadze (100-meter butterfly), a debutant of the Olympic Games and the youngest member of the delegation.
The Georgian government will award one million GEL to Olympic champions, half a million to silver medalists, and 250 thousand to bronze winners.
Due to the war against Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee has allowed representatives of Russia and Belarus to participate only under neutral status, without flags and other national paraphernalia.
The 33rd Summer Olympic Games will last two weeks and will close on August 11.
