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en102 athletes will represent Turkey at the Olympic Games in Paris
July 11, 2024
Seventeen days before the 2024 Paris Olympics, the team was announced to represent Turkey at the Games. A total of 102 athletes, 54 women and 48 men were selected to compete for medals in 18 sports. Thus, for the second time after London 2012, the number of female athletes in our delegation exceeded the number of male athletes.
The 2024 Summer Olympics will be held from 26 July to 11 August 2024. 329 medal competitions will be held in 32 sports, at 35 competition facilities, with the participation of about 10,500 athletes. In addition to the 28 major sports included in the Olympic program, Paris 2024 will host competitions in break dancing, wave surfing, skateboarding and sports climbing.
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