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1.

Archery is a bow and arrow sport that uses a bow and arrow to shoot at a
target.

Mechanics of Archery

both athletes shoot three arrows each. In team events, each match is a
maximum of four sets with six arrows per set (two per athlete). Each team is
allotted two minutes to shoot an end of six arrows. For the mixed team
events, each match is a maximum of four sets with four arrows per set, two
per athlete.

Winner

Kim Woojin (South Korea ) won the men's archery gold at the Paris
Olympics

Lim Sihyeon (South korea) won the gold medalist in women archery.

Brady Ellison ( USA) won bronze in the mixed team event and he won e
men’s individual.

Lee Wooseok ( South Korea) defeated Germany’s Florian Unruh in the


bronze medal.

Deepika Kumari(India) won the silver medal in the women's archery.

Men’s and Women final Podium

Kim Woojin

Lim sehyeon
Brady Ellison

Michelle Kroppen and Florian Unruh

Lee Wooseok

2.Artistic Gymnastics a type of gymnastics that focuses on performing


routines on different apparatus while emphasizing strength, flexibility, and
artistic expression.

Mechanics of Artistic Gymnastics

Gymnasts compete in the all-around and event finals. The all-around final
involves competing in all four or six events individually. The event finals
involve the top eight gymnasts in each event competing for medals.

Winners
3. artistic swimming is a exhibition swimming in which the movements of
one or more swimmers are synchronized with musical accompaniment.

Mechanics of artistic swimming

Where competitors propel their bodies through water in either an outdoor or


indoor swimming pool using by using the following strokes: Freestyle,
backstroke, breaststroke, or butterfly.

Winners

Republic of China came out on top of the team competition to clinch Olympic
gold for the very first time with a incredible final score of 996.1389.

USA team won a silver medalist with a final score 914.3421

Spain secured the bronze medal, showcasing their impressive skills and
artistry with a final score 914.3421

Team final podium

Gold : (Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi )People’s Republic of China


Silver : Anita Alvarez, Daniella Ramirez, Keana Hunter, Audrey Kwon, Jaime
Czarkowski,Ruby Remati ,Jacklyn Luu , Megumi Field.

Broze : Txell Ferré, Marina García, Blanca Toledano, Lilou Lluis, Meritxell
Mas,Alisa Ozhogina, Paula Ramírez, Sara Saldaña.

4. Athletics is a group of track and field events covering a wide variety of


sports, with competitions featuring running, walking, jumping and throwing
under different disciplines.

Mechanics how they play

Athlete in the Olympics men and women compete separately. These are
played in indoor and outdoor formats. All the indoor competitions are held in
winter while the outdoor events are held in summer.

Winners

Tola Tamirat of Ethiopia ran the race of his life won a gold medal with a new
Olympic record of 2:06:26

Bashir Abdi of Belgium won a silver medal with a time of 2:06:47

Benson Kipruto of Kenya won a broze medal with a time of 2:07:00

Men and Women Final Podium

Gold: Tamirat Tola

Silver: Bashir Abdi


Broze: Benson Kipruto

5 . Badminton is a racket sport played indoors by two opposing players


(singles) or two pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a
court divided by a net.

Mechanics of Badminton

It’s played in a best-of-three games format. To win the match, a player must
secure two out of three games, each played to 21 points. Additionally, a
player must achieve a 2-point advantage to win a game. If that advantage is
not reached, the first player to score 30 points wins the game.

Winners

China won the most number of medals (2 gold and 3 silver) with 22-20 21-
15 sweep

South Korea coming second with one gold and one silver with a final score
21-13 21-16.

Indonesia’s wining the bronze medal at the badminton women.

Chinese Taipei’s won a gold in the men’s doubles.

Malaysia's badminton players brought home two bronze medals from the
Paris Olympics 2024 in a dominant 21-11 21-11 win

Japan secured two bronze medals in badminton at the Paris Olympics 2024

Men and Women final podium


Gold : Viktor AXELSEN, AN Se Young, LEE Yang, HUANG Ya Qiong .

Silver: Kunlavut VITIDSARN, HE Bing Jiao, LIANG Wei Keng, WANG Chang.

Broze: Lee Zii Jia, Gregoria Mariska TUNJUNG, Aaron CHIA, Yuta WATANABE.

6. Basketball a usually indoor court game between two teams of usually


five players each who score by tossing an inflated ball through a raised goal.

Mechanics of Basketball

Each team will play the other three teams in its group and will earn two
points for a win, one point for a loss, and zero points for a loss by forfeit.

Winners

USA took home gold in both the men’s and women’s competitions at the
Paris Olympics by defeating a spirited French team.

France won a silver medal both men and women basketball.

Serbia win a bronze medal in men basketball.

Australia won a bronze medal in women basketball.

Men/Women Final podium

Gold: USA

Silver: France

Bronze: Serbia and Australia


7. Basketball 3x3 is a variation of basketball played three-a-side, with one
backboard and in a half-court setup.

Mechanics of Basketball 3x3

A team can score points by making field goals or free throws. A field goal
made inside the arc is worth one point, while a field goal made outside the
arc is worth two points and the game is played in a single period of up to 10
minutes.

Winner

Germany beat Spain 17-16 in the final and won a Gold medal and Spain
won a silver medal

United States beat Canada 16-13 for bronze.

Netherlands won the gold medal after defeating France 18–17 in the final.

France took home the silver medal after losing to the Netherlands in the
final.

Lithuania won the bronze medal after defeating Latvia 21–18. Lithuania's
victory was a

surprise, as Latvia was the top seed from the pool stage.

Mens and Women final Podium

Gold: Germany
Silver: Spain

Bronze: USA

8.Beach Volleyball is played outdoors on sand with usually two players to a


side.

Mechanics of Beach Volleyball

Each team has two players on the court at a time. Unlike indoor volleyball,
players are allowed to play in any position throughout the game. Rally point
scoring is used in every set. Each match consists of the the teams competing
for the best of three sets.

Winner

Men and Women Final podium

Gold: Brazil (Ana Patricia/Duda)

Silver: Canada (Wilkerson/Humana Paredes)

Bronze: Switzerland (Brunner/Huberli)


Gold: Sweden (David Ahman/Jonatan Hellvig)

Silver: Germany (Nils Ehlers/Clemens Wickler)

Bronze: Norway (Anders Mol/Christian Sorum)

9. Boxing the art of attack and defense with the fists practiced as a sport.

Mechanics of boxing

In professional boxing, fights can take place over up to 12 three minute


rounds, with a one minute rest between each round. The only method of
attack is punching with a clenched fist, punches below the belt or the back of
the opponent’s head and neck are not allowed. The ring ropes cannot be
used for leverag.

Winner
Men and Women Final Podium

10.Breaking is a style of hip-hop dance where soloists perform acrobatic


moves.

Mechanics of breaking

The duration of each set may vary but is generally between 30 to 60 seconds
per entry and competitors must showcase a combination of different
breaking elements, including footwork, powermoves, freezes, and toprock.

Winners of breaking

Japan’s win Gold medal match to become breaking’s first-ever Olympic gold
medalist.

China’s Liu Qingyi took bronze after overpowering India.

Won the first-ever men’s breaking gold medal, taking down France’s

American Victor Montalvo win in the bronze battle over Japan’s.

Men’s and Women Final Podium

Gold: Ami Yuasa and Phil Wizard,


Silver: Nicka and Dany Dann

Bronze: Liu Qingyi and Victor Montalvo

11. Canoe slalom A whitewater sport where competitors race through a series of gates
on a river course in a canoe or kayak as quickly as possible.

Mechanics of Canoe slalom


The goal for the slalom paddler is to race as fast as possible from the start line to finish
line, negotiating up to 25 slalom gates without touching them.
12.Canoe Sprint is a race to the line on a flatwater course with international
competition.

Mechanics of Canoe Sprint


competitors race each other on a flatwater course over distances between
200 and 1000 metres..

Winners
13 Cycling BMX freestyle is a type of extreme cycling that involves performing stunts

and tricks on a BMX bike.

Mechanics of Cycling BMX freestyle

Athletes ride round a course with ramps, box jumps and walls and must showcase their
best tricks in two 60-second runs to qualify for the final.
Winner
Jose Torres Gil of Argentina won a thrilling gold medal in men's BMX freestyle with a
steller score of 94.82.
Kieran Reilly took silver with a final score 93.91,
Anthony Jeanjean won a bronze on 93.76 score.
Men and Women final Podium
Gold: Jose Torres Gil, Argentina
Silver: Kieran Reilly, Great Britain
Bronze: Anthony Jeanjean, France
14. Cycling bmx Racing It innvolves up to eight BMX cyclists competing on
a single-lap track with straights, jumps and turns.

Mechanics of Cycling Bmx Racing

Involves up to eight BMX cyclists competing on a single-lap track with


straights, jumps and turns. The first across the finish line wins the race

Winners

Saya Sakakibara win a gold medal with a time of 34.23 seconds in the final.

Joris Daudet won gold with a time of 31.42 seconds

Men’s and Women final Podium

Gold: Saya Sakakibara (AUS) and Joris Daudet (FRA)

Silver : Manon Veenstra (NED) and Sylvain Andre (FRA)

Bronze: Claessens (SUI) and Romain Mahieu (FRA)


16.
17.Cycling Track is a specially-built oval-shaped track, usually indoors,
where track cycling events take place.

Mechanics of cycling track

As you pedal, your body is cycling through two phases — the power phase
and the recovery phase the power phase is when you push the pedal
downwards between the 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock positions where your body
generates force to move the bike fRichar

Winners

Ellesse Andrews (NZL): Won gold, her second medal of the games. Andrews
beat German world record holder Lea Friedrich 2-0 in the best-of-three final.

Lea Sophie Friedrich (GER): Won silver, setting the world record in her
qualifying lap.

Emma Finucane (GBR): Won bronze, beating Hetty van de Wouw of the Netherlands 2-
0. Finucane also won a bronze medal in the women’s Keirin and was part of the gold-
winning Great Britain team in the women’s team sprint.
Women and Men final Podium
Gold: Ellesse Andrews (NZL)
Silver: Lea Sophie Friedrich (GER)
Bronze: Emma Finucane (GBR)
18.Diving is a sport of plunging into water, usually head foremost,
performed with the addition of gymnastic and acrobatic stunts.

Mechanics of Diving

Athletes jump or fall into water from a platform or springboard while


performing acrobatic routines

Winners

Men and Women Podium

Gold : Chang Yani/Chen Yiwen (China)

Silver : Sarah Bacon/Kassidy Cook (USA)

Bronze : Yasmin Harper/Scarlett Mew Jensen (Great Britain)


19. Equestrian it involves a horse and rider competing in one of three disciplines:
dressage, eventing, or jumping.

Mechanics of Equestrian
Riders and horses are timed as they jump over obstacles, with time penalties
imposed for each obstacle toppled.

Winner

Michael Jung won a gold breaking the record with a score just 0.3 points
behind the British rider.

Chris Burton wins a silver medal.

Laura Collett won a bronze medal with final score 17.5 .

Men and Women final Podium

Gold : Michael Jung (GER)

Silver: Christopher Burton (AUS)

Bronze: Laura Collett (GBR)


20. Fencing is a combat sport where two athletes use swords to score
points by striking their opponent.

Mechanics of fencing

Each time a fencer scores a touch, they receive a point. Points are received
by making a touch in the opponent’s target area. Direct elimination matches
in epee and foil consist of three three‐minute periods with a one‐minute
break between each.

Winners

Japan’s Koki Kano won the first-ever gold medal in an individual Olympic
fencingfencing with with a 45-36 win over the Italians.

Italy Filippo Macchi won a silver medal.

The French team of Enzo Lefort, Maxime Pauty and Maximilien Chastanet
won a bronze-medal match against the United States.

Men and women final Podium

Gold: Japan

Silver: Italy

Bronze: France
21. Football is a game played between two teams of eleven people, where
each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other team’s goal.

Mechanics of football

Players score points in football by getting the ball across the goal line into
the end zone, either by throwing and catching the ball, running it in or
kicking it through the field goal posts for a field goal.

Winners

Spain won their second Olympic gold medal after beating France 5-3 in extra
time .

France were the runners-up won a silver medal.

Morocco beat Egypt 6-0 to win the bronze medal

Men and Women final Podium

Gold: Spain

Silver: France

Bronze: Morocco
22.Golf is a game in which a player using special clubs attempts to sink a
ball with as few strokes as possible into each of the 9 or 18 successive holes
on a course.

Mechanics of Football

It encompass every aspect of the game, from how you grip the club to the
position of your feet and the rotation of your hips.

Winners

Men’s

Scottie Scheffler of the United States won the gold medal, Tommy Fleetwood
of Great Britain won the silver, and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan won the
bronze

Women’s

Lydia Ko of New Zealand won the gold medal, Esther Henseleit of Germany
won the silver, and Xiyu Lin of China won the bronze.

Men and Women final Podium

Gold: Scottie Scheffler (USA) and Lydia Ko (NZL)

Silver: Tommy Fleetwood (GBR) and Esther Henseleit (GER)

Bronze: Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) and Xiyu Lin (CHN)


23.handball a game played in a walled court or against a single wall or
board by two or four players who use their hands to strike the ball.

Mechanics of handball

Players can use their hands, head, torso, thighs, and knees to catch, throw,
stop, push, or hit the ball. They can’t touch the ball with their feet or
anything below the knee.

Winners

Denmark won gold with a 39-26 victory over Germany.

Germany won silver and this was Germany’s first Olympic medal in men’s
handball since 2016, when they finished third.

Spain won bronze with a 23-22 victory over Slovenia.

Men and Women final Podium

Men's Medalists

Gold: Denmark

Silver: Germany

Bronze: Spain
24.Hockey a game played on an ice rink by two teams of six players on
skates whose object is to drive a puck into the opponents’ goal with a hockey
stick.

Mechanics of hockey

It is played outdoors in rectangular field. Two teams of 11 players each play


the game. One of them wears helmet, pads, and stands in-front of goal with
a J-shaped hockey stick.

Winners

Netherlands won the gold medal after beating Germany in a shootout.

Germany won a silver medal

India won the bronze medal after defeating Spain 2-1.

Men and Women final Podium

Gold: Netherland

Silver: Germany

Bronze: India
25. Judo a sport developed from jujitsu that emphasizes the use of quick
movement and leverage to throw an opponent.

Mechanics of Judo

each fight is up to 4 minutes long opponents begin the fight with a bow. This
is fundamental to the principles of Judo the referee then signals the start of
play and the contest Begins the highest.

Winners

 Women's 52kg
Diyora Keldiyorova (Uzbekistan) won gold, Distria Krasniqi (Kosovo)
won silver, and Amandine Buchard (France) and Larissa Pimenta
(Brazil) won bronze.
Men's 66kg
Hifumi Abe (Japan) won gold, Willian Lima (Brazil) won silver, Denis
Vieru (Maldova) won bronze, and Gusman Kyrgyzbayev (Kazakhstan)
won bronze
Mixed team judo

Teddy Riner of France defeated Tatsuru Saito of Japan in a golden score


tiebreaker to win the mixed team judo gold medal

Japan won silver medal , Brazil won silver and South Korea at mixed team
judo.

Men and Women final Podium


Gold: Teddy Riner (France) and Hifumi Abe (Japan)

Silver: Kim Min-Jong (South Korea) and Willian Lima (Brazil)

Bronze: Alisher Yupov (Uzbekistan) and Denis Vieru (Maldova)

Bronze: Temur Rakhimov (Tajikistan) and Gusman Kyrgyzbayev (Kazakhstan)


26.Mathon Swimming a nonstop open-water swim, undertaken according
to standardized rules, and requiring at least several hours of sustained effort
to complete

Mechanics of Marathon Swimming

athletes brave open water environments, navigating tides, currents and


weather while completing a rigorous long distance swim course.

Winners

Men’s Marathon Swimming

Kristof Rasovszky of Hungary swam a time of 1:50:52.7 to win the race,


besting Oliver Klemet of Germany by just 2.1 seconds. Hungary's David
Betlehem crossed the finish line in third place.

Women Marathon Swimming

Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands becoming the first athlete ever to
win two gold medals in the event. Moesha Johnson of Australia took silver
while Italy’s Ginevra Taddeucci secured her country’s first medal in this event
since 2016 with bronze.

Men and Women final Podium

Gold: Sharon Van Rouwendaal (Netherlands ) and Kristof


RASOVSZKY(Hungary)
Silver: Moesha Johnson (Australia) and Oliver KLEMET (Germany)

Bronze: Ginevra Taddeucci (Italy) and David BETLEHEM ( Hungary)

27.Modern Pentathlon is comprises the five disciplines of fencing,


swimming, show jumping, shooting and running.

Mechanics of Modern Pentathlon

Athletes must hit five targets from 10 meters out, going back and forth
between shooting and running.

Winners

Men’s Modern Pentathlon

Ahmed Elgendy (EGY) Won the gold medal with a world record score of 1,555
points and Sato Taishu (JPN) Won the silver medal with 1,542 points. Giorgio
Malan (ITA) Won the bronze medal with 1,536 points

Women Modern Pentathlon

Michelle Gulyas won a gold medal and delivered a record-breaking


performance, amassing 1,461 points to set a new world record. France’s
Elodie Clouvel won her second Olympic silver and Seong Seungmin of the
Republic of Korea, the first woman from her nation to win a bronze in
Olympic medal in the sport.

Men/ Women Final Podium

Gold: Ahmed Elgendy (EGY) and Michelle Gulyas (HUN)


Silver: Sato Taishu (JPN) and Elodie Clouvel (FRA)

Bronze: Giorgio Malan (ITA) and Seong Seungmin (KOR)


28.Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport that combines elements of dance,
gymnastics and acrobatic elements.

Mechanics of Rhythmic Gymnastics

Gymnasts perform a series of rotations, leaps, and balances to music, and


are evaluated based on the difficulty, artistry, and execution of their
routines.

Winners

Varfolomeev the Russian-born gymnast scored 142.850 points, with the


highest scores in three of the four events. She was consistent across the
board, with scores of 36.300 for hoop, 36.500 for ball, 36.350 for clubs, and
33.700 for ribbon.

Kaleyn the Bulgarian gymnast finished second with a score of 140.600. This
was her first individual medal since 1988.

Raphael the Italian gymnast finished third with a score of 136.300. This was
the first medal for Italy in the individual competition.

Men/Women final Podium

Gold: Darja Varfolomeev - Germany

Silver: Boryana Kaleyn - Bulgaria

Bronze: Sofia Raffaeli - Italy


29.Rowing is a sport where athletes use oars to propel a boat through water.

Mechanics of Rowing

Rowing involves propelling a boat using oars fixed to the vessel. It differs
from other disciplines in that rowers sit with their backs to the direction of
movement, therefore crossing the finish line backwards.

Winners

Single Sculls

Dutch rower Karolien Florijn powered to victory in the women's single sculls
Olympic final on Saturday in a time of 7:17.28, with Emma Twigg of New
Zealand picking up silver and Lithuania's Viktorija Senkute bronze.

Double Sculls

The New Zealand women’s double sculls duo, Lucy Spoors and Brooke
Francis, won gold and The Kiwis crossed the line in 6:50.45, just 0.24 seconds
in front of the second-place Romanian boat win a silver. Olympic champions
Simona Radis and Ancuta Bodnar. Great Britain finished third in 6:53.22 to
earn bronze.

Eight team

Great Britain won the gold medal in the men's eight final. Netherlands took
the silver medal, and the United States won bronze.
30.Rugby sevens is a fast-paced version of rugby union where each team
has seven players instead of the usual 15.

Mechanics of Rugby Seven

Sevens is played with 7 players on each side of the ball who compete for 14-
minutes (two 7

minute halves) in tournaments with up to three matches per competition day.

Winners

Men's Ruby Seven

France won its first gold medal in the men's tournament, beating Fiji.

Fiji's captain Jerry Tuwai became the first person to win three Olympic rugby
medals, with two gold and one silver.

Women's Ruby Seven

New Zealand won its second consecutive gold medal, beating Canada in the
gold medal match. New Zealand is the first country to win two gold medals in
women's rugby sevens.

The United States won its first rugby sevens medal, men or women's, with a
last-second try by Alex "Spiff" Sedrick to beat Australia.

Men/Women Final Podium

Gold: France and New Zealand

Silver: Fiji and Canada


Bronze: South Africa and United States

31.Olympic sailing is a sport where boats race against each other in fleets,
using the wind to move across the water.

Mechanics of Sailing

Races are contested in a ‘fleet race’ format where all contestants in each of
the ten events race together on one course. In each fleet the competition is
split into the opening series and a medal race or medal series.

Men's events

Spain's Diego Botin and Florian Trittel dominated the final medal race in the
men's skiff sailing regatta to take Olympic gold with 70 points. New
Zealand's Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie won silver (82) with Team
USA's lan Barrows and Hans Henken taking bronze (88)

Women's events

Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz from the Netherlands clinched gold,
Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler from Sweden secured silver, and Sarah
Steyaert and Charline Picon from France took bronze.

Men/Women Final Podium

Gold: Diego Botin, Florian Trittel (Spain) and Odile van Aanholt , Annette
Duetz (Netherlands)

Silver: Isaac McHardie , William McKenzie (New Zealand) and Vilma Bobeck ,
Rebecca Netzler (Sweden
Bronze: lan Barrows ,Hans Henken (USA) and Sarah Steyaert ,Charline Picon
(France)

32. Shooting is a type of video game where the player uses weapons to
shoot and eliminate enemies or other targets.

Mechanics of shooting

The rifle is single-loaded in 5.6-millimetre calibre (the inner diameter of a


gun barrel), which is used across all events.

Winners

Men’s events

Shooter Nathan Hales has won men’s trap gold and China's Qi Ying claimed
silver with 44 out of 50 while Guatemala's Jean Pierre Brol Cardenas clinched
bronze

Women event

Francisca Crovetto Chadid won the event, which became the first ever gold
Olympic medal for Chile, Amber Jo Rutter,became the silver medalist, and
Jewell Smith won the bronze.

Men/Women’s final Podium

Gold: Nathan Hales, Great Britain and Francisca Crovetto Chadid, Chile

Silver: Qi Ying, People’s Republic of China and Amber Jo Rutter, Great Britain
Bronze: Jean Pierre Brol Cardenas, Guatemala and Austen Jewell Smith,
United States

33.Skatingboard a flat, narrow board with two small wheels under each
end, which a person stands on and moves forward by pushing one foot on
the ground.

Mechanics of Skateboarding
a skateboard, friction between the wheels and the ground provides traction,
allowing riders to push off, turn, and perform tricks.
Winners
Men’ Event
Yuto Horigome (JPN) Won gold with a score of 281.14 points, including a
97.08 on his final trick. Horigome became the first skateboarder to win two
Olympic gold medals.
Jagger Eaton (USA) Won silver with a score of 281.04 points. Eaton improved
on his bronze medal from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Nyjah Huston (USA) Won bronze with a score of 279.38 points. Huston's
medal was his first Olympic medal.
Women Event
Coco Yoshizawa Japan’s 14-year-old won gold with a bigspin flip frontside
boardslide that scored 96.49, the highest single trick score of the
competition.
Liz Akama Japan’s 15-year-old won silver with a second run score of 89.26
and a first best trick attempt of 92.62.
Rayssa Leal Brazil’s 16-year-old won bronze after struggling in the
elimination round but coming back to land a cleaner run in the final.
Men/Women Final Podium
Gold : Yuto Horigome (JPN) and Coco Yoshizawa (JPN)
Silver : Jagger Eaton (USA) and Liz Akama (JPN)
Bronze: Nyjah Huston (USA) and Rayssa Leal (BRA)

34.climbing is a style of rock climbing where climbers use devices that are
already attached to the rock, instead of bringing their own devices and
removing them after the climb.

Mechanics of Climbing
A climber and a belayer tie into one end of a single rope, with a few meters
of rope between them. As the climbers ascends the route, s/he clips into
carabiners spaced intermittently up the wall, each of which act as anchors to
protect the climber from falls
Winners
Men’s events
Toby Roberts was the first sport climber to win Olympic gold in the new
format for the men’s bouldering/lead combined final. Roberts scored 92.1
points on the lead wall and 155.2 points overall.
Anraku Sorato Japanese favorite fell in the lower part of the highest 10 holds
on the lead climb, earning him silver with 145.4 points.
Jakob Schubert the experienced Austrian lead climber earned bronze with
139.6 points. Schubert nearly topped the lead wall and shared first place in
the lead discipline with Czech climber Adam Ondra.
Women event
Janja Garnbret Won gold with a total score of 168.5, including a lead score of
84.1. Garnbret, a two-time Olympic champion.
Brooke Raboutou Won silver with a total score of 156.0, including a lead
score of 72.0. Raboutou became the first American woman to win an Olympic
medal in sport climbing
Jessica PilzWon bronze with a total score of 147.4, including a lead score of
88.1.
Men/Women final Podium

Gold : Yuto Horigome (JPN) and Janja Garnbret (SLO)

Silver: Jagger Eaton (USA) and Brooke Raboutou (USA)

Bronze: Nyjah Huston (USA) and Jessica Pilz (AUT)

35.Surfing is the sport of riding on the top of a wave while standing or lying
on a special board.

Mechanics of Surfing

In Olympic surfing, competitors are judged based on their two best rides
within an allotted time period, usually 30 minutes. Each ride is scored out of
ten points, creating a possible heat total of twenty points. Achieving perfect
tens is exceptionally rare, and a perfect score of twenty is even rarer.

Winners

Men’s events

Vaast, a local from Teahupo'o, beat Robinson in the men's final with a score
of 17.67. Robinson's 7.83 came on the next wave, but he needed a 9.84 to
overtake Vaast and Gabriel Medina of Brazil won the bronze medal.

Women events

Marks’s win was a close one, with her final score of 10.5 while Brazil won the
silver medal and Johanne Defay of France won the bronze medal.
Men/ Women’s final Podium

Gold: Kauli Vaast (FRA) and Caroline Marks (USA)

Silver: Jack Robinson (AUS) and Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA)

Bronze: Gabriel Medina (BRA) and Johanne Defay (FRA)

36.Swimming is a sport where competitors use their arms and legs to move
through water, either in a team or individually.

Mechanics of Swimming

Swimming sports mechanics involve using fluid dynamics to generate


propulsion while overcoming water resistance and drag.

Winners

Women’s events

Katie Ledecky of the USA emerged as the victor in a stroke-for-stroke


swimming showdown against Australia’s Ariarne Titmus in the women’s
800m freestyle final at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, claiming the gold
medal with in a time of 8:11.04 at Paris La Defense Arena on Saturday, 3
August others medalist

Men’s 100m freestyle: Pan Zhanle of China won gold, and Kyle Chalmers of
Australia won silver Men’s 200m freestyle: David Popovici of Romania won
gold, and Matthew Richards of Great Britain won silver
Women’s 100m freestyle: Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden won gold, Torri Huske
won silver, and Haughey won bronze Women’s 200m butterfly: Summer
McIntosh of Canada won gold

Women’s 1500m freestyle: Katie Ledecky won gold, Kirpichnikova won silver,
and Gose won bronze

37.Table Tennis is a game resembling tennis that is played on a tabletop


with wooden paddles and a small hollow plastic ball.

Mechanics of table tennis

The object is to hit the ball so that it goes over the net and bounces on the
opponent's half of the table in such a way that the opponent cannot reach it
or return it correctly.

Winners

Mens events

Fan Zhendong won the gold medal in a hard-fought match, beating


Moregard 4-1 (11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8). Fan’s victory avenged his silver
medal disappointment in Tokyo

Felix Lebrun won the bronze medal, beating Calderano 4-0.

Truls Moregard journey to the final was one of the tournament's greatest
stories. He beat World number 1, Wang Chuqin and Fourth seed, Hugo
Calderano to end Sweden's 24 year medal drought.

Women’s events

Chen Meng’s win was a back-to-back gold medal, making her one of a se-
lect few players to win consecutive Olympic golds in table ten- nis. Sun
Yingsha was the world number one player at the time of the final. Hayata’s
bronze medal was a hard- fought victory after she injured her left wrist.

Men/Women final Podium

Gold medal : CHEN Meng (China) and fan Zhendong (China)

Silver medal : SUN Yingsha (China) and Truls Moregard (Sweden)

Bronze medal : Hina HAYATA (Japan) and Felix Lebrun (France)

38.Taekwondo a korean art of unarmed self-defense characterized


especially by the extensive use of kicks.

Mechanics of Taekwondo

Taekwondo will focus on precision, agility, and strategic techniques. Athletes


will demonstrate their abilities through high-impact kicks, quick footwork,
and effective defenses.

Winners

Viviana Marton came out on top of the women's -67kg final to clinch Olympic
gold with a 2-0 victory over Serbia's Aleksandra Perisic .

Kristina Teachout defeated People’s Republic of China’s Song Jie in the first
bronze and Belgium's Sarah Chaari then came back from a 14-point deficit in
round one of the second bronze medal match.

Men/Women final Podium

Gold: Viviana Marton (Hungary)

Silver: Aleksandra Perisic (Serbia)


Bronze: Kristina Teachout (United States)

Bronze: Sarah Chaari (Belg


39.Tennis is a game played with two opposing players (singles) or pairs of
players (doubles) using tautly strung rackets to hit a ball of specified size,
weight, and bounce over a net on a rectangular court.

Mechanics of Tennis
Tennis tournament will use a knockout format for singles and doubles,
featuring 64 players and 32 teams, respectively. Matches will be held on
outdoor clay courts, with best-of-three sets for most matches and best-of-five
for the singles finals.
Winners
Men’s single
Gold: Novak Djokovic, Serbia
Silver: Carlos Alcaraz, Spain
Bronze: Lorenzo Musetti, Italy
Women’s single
Gold: Zheng Qinwen, China
Silver: Donna Vekic, Croatia
Bronze: Iga Swiatek, Poland
Men’s double
Gold: Matt Ebden and John Peers, Australia
Silver: Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek, United States
Bronze: Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, United States
Women’s double
Gold: Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, Italy
Silver: Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider, Individual Neutral Athlete
Bronze: Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain
40. trampoline is a competitive sport where athletes perform acrobatic
moves while bouncing on a trampoline.

Mechanics of trampoline
When you jump on a trampoline, both the mat and springs stretch, absorbing
the energy of your impact. Upon landing, the springs and mat contract, using
the stored energy to push you back upwards.

Winners

Ivan Litvinovich, an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN), scored 63.090 points to


win the gold medal in the men’s trampoline

Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya of Belarus won a silver medal in trampoline with a


final score

61.890.

Yan Langyu in China won a bronze medal with a final score 60.950

Men/Women final Podium

Gold: Ivan Litvinovich - AIN

Silver: Wang Zisai - China

Bronze: Yan Langyu - China


41.Triathlon refers to an athletic competition in which athletes compete in a
race that involves swimming, cycling, and distance running.

Mechanics of triathlon

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