Google Doodle celebrates Paris 2024 Olympics
Google Doodle celebrates the start of the 2024 Paris Summer Games, which are set to begin today, July 26. The start of the Olympic Games is depicted with a beautiful illustration, in which animated characters are seen floating in the river. This illustration symbolizes the athletes walking along the Seine River, along which the opening ceremony is expected to take place.
The Paris Olympics 2024 is set to kick off with a spectacular opening ceremony that will begin at 11:00 pm on Friday, July 26, 2024, and end at 2:45 am (IST) on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Breaking with past traditions of holding the opening ceremony inside a stadium, this year the traditional parade of nations will take place along the River Seine, which flows through the heart of the historic French capital.
Paris will see athletes from 200 countries competing in 329 events across 32 sporting disciplines. The event, which will end on August 11, is the 33rd edition of the quadrennial spectacle, and will feature four new sports, such as breaking, skateboarding, surfing and sports climbing.
Interactive Olympics features on Google
Doodler Helene Leroux and guest artist Chris O’Hara created today’s Olympic-themed Google Doodle, showcasing various sports through animation. In addition, it includes a “most searched-for playground” quiz inspired by “Where’s Waldo?”, designed to challenge users on their knowledge of legendary athletes, iconic sports, and the vibrant Parisian and Olympic culture.
Google Search will share real-time updates for all 329 events taking place over 19 days. Users can access the schedule, results, medal count, daily recap, top video highlights and all the latest stories and social media updates by scrolling through social media updates with the help of searches, specific countries, spots, athletes or general sports information.
Global and local broadcast coverage
In the United States, YouTube TV will broadcast NBC’s live coverage with a multiview option. Internationally, Clafro Sports will broadcast multiview on its YouTube channel in select countries in Latin America, while people in Brazil can watch CazeTV in Brazil. Indian viewers can watch the live broadcast on Sports18 1 SD and Sports18 1 HD TV channels. Live streaming will be made available for free on Jio Cinema.
India has sent 117 athletes to participate in the Paris Olympics 2024 to be held from July 26 to August 11. India’s Olympic campaign begins with individual archery events, with the first medal event coming in the 10m air rifle on July 27.
IOC’s WhatsApp channel in India ‘Olympic Games’
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has taken a big step by launching a dedicated WhatsApp channel to connect with Indian fans. The Olympics WhatsApp channel in the country is named ‘Olympic Games’, which shares real-time updates and information ahead of the Summer Games. Subscribers can access exclusive content, including updates, Olympics trivia and behind-the-scenes looks at Indian sports stars and players who are preparing for the event.
first published: July 26th 2024 | 6:03 pm First
