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The 2024 Olympic Games were a victorious event for Africa, with 12 countries from the continent winning medals and demonstrating their athletic skill on a worldwide scale. From track and field domination to outstanding performances in a variety of other sports, Africa demonstrated its athletic prowess on a global scale. Read full article: https://lnkd.in/d5RxTrED #OTL #otrovato #ConnectTradeThride #Trading #Orascominvestment #GlobalTradeLeaders #GlobalTrading #BreakingTradingNews #TradingInsights #tradingatyourfingertips

The Olympic Solidarity funding pot for 2025-28, which cricket can now access, stands at US$ 650 million, a 10% increase from the pot for the last cycle. Some highlights: - An increase of 16 per cent for athlete support programmes, up to a total of USD 66 million. This will allow more athletes from all backgrounds and from NOCs with traditionally smaller Olympic teams to benefit from individual Olympic scholarships and team support grants. - A 15 per cent budget increase for programmes linked to the Olympic values and initiatives advancing Olympism365. This will support NOCs to strengthen the role of sport as an important enabler for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There's something for everyone, and it will be fascinating to see how cricket can benefit in this cycle. https://lnkd.in/e4AW3yGz

I Bet You Didn’t Know: The Olympics - I Bet You Didn’t Know winners in the ancient Olympics received free meals, free pass to the Colosseum and Wreath Bouquets. -I Bet You Didn’t Know in 393, AD Roman Emperor Theodosius banned the Olympics because he felt it encouraged paganism. - I Bet You Didn’t Know for the 1924 games Paris created the first Olympic Village. Prior to this participants stayed in hotels, schools and private homes. - I Bet You Didn’t Know from 1912-1948 Art & Music was a competitive event. This ended in 1954 when the IOC felt it was dominated by professionals. - I Bet You Didn’t Know 1904 was the first time Gold, Silver and Bronze were awarded. - I Bet You Didn’t Know for this year’s Basketball event features 76 current/ former NBA Players on 11 teams. - I Bet You Didn’t know in 1996 Archer Poala Fantao was the first athlete to participate in the Olympics and Paralympics during the same year! - I Bet You Didn’t Know the 2000 opening ceremony North and South Korea marched together under a unified Korea Flag. - I Bet You Didn’t know the Paralympics were formed in 1948 by UK soldiers that used sports to help them recover from WW2 injuries. Today, Paralympics is the World’s 3rd largest sports event behind the Olympics and World Cup! - I Bet You Didn’t Know there’s five types of private mortgage insurance. For details contact Brokerhollinger@proton.com #Olympics #Olympic #athletics #Paris #France #history #education #Paralympics #Paralympics #Paris2024 #mortageinsurance #privatemortageinsutence #mortagebroker #commericalmortagebroker #trivia #knowledge

With India performing fantastically in the Paralympics, I began to wonder: why is the Paralympics so popular, but similar para-sports events in cricket, football, and others don't enjoy the same attention? Well, here’s what I figured out: 1. Same Venue Integration: The Paralympics is treated as an extension of the Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, when it was held at the same venues. Sharing infrastructure is a major advantage. 2. Media Rights: Paralympic media rights are bundled with the Olympics, ensuring wide coverage. This visibility is a big reason for its popularity. 3. A bit of history: The Paralympics owes much of its success to Sir Ludwig Guttmann, whose vision was to integrate disabled athletes into mainstream sports. 4. Strategic Alignment: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) ensured that the Paralympics was not seen as a separate or lesser event, but rather as a continuation of the same pursuit of sporting excellence. Kudos to them! 5. Paisa: Yes, it often comes down to finances. Governing bodies like FIFA and ICC focus more on revenue-generating events, leaving para-sports lower on the priority list. It’s time to change that. For context, India won the first and only official Physical Disability Cricket World Cup in 2019. It’s high time governing bodies invest more in para-sports, following the IOC's example.

The #ParisOlympics2024 will start tomorrow. Read this article for a quick summary of interesting facts, and travel tips in case you are in le Paris! #Olympics #Paris #2024 #SeineRiver

Pakistani athletes disappoint with subpar performance at Paris Olympics. Pakistan's Olympic team fails to impress in Paris with lackluster results. Poor show by Pakistan players at Paris Olympics sparks disappointment. Pakistan's athletes underwhelm with mediocre performance at Paris Olympics. #PakistanAtOlympics. #ParisOlympics2024. #PakistaniAthletes #DisappointingPerformance #OlympicStruggles #tribunetrends

Paralympics Exclusive | India creates history with a rich medal haul at #ParisParalympics. In this special segment of #Paralympics @dipikka_m got in an exclusive conversation with triple Paralympics medalist @AvaniLekhara who talks about 👇 🇮🇳 India's performance at Paralympics 🇮🇳 How the call by Prime Minister @narendramodi made it even more special for her, and 🇮🇳 What are the commonalities between Olympics and Paralympics Watch here: youtu.be/PDDPukeGjt4

🚨 Insight into Olympic Medal Performance of Host Nations (2000 - 2022) As we wrapped up the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, I recently delved into how host nations have performed over the last two decades. Here's an interesting breakdown of medal counts when countries hosted the Olympics versus their average performance in the previous five Games (same season). 📊 #Olympics #SportsAnalytics #Paris2024 #DataDriven #Performance #OlympicGames #France #SportsPerformance #LinkedInInsights

The Olympic Winners from Our Country, Only #6Medals (USA #111Medals, China #83Medals)!! Why?? Olympics Medals: India - 6, US - 111, China - 83 Because of #US!!! Government, infrastructure, media, sponsor or athlete- no one is to be blamed. If anyone has to be blamed, it is all of us, #We #All are responsible. We hardly give attention to these sports & eventually, no one will be talking about it and it goes into #Gumnami until the next #Olympics comes. Let's Support all these sports as we do it for #Cricket!!! #ParisOlympics #Wrestling #Olympics2024 #Paris2024