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items: What is breaking at the Olympics 2024? Rules explained
items: Which sports are in the heptathlon?
items: What is breaking and how does it work at the Olympics?
items: Which sports are in the modern pentathlon?
items: What is Usain Bolt's 100m world record?
items: Which sports are in the decathlon?
items: What do DNS and DNF mean at the Olympics 2024?
items: Most Olympic medals by nation: All-time most successful countries
items: What is Chinese Taipei at the Olympics 2024?
items: What does EOR stand for at the Olympics 2024?
items: What does AIN stand for at the Olympics 2024?
items: Why does USA not dip their flag at the Olympics opening ceremony?
items: Oldest Olympians of all time
items: Most Olympic gold medals: All-time most successful Olympic champions
items: Will Russia compete at the Olympics 2024?
items: Most Olympic medals: All-time most successful Olympians
items: Youngest Olympians of all time
items: Who are the Team GB flag bearers at the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony?

What is breaking at the Olympics 2024? Rules explained
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date: 2024-08-08T07:00:01.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: The first rule of breaking is: you do not talk about breakdancing.
encoded: Each new instalment of the Olympics brings with it the opportunity to refresh the line-up of sports that will be included across the two weeks of competition that year. Doing so is an effort by the International Olympic Committee to modernise the Games, attract new and younger audiences and give athletes from smaller or emerging sports to showcase their talent to the world. At Paris 2024, the sole debutant among the sports to be contested is known by a somewhat obscure name: breaking. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts With roots in 1970s New York, breaking joins several other urban sports in the Paris 2024 event line-up, including skateboarding and BMX freestyle. But just what does the Olympics’ newest sport actually involve? RadioTimes.com breaks it all down, including the rules of the sport at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators What is breaking? Breaking is a style of street dance which originated in 1970s New York City. The sport can be traced back to the New York borough of the Bronx in the early 1970s, where the dance style began to grow at events like block parties in tandem with the increasing popularity of the hip-hop genre of music. The 'break' is the part of a song where vocals and other instruments fade out, leaving just the percussion – and it is in that break that early b-boys and b-girls (male and female competitors who practice the sport of breaking) began to showcase their acrobatic moves and quick footwork set to the backing of the hip-hop soundtrack. As breaking's popularity spread, more communities and cultures got involved, forming crews to face off in both individual and team dance battles and leading to the first in…

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Which sports are in the heptathlon?
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date: 2024-08-08T04:00:24.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Athletics
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: With seven disciplines to master, heptathletes are not like other athletes.
encoded: As the decathlon is to men’s athletics, the heptathlon serves as an ultimate test of all-round athleticism in elite women’s sport. Skill, speed, strength and agility – heptathletes must have it all, across seven different track and field events, if they hope to make it to the top. The heptathlon made its Olympic debut at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, replacing the five-event pentathlon that women had competed in at that level since the 1964 Olympics. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Team GB has produced its fair share of world-class heptathletes over the years, from Sydney 2000 Olympic champion Denise Lewis to two-time bronze medal winner Kelly Sotherton, but two names will spring to the minds of many: Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Before her retirement in 2016, Ennis-Hill captured three World Championship titles and a coveted Olympic gold at her London 2012 home Games. Johnson-Thompson, who ranks just ahead of her fellow Brit on the all-time heptathlon performer list, has won two World Championships of her own – including in 2023 – and heads into her fourth Olympics at Paris 2024 looking to clinch an elusive first Olympic medal. RadioTimes.com explains the seven sports involved and how the heptathlon works. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators Which sports are in the heptathlon? The heptathlon is made up of seven track and field events split across a two-day programme at the Olympics. These are, in order: Day One 100m hurdles High jump Shot put 200m Day Two Long jump Javelin 800m View Green Video on the source website Like in the decathlon – the equivalent all-round showcase for men consisting of 10 events – heptathletes earn points based on…

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What is breaking and how does it work at the Olympics?
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creator: Alex Dakers
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description: The first rule of breaking is: you do not talk about breakdancing.
encoded: Each new instalment of the Olympics brings with it the opportunity to refresh the line-up of sports that will be included across the two weeks of competition that year. Doing so is an effort by the International Olympic Committee to modernise the Games, attract new and younger audiences and give athletes from smaller or emerging sports to showcase their talent to the world. At Paris 2024, the sole debutant is known by a somewhat obscure name: breaking. With roots in 1970s New York, breaking joins several other urban sports in Paris, including skateboarding and BMX freestyle, but you may well be wondering what the Olympics’ newest sport actually involves. So here's an RT crash course in the discipline, from rules and point-scoring to terms like B-boy and toprock… So, what is breaking? Breaking is a style of street dance that originated in 1970s New York. The sport can be traced back to the New York borough of the Bronx in the early 70s, where the dance style began to grow at block parties in tandem with the increasing popularity of hip-hop music. The "break" is the part of a song where vocals and other instruments fade out, leaving just the percussion – and it was in that break that early b-boys and b-girls (male and female competitors who practice the sport of breaking) began to showcase their acrobatic moves and quick footwork set to the backing of the hip-hop soundtrack. As breaking's popularity spread, more communities and cultures got involved, forming crews to face off in both individual and team dance battles and leading to the first international breaking competitions starting up in the 1990s. The word "breakdancing" was used by the media and is rejected by those within the sport. Breaking first featured at an Olympic event in 2018 when it was included at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was its success there that led to its inclusion at Paris 2024. What are the rules and how is it judged? In Paris, the breaking competition is spl…

Which sports are in the modern pentathlon?
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date: 2024-08-07T07:00:37.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: The modern pentathlon is about to become the old pentathlon following Paris 2024.
encoded: The modern pentathlon has found itself the subject of some hotly contested debate in recent years, chiefly between the sport’s organisers and some of its top competitors. This most recently has centred on a decision to change the event line-up after the Paris 2024 Olympics, following an incident with a horse being punched by a coach in Tokyo. The modern pentathlon finds its roots in the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, which featured running, jumping, javelin, discus and wrestling, with the event’s name derived from Greek, combining "pente" (five) and "athlon" (competition). Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts It has been an event for men at the Summer Olympics since 1912, and was added to the women’s schedule at the Olympics for the first time at the Sydney 2000 Games. But with the modern pentathlon having undergone great changes since its introduction, and with it soon to be tweaked again, read on for the breakdown from RadioTimes.com of how it currently works. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators Which sports are in the modern pentathlon? As of the Paris 2024 Olympics, the five sports involved in the modern pentathlon are fencing, swimming, equestrian (horse-riding), shooting and running. These are split into four events, with running and shooting combined into what has been called the "laser run". After the Paris Olympics, horse riding is set to be replaced by an obstacle course discipline. The fencing (involving an electric épee) has the most to it, first involving a ranking round in which every athlete competes against all other athletes for a total of 35 one-on-one bouts, each limited to one minute in length or the time taken for one competitor to land a hit anywh…

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What is Usain Bolt's 100m world record?
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date: 2024-08-02T07:00:08.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Athletics
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: Just a few hundred thousand metres per second slower than an actual lightning bolt.
encoded: The 10-second mark is widely seen as a key barrier in the men’s athletics 100m event, a benchmark for the elite sprinters to surpass. Over 180 men have run quicker than 10 seconds in the sport’s premier sprint race since the barrier was first broken by the American star Jim Hines at the 1968 Olympics. None, however, have been faster than Usain Bolt. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts In fact, no other sprinter has been within even a 10th of a second of the world record set by Jamaica’s sprinting sensation well over a decade ago, even in the years since his retirement in 2017. But just how fast was Bolt at his peak, and what is the closest others have come to his world record? RadioTimes.com explains (in slightly more than 10 seconds). Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators What is Usain Bolt’s 100m world record? The men’s 100m running world record, set by Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, stands at 9.58 seconds. Bolt’s lightning-quick performance that day in the German capital shaved 0.11 seconds off his own previous world record from the Beijing Olympics the previous year, and remains the 100m world record today. The closest any other athlete has come to the world record was when the USA’s Tyson Gay ran a 9.69 in Shanghai in 2009, equalling the third-fastest time in history alongside Bolt and later fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake, who ran the same time in Switzerland three years afterwards. As well as the world record, the second-fastest performance of all time also belongs to none other than Bolt, courtesy of his 9.63 at the London 2012 Olympics. Blake, who has announced that Paris 2024 will be his final Olympics, is the …

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Which sports are in the decathlon?
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date: 2024-08-02T04:00:21.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Athletics
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: The ultimate all-rounders in sport are ready to go again.
encoded: With the years of blood, sweat, tears and dedication required, reaching an elite level at any one sport is an achievement worthy of plenty of plaudits. Now, imagine trying to juggle training for 10 of them. Well, that’s exactly the daunting task that every participant in the decathlon event at the Paris 2024 Olympics will have faced and conquered in order to be there. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Such is the nature of the decathlon in testing an athlete’s combined performance across a variety of athletic endeavours, the title of "World’s Greatest Athlete" has been bestowed upon the winner in a tradition that began with Jim Thorpe, the American athlete who won gold in the inaugural Olympic decathlon in 1912. The modern decathlon, which first began to resemble its current format in the early 1900s, is derived from the five-event pentathlon which was a regular feature of the Ancient Olympics, and comprised of wrestling, a sprint, long jump, discus and javelin. At many top-level international competitions, including the Olympics, the decathlon is contested only by men, while women compete in the heptathlon (seven events). But just which sports are involved in the decathlon, and how does it work? RadioTimes.com explains all. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators Which sports are in the decathlon? The modern decathlon consists of 10 track and field events, which at most international and elite-level competitions are split across two days. In order, these are: Day One 100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m Day Two 110m hurdles Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m So, how is the overall decathlon winner decided, with so many different events? Each athlete’s performance in …

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What do DNS and DNF mean at the Olympics 2024?
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date: 2024-07-27T05:00:16.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: The Olympic Games – home of athletes, action and acronyms.
encoded: Aside from a DQ, representing a disqualification, the two acronyms perhaps most commonly seen at the Olympics which athletes and sports fans alike hate to see next to the names of anyone representing their country are 'DNS' and 'DNF'. The two acronyms would most likely be seen on scoreboards displayed in stadiums or on TV, as well as in official results documents, beside an athlete's name and in place of their time or other result. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Some more positive codes include 'Q', meaning the athlete has qualified from the heat to advance to the next round of the competition; 'SB', meaning the result is the athlete’s season best performance; 'OR', meaning the athlete has set a new Olympic Games record; and, of course, 'WR' when there is a world record broken. But what about those pesky other two that nobody wants to see? RadioTimes.com explains what DNS and DNF mean at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website What does DNS mean at the Olympics? DNS stands for "did not start", and is the acronym used at the Olympics when an athlete is scheduled to compete in an event but withdraws before it starts and therefore does not compete. Perhaps most commonly seen in the popular track and field events which feature heavily in television coverage of the Games, DNS is also used for the same reason at other sporting events, such as the World Athletics Championships. At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, athletes who tested positive for Covid-19 and had to miss the event they were entered in were commonly listed as DNS, although this varied slightly on a sport-by-sport basis. One high-profile example of …

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Most Olympic medals by nation: All-time most successful countries
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date: 2024-07-26T09:00:36.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: Nations have 987 attempts to add another Olympic medal – of any colour – to their collection this summer.
encoded: A tradition that seems to be carried on alongside every Olympics is the debate over how to organise the medal table. Some national teams and their fans argue for the table comparing medals won per country to be sorted by gold medals first, while some maintain that the overall medal tally is more important. To some, it makes no difference whatsoever. While that back-and-forth will no doubt rage on again during and after the Paris 2024 Olympics, RadioTimes.com takes a look at where nations rank in the all-time summer Olympic medal table. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts It must be conceded that there are also several ways in which this list could have been compiled, given athletes from some countries used to compete under other national team names at the Olympics. For the sake of inclusion, we’ve gone ahead and ranked it by the total number of medals won by current nations and all of their "precursors". Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website Countries with the most Olympic medals 5. China – 636 medals China – previously the Republic of China, and more recently the People’s Republic of China – ranks fifth in our list, with 636 total medals at the modern summer Olympics. They take that spot whichever way you slice it, too, having accrued the fifth-most gold medals with 263 to date. 4. Great Britain – 916 medals Team GB fans might feel a little hard done by with this ranking, but a total medal tally of 916 is nothing to be sniffed at. Great Britain has competed at all 29 editions of the modern summer Olympics to rake in that haul, which also includes a fourth-highest-ever count of 284 gold medals. Had this been ranked by each natio…

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What is Chinese Taipei at the Olympics 2024?
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date: 2024-07-26T07:00:01.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: Chinese Taipei will compete at the Olympic Games in 2024 – but what actually is it?
encoded: More than 10,000 athletes from over 200 countries will descend on Paris in 2024 for the world’s grandest sporting spectacle: the Olympics. But eagle-eyed sports fans may have spotted a group of athletes competing under a flag and country name they didn’t recognise. That’s because Chinese Taipei, abbreviated to TPE on scorecards and elsewhere at the Games, is the name under which athletes from Taiwan compete at the Olympics. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Chinese Taipei’s all-time Olympic medal tally is 36, a historic 12 of which – including two of its seven golds – were won at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. With Taiwanese athletes competing in a range of sports in Paris, including the defending Olympic champions in women’s weightlifting and men’s badminton doubles, the nation will no doubt be hoping to add to that haul in what is its 11th consecutive Summer Olympics appearance. RadioTimes.com explains why athletes from Taiwan compete under the flag and name of Chinese Taipei at the Olympics and have done since 1984. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website What does AIN stand for at the Olympics 2024? Taiwan – officially known as the Republic of China – is an East Asian island nation that lies south-east of mainland China (officially the People’s Republic of China, or PRC). Separated from mainland China by a narrow sliver of the Pacific Ocean called the Taiwan Strait, its capital city is Taipei, while the island’s population of over 23 million people puts it among the world’s most densely-populated countries. In 1949, the Chinese Civil War resulted in the Republic of China, which had until then been the dominant power, being oust…

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What does EOR stand for at the Olympics 2024?
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date: 2024-07-26T06:00:03.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: Not every athlete is able to compete under their national flag at the Games.
encoded: For most athletes around the globe, the Olympic Games represents not only the pinnacle of sporting success, but also the chance to represent their country in front of the world. But what happens when, due to world conflicts and situations out of their control, some world-class athletes are forced to flee their nation of origin? With disrupted access to training facilities and the countless other factors which contribute to becoming an Olympian made even more challenging, the participation of these athletes at events like the Olympics is left in limbo. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Athletes have found themselves in such situations across much of the history of the modern Olympics, with many prevented from realising their dream. But at the last few Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has worked with bodies such as the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide a lifeline known as the EOR. RadioTimes.com explains what EOR stands for and everything you need to know about refugee athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website What does EOR stand for at the Olympics 2024? EOR stands for Équipe Olympique des Réfugiés, which is French for the Refugee Olympic Team. Paris 2024 marks the third appearance of an IOC Refugee Olympic Team at the Olympic Games, following Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. Meanwhile, the IOC announced in May that this year’s EOR would be the biggest yet, with 36 athletes from 11 countries representing the world’s displaced population this summer. The team – whose athletes the IOC said have been hosted by 15 different National Olympic Committees from other …

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What does AIN stand for at the Olympics 2024?
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date: 2024-07-26T05:00:57.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: Prepare for a new acronym to hit your TV screens over the days to come.
encoded: Paris 2024 marks the fifth straight Olympics at which Russia will see its participation limited in some way. Russia has faced some level of sanctions at every winter and summer Games – Rio 2016, Pyeongchang 2018, Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 – since the country’s doping scandal first came to light at Sochi 2014. Its participation, along with that of its neighbour and close ally Belarus, will be limited again in Paris, this time as a result of Russia’s invasion – supported by Belarus – of Ukraine in February 2022 and the ongoing conflict between the two nations. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Some sportspeople from both countries will, at the discretion of their sports' governing bodies, be allowed to compete at this summer’s Games as individual athletes – but only after passing a vetting process set out by the International Olympic Committee . The situation has led to the creation of a new acronym at Paris 2024: AIN. RadioTimes.com explains what AIN stands for and how it all works. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website What does AIN stand for at the Olympics 2024? AIN is an acronym for Athlète Individuel Neutre, the French name for 'Individual Neutral Athlete', and is the IOC country code under which vetted Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics. A total of 335 Russian athletes competed under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, bringing home a combined 71 medals, with 20 of them gold. But in Paris – with team sports banned for both nations while qualifying individual athletes face a strict vetting process – no more than a few dozen Russian and Bela…

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Why does USA not dip their flag at the Olympics opening ceremony?
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date: 2024-07-26T04:00:03.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: The Star Spangled Banner will remain high and proud.
encoded: The "dipping" of one’s national flag in the Olympics opening ceremony when passing the host nation’s officials is a long-held tradition, meant as a sign of respect to whoever is the host of that year’s Games. In fact, it has been official Olympic policy to do so since the inaugural Parade of Nations at the 1908 Olympic Games. Not us, says the United States. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Competing at every Games, summer and winter, since the first modern Olympics in 1896 – except for the 1980 Moscow Games, which it led a boycott of to protest the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan – the US is the winningest nation in Olympic history, with nearly 3,000 total medals. Yet for almost a century – every Olympic Games since 1936, and a few before that too – Team USA has refused to follow the flag-dipping procedure stuck to by (most) other nations over the years. So, why do the Americans, on a stage where they have excelled to an unparalleled degree, refuse to dip their flag at the Olympics? RadioTimes.com explains all. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website Why does USA not dip their flag at the Olympics opening ceremony? The USA has a long-standing tradition of refusing to dip their flag at the Olympic opening ceremony, which is believed to have started back at the 1908 Games in London. Then, shot put gold medallist and flag bearer Ralph Rose – an Irish-American – kept the 'Stars and Stripes' held high at the opening ceremony, an action believed to be in protest of the English monarchy. The next several Olympics were a mixed bag, depending largely on who the US flag bearer was and their wishes at the time. For example, the Americ…

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Oldest Olympians of all time
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date: 2024-07-25T09:00:18.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: Mixed Painting, Engravings, and Etchings fans are not going to enjoy this one...
encoded: Depending on their sport of choice, many athletes will have hung up their cleats, goggles, or other sporting gear and called it a day in the world of elite sport by the time they’re in their 40s (at least). Some may be lucky enough to retire fully from the world of work at that point, while others transition into more mundane jobs, and others still try their best to stick around the sports they’re passionate about by trying their hand as commentators or media personalities. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts But every now and again there comes along an athlete who proves that age really is just a number. With some debate about the top spot – based on factors like official recognition and what is widely considered to be an Olympic 'sport' – RadioTimes.com walks through the top five oldest summer Olympians in history. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website Oldest Olympians of all time 5. Mary Hanna – Age: 66 years old The newest entry on this list is Australian equestrian competitor Mary Hanna, who competed at the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021 at the age of 66. Hanna had already been Australia’s oldest ever Olympian with her appearance at the Rio 2016 Olympics aged 61. 4. Lorna Johnstone – Age: 70 years You might begin to notice a theme here – until we get to the top of the rankings, that is. British equestrian competitor Lorna Johnstone is the oldest female Olympian and fourth-oldest Olympic athlete, having been 70 years old at the 1972 Olympics. 3. Hiroshi Hoketsu – Age: 71 years old Japanese equestrian competitor Hiroshi Hoketsu finds himself third on this list thanks to his appearance at the London 2012 Olympics at the age of 71…

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Most Olympic gold medals: All-time most successful Olympic champions
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date: 2024-07-25T07:00:28.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: Celebrating the best of the best of the best of the best of the best.
encoded: Winning an Olympic medal is an incredible accomplishment that many strive for, but comparatively few manage to achieve. Even fewer still can say they’ve climbed to the very top of the podium and felt the weight of an Olympic gold medal around their neck. And far from achieving that monumental feat just once, some athletes can say they’ve been crowned as Olympic champions more than once. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts But who, then, can boast the title of most successful Olympic champion? There are quite a few tied places in the all-time leaderboard, yet only one reigns supreme. A few more British athletes may stand a chance of fighting their way onto this list by the time all is said and done at the 2024 Paris Olympics, including swimmer Adam Peaty, equestrian Charlotte Dujardin and gymnast Max Whitlock. Wondering who comes out on top? RadioTimes.com brings you all the details. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website Athletes with the most Olympic gold medals 5. Edoardo Mangiarotti, Ryan Lochte (and more) – 6 gold medals It’s a big tie for fifth place in the all-time gold medal tally at the summer Olympic Games, with 15 athletes having won six Olympic titles. Edoardo Mangiarotti gets first mention given those six golds were just some of the 13 Olympic medals (the highest total of all 15 of these Olympians) that the Italian fencer won between 1936 and 1960. Just behind him in total medals with 12 – half of which were gold – between 2004 and 2016 is American swimmer Ryan Lochte. The rest of the current six-time Olympic champions are as follows: Belgian archer Hubert Van Innis, Japanese gymnast Akinori Nakayama, Italian fencer V…

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Will Russia compete at the Olympics 2024?
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date: 2024-07-25T07:00:04.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: Will they? Won't they?
encoded: Paris 2024: another Olympic Games, and another international sporting event with limited participation by Russian athletes. However, unlike the last two Olympics – where a doping scandal and subsequent bans imposed by anti-doping authorities saw many Russians first barred from competing entirely, and then only allowed to do so under a neutral name – it’s for a non-sporting reason this time. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked an ongoing conflict between the two Eastern European neighbours and subsequent calls for athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus to be banned from the world’s greatest sporting contest entirely. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts When allowed to compete under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), 335 Russian athletes won a combined 71 medals – 20 of which were gold – at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. But this time dozens at most are expected to compete in Paris from either country, and they will be permitted to do so only as individuals athletes. RadioTimes.com explains how some athletes from Russia and Belarus are able to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website Are Russian athletes banned from Olympics 2024? The short answer is no, not entirely. Russia will not compete as a formal entity at the Games, but not all individuals are banned. While Russian and Belarusian teams in team sports remain unable to qualify, there is an avenue through which certain individual athletes from the two countries can compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Despite initial consideration of a blanket ban, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said it will allo…

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Most Olympic medals: All-time most successful Olympians
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date: 2024-07-24T12:28:49.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: Every Olympian is to be celebrated – but a handful are truly extraordinary.
encoded: For many athletes, making it to the Olympic Games is a lifelong goal – an achievement that would be a dream come true in itself. And for all of those athletes who reach their sport’s biggest stage, only a select few will walk away with one coveted Olympic medal, let alone multiple. But have you ever wondered who has managed to win not just a few Olympic medals, but the most in history? Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Australian swimmer Emma McKeon is among those looking to break into the elite club of top-five all-time most decorated Olympians as she aims to add to her 11-medal tally in Paris – her final Olympics – while another swimmer, Team USA’s Katie Ledecky, also stands a chance at that feat with her current haul of 10 medals. But as things stand ahead of Paris 2024, read on for RadioTimes.com’s list of the top-five most successful Olympians in the history of the summer Games. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website Athletes with the most Olympic medals 5. Paavo Nurmi (and more) – 12 medals Heading into the Paris 2024 Olympics, it is currently a nine-way tie for the title of fifth-highest medal count at a summer Olympic Games. Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi edges just above the rest of that pack, by way of having the most gold medals (nine) out of his total haul between the 1920 and 1928 Olympics. Nicknamed the “Flying Finn”, Nurmi set 22 official world records from the 1,500m to the 20km during his 14-year career and was never beaten in the 10km or cross-country events. Also accruing 12 medals across their Olympic career was German canoer Birgit Fischer, who between 1980 and 2004 won eight gold and four silver medal…

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Youngest Olympians of all time
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date: 2024-07-24T12:17:38.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: What were you doing at the age of 10?
encoded: Thousands, if not millions, of children across the world take part in their chosen sport (or sports) every day, striving for their own personal greatness in the hope that someday they might hit somewhere close to the dizzying heights of sporting idols like Michael Phelps, Lionel Messi or Michael Jordan. And for some of those children, the dream of reaching the pinnacle of their sport just so happens to be realised while they are still, in fact, children. Historic evidence has shown this is more likely to happen in some sports than others, with events in gymnastics and skateboarding often benefitting from athletes having a lighter frame and therefore sometimes giving an advantage to younger competitors. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts At the most recent Olympic Games, in Tokyo in 2021, several 13 and 14-year-olds took part in various skateboarding events on the sport’s Olympic debut, including Team GB’s youngest-ever summer Olympian, Sky Brown. However, recent years have seen minimum age limits imposed by most National Olympic Committees, while the governing bodies of some sports, including gymnastics, have set an age requirement of their own – meaning some of the top spots on the list of all-time youngest Olympians may never be surpassed. RadioTimes.com walks through the top five youngest Olympians to ever compete at a summer Games. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website Youngest Olympians of all time 5. Kokona Hiraki – Age: 12 years, 243 days Japanese skateboarder Kokona Hiraki was 12 years and 243 days old when she won a silver medal in the women’s skateboarding park event at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, making her the young…

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Who are the Team GB flag bearers at the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony?
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date: 2024-07-23T16:17:46.000Z
creator: Alex Dakers
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Olympics
description: The ultimate honour at the Olympics opening ceremony.
encoded: At each Olympic Games, before the world’s athletes captivate audiences with their sporting prowess, there comes the unique spectacle that is the opening ceremony. Each opening ceremony is unique to the host city, but they typically feature a range of musical and artistic performances as well as a parade of the athletes competing, grouped into the countries they represent. This is known as the parade of nations. During the parade of nations, one – or sometimes two – athletes from each country has the honour bestowed upon them of being their nation’s designated flag bearer. Each flag bearer is tasked with walking at the front of their country’s delegation while holding, and waving, a large flag of their respective country. The first Summer Olympic Games to feature an opening ceremony and parade of nations was London 1908, with cricketer Kynaston Studd acting as the flag bearer for Team GB that year. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts A host of athletes, both male and female, from across the spectrum have since joined him on the list of Team GB flag bearers, including figure skater Mollie Phillips who became the first woman to lead out her national team at any Olympic Games when she did so at the 1932 Winter Olympics in New York. If you’re wondering who is carrying the flag for Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony this summer, RadioTimes.com has you covered. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website Who are the Team GB flag bearers at the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony? The Team GB flag bearers at the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony have been confirmed as diver Tom Daley and rower Helen Glover who will lead the Team GB c…

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