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5 days ago · The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years (except 2021). The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and the most recent Games were held in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
1 day ago · Occurring every four years—provided there is no global war or pandemic—the Summer Olympic Games bring together athletes from across the world to compete for the love of country and sport.
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Jun 28, 2024 · The last of the lightweights: Jill Moffatt and Jenny Casson set to close a chapter in Canadian Olympic rowing history this summer. BMXer Molly Simpson races towards Paris 2024. Show More. Team Canada Impact Agenda. We believe sport has the power to transform Canada. That’s why we’ve created the Team Canada Impact Agenda.
1 day ago · Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, athletic competition held in Tokyo that took place July 23–August 8, 2021. Scheduled for 2020, the Summer Games were postponed until the next year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, becoming the first Olympics ever held after the proposed start date. They were still referred to as the 2020 Games for marketing purposes ...
2 days ago · That would match the country's second-highest total ever for a non-boycotted Summer Games (alongside Atlanta 1996 and Rio 2016) and fall two short of the non-boycott-record 24 medals Canada won ...
2 days ago · The Summer Olympics have grown from 241 participants representing 14 nations in 1896, to more than 11,300 competitors representing 206 nations in 2020. The scope and scale of the Winter Olympics is smaller; for example, Beijing hosted 2,971 athletes from 91 nations in 2022.
1 day ago · Olympic Games, quadrennial athletic festival that is often regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition. The ancient Olympic Games included several sports that are now part of the Summer Games program, which includes events in as many as 32 different sports. Learn more about the Olympic Games in this article.
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