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Paris Games 2024: Climbing Celebrated By Google With A Thrilling Doodle. Check It Out

Google Doodles over the past few days have been picking a mix of popular and not-so-popular sports as well, from the likes of football to sports climbing as highlighted today,

Google Doodle Today: Google has been celebrating the Paris Olympics 2024 with cute Doodles on the different disciplines we're seeing this year, from artistic gymnastics to surfing. On Wednesday, August 7, the Search giant picked up yet another unique sport to highlight - Sport Climbing. 

The Doodle shows Google's signature Olympics birds climbing a Parisian building (marked by Gothic gargoyles) and holding on to dear life as it manages to overcome the hurdle.

Check out the Google Doodle below:

Paris Games 2024: Climbing Celebrated By Google With A Thrilling Doodle. Check It Out

Climbing At Paris Games 2024: Location, Disciplines, More

The sport climbing events at the 2024 Summer Olympics began on August 5 and will continue until August 10.

These events are being held at the Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Saint-Denis, which was constructed specifically for the Games alongside an aquatic centre in the same area.

This year marks the return of competition climbing to the Olympic program after its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

The number of medal events has doubled from two to four, as the boulder-and-lead events have been separated from the speed climbing format. The number of participating climbers has also increased, from 40 in Tokyo to 68 in Paris.

Since its introduction in Tokyo 2020, the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has advocated for separate medals in bouldering, lead, and speed climbing. However, the Tokyo format combined all three disciplines into a single event for each gender, which received criticism for its scoring system. In response, the International Olympic Committee has now decided to award medals for two distinct categories per gender: boulder-and-lead combined, and speed climbing.

A total of 68 climbers will compete in Paris, with 28 places allocated for speed and 40 for the boulder-and-lead combined format. Each participating country can enter a maximum of four climbers, with two athletes per gender in each format. 

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