I asked AI about the Paris Olympics and about the Japanese athletes.

Overview.

The following information is provided on the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Basic information

Duration: 17 days from 26 July to 11 August 2024

Host city: Paris, France

Number of participating countries/regions: 207

Number of participants: up to 10,500

Number of events: 329 events in 32 competitions (including 12 additional events in 4 competitions)

Main competitions

The Paris Olympics will feature the following events

Athletics

Swimming (swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, marathon swimming)

Football (swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, marathon swimming)

Tennis

Rowing

Hockey

Boxing

Volleyball (indoor, beach)

Gymnastics (gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline)

Basketball (5-man, 3×3)

Wrestling

Sailing

Plus newly added breakin, etc.

Feature events

Opening ceremony: 26 July 2024 at Place du Trocadéro on the banks of the Seine. President Emmanuel Macron will make the opening declaration.

Closing ceremony: 11 August 2024 at the Stade de France.

Featured competitions

Breakin’: a street dance originating from the South Bronx area of New York, USA, in the 1970s, with two male and two female disciplines: 16 B-boys and 16 B-girls in solo battles.

Venue of the event

Stade de France: the venue will be used for athletics and 7-a-side rugby.

Other venues: each event will take place at several venues in and around Paris.

The Paris Olympics is the third time the Games have been held in Paris, following 1900 and 1924. New competitions and a variety of events are planned, attracting a lot of attention from all over the world.

Who will compete in which events will the Japanese athletes compete?

Details on the Japanese athletes who will compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics are summarised below.

Athletics

Men’s.

100m: Sani Brown Abdelhakim, Ryuichiro Sakai, Toyo Higashida

200m: Toba Uzawa, Hiroki Kamiyama, Shota Iizuka

400m: Yuki Joseph Nakajima, Kazuma Sato, Kentaro Sato.

10,000m: Tomoki Ota, Jun Kasai

110m hurdles: Shunsuke Izumiya, Rashid Muratake, Takayama Takano

400m hurdles: Kan Toyoda, Daiki Ogawa, Kaito Tsutsue

3000m steeplechase: Ryuji Miura, Ryoma Aoki

High jump: Ryoichi Akamatsu, Tomohiro Mano

Long jump: Yuuki Hashioka

Javelin: Genki Dean

Marathon: Naoshiro Koyama, Satoru Akasaki, Suguru Osako

20 km walk: Mukoki Ikeda, Ryo Hamanishi, Yuta Koga

4 x 100 m relay: Sani Brown Abdelhakim, Ryuichiro Sakai, Toyo Higashida, Daiki Yanagida, Yoshihide Kiryu, Hiba Uzawa, Hiroki Kamiyama, Shota Iizuka.

4 x 400 m relay: Yuki Joseph Nakajima, Kazuma Sato, Kentaro Sato, Takuho Yoshizu, Kaito Kawabata.

Men’s/women’s mixed relay: Masatora Kawano, Kazuo Takahashi.

Women.

1500m: Kimi Tanaka, Yume Goto

5000m: Kimi Tanaka, Arima Yamamoto, Wakana Kabasawa

10,000m: Rino Gotoh, Haruka Koumi, Yuka Takashima

100m hurdles: Mako Fukube, Yumi Tanaka

Long jump: Misuzu Hatazumi

Triple jump: Mariko Morimoto

Javelin: Haruka Kitaguchi, Momone Ueda, Marina Saito

Marathon: Yuka Suzuki, Mao Ichiyama, Honan Maeda

20 km walk: Nanako Fujii, Kumiko Okada, Ayane Yanai

Mixed gender relay: Kumiko Okada, Ayane Yanai

Gymnastics

Men: Daiki Hashimoto (all-around individual, bars), Kazuma Kayaba, Wataru Tanigawa, Shinnosuke Oka

Women: Maai Murakami (individual all-around, vault, floor exercise)

Football

Men: Reo Kokubo Bryan, Taishi Nozawa Brandon, Masashi Sasaki, Ayumu Ohata, Takaya Nishio, Seiji Kimura, Kaine Suzuki, Sota Kawazaki, Rihito Yamamoto, Ryotaro Araki.

Fencing

Women: Misaki Emura (flag bearer at opening ceremony).

BREAKIN’

Men: Shigeyuki HANI (dancer name ‘Shigekix’)

Judo.

A number of athletes are scheduled to compete in the men’s and women’s weight classes.

Sport climbing

Women’s boulder and lead: Aya Mori Akia, Ikume Nonaka

Men’s boulder and lead: Tomoa Narazaki, Chuto Anraku

Archery.

Takaharu Furukawa, Hiroki Muto, etc.

Surfing

Women: Matsuda Shino

Men: Kanoa Igarashi, Reio Inaba, Connor O’Leary

Basketball

Rui Yamura, Yuta Watanabe, etc.

Wrestling

Yui Suzaki, Akari Fujinami, etc.

Equestrian

Yoshiaki Oiwa, Taizo Sugitani, etc.

Canoeing

Takuya Haneda, etc.

Volleyball

Yuki Ishikawa, Yuji Nishida, etc.

Boxing

Tsunenari Tanaka, Sena Irie, etc.

Swimming

Rikako Ikee, Yui Ohashi, etc.

Handball

Shinya Watanabe, Kosuke Yasuhira, etc.

Shooting

Tomoyuki Matsuda, etc.

Weightlifting

Hiromi Miyake, etc.

Skateboarding

Women’s Park: Shinna Kairaki, Sakura Shijyuju, Hinano Kusaki

Women’s Street: Koi Yoshizawa, Rinne Akama, Kaena Nakayama

Men’s Park: Yuji Nagahara

Men’s Street: Yuto Horiyone, Ginun Onodera, Sora Shirai

Cycling.

Yudai Nitta, Yuumi Kajiwara, etc.

Triathlon

Juri Ide, Yuka Sato, etc.

Tennis

Men’s singles: Kei Nishikori, Taro Daniel Women’s singles: Naomi Osaka, Moena Uchijima Women’s doubles: Eina Shibahara, Shuko Aoyama

Modern Pentathlon

Misaki Uchida, Hiromune Sato, etc.

Golf

Hideki Matsuyama, Yuka Sasao, etc.

Seven-a-side rugby

Men: Kichihei Ishida, Taiga Ishida, Kazuma Ueda, Tsutomu Okudaira, Kelebi Joshua, Yukinori Koga, Jupei Yanaka, Shotaro Tsuoka, Yoshihiro Noguchi, Moeki Fukushi, Junya Matsumoto, Takashi Maruo

Women: Harunako Utsumi, Mei Otani, Marin Kajiki, Chiaki Saegusa, Shoui Tanaka, Honoka Tsutsumi, Chiharu Nakamura, Arisa Nishi, Wakaka Hara, Yume Hirano, Butohi Matsuda, Sakira Mizutani.

These are only some of the competitions and athletes. For detailed lists and up-to-date information, please refer to the official announcements of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and the individual athletes’ organisations.

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