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  1. Aug 10, 2022 · Get to know more about the iconic wave that has been chosen as the surfing competition venue for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Iconic, heavy, and extreme. As far as surfing waves go, Teahupo'o is as spectacular as you can get. Teahupoʻo is a village on the southwestern coast of Tahiti, an Island in French Polynesia, located in the South Pacific Ocean.

  2. In the 1920s, surfing fans including three-time Olympic swimming freestyle champion and native Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku began campaigning for the sport to be added to the Olympic programme. Many years later, surfing finally made it onto the Olympic programme for the Tokyo 2020 Games, and will return for Paris 2024; the legendary surfing spot ...

  3. 1 day ago · Why the Olympic surfing venue is 16,000km away from Paris. Teahupo’o on the island of Tahiti in the territory of French Polynesia is home to ‘the heaviest’, ‘most perfect’ waves in the ...

  4. Teahupo'o, Tahiti. Paris 2024 aims to take celebrations to new heights and treat audiences to breathtaking sports in the spirit that has guided the Olympic Games since their inception. It has added four spectacular disciplines, including surfing, and hand-picked spots and venues to match them. For its second appearance at the Games following ...

  5. t. e. Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place 27 July – 5 August 2024 in Teahupo'o reef pass, Tahiti, French Polynesia, breaking the record for the farthest away a medal competition has been staged from the host city. [1] [2] A total of 48 surfers (24 for each gender) will compete in the shortboard events, augmenting ...

  6. 1 day ago · The surfing in Tahiti will mark the farthest distance from a host city an Olympic event has ever been held. Tahiti is a tiny nation with a population under 200,000 people and the island’s widest ...

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  8. Surf's up for the 2024 Olympics. And while the vast majority of events will take place on the French mainland, there's one sport that will have a special site of its own, nearly 10,000 miles away ...

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