Exploring the Range: Google Doodles Highlight Both Popular and Niche Sports in Lead-Up to Paris 2024
Over the past few days, Google Doodles have featured a range of sports, from popular ones like football to less well-known sports such as climbing, as highlighted today.
Google Doodle Today: In celebration of the Paris 2024 Olympics, Google has been showcasing various disciplines through charming Doodles, from artistic gymnastics to surfing. On Wednesday, August 7, the search giant highlighted another unique sport—Sport Climbing.
The Doodle features Google’s iconic Olympic birds scaling a Parisian building adorned with Gothic gargoyles, gripping tightly as they tackle the challenge.
See the Google Doodle below:
The sport climbing events at the 2024 Summer Olympics started on August 5 and will run until August 10.
Taking place at the newly constructed Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Saint-Denis, alongside an aquatic center, these events mark the return of climbing to the Olympic program after its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
This year sees an expansion from two to four medal events, with boulder-and-lead competitions separated from speed climbing. The number of climbers has also increased from 40 in Tokyo to 68 in Paris.
Following feedback on the combined scoring format used in Tokyo, the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) had advocated for separate medals in bouldering, lead, and speed climbing. The International Olympic Committee has responded by introducing distinct medals for two categories per gender: boulder-and-lead combined and speed climbing.
In Paris, 68 climbers will compete, with 28 spots allocated for speed climbing and 40 for the boulder-and-lead combined format. Each country can enter up to four climbers, with a maximum of two per gender in each format.
Paris Olympic Scheduled on 7th August 2024:
