33rd edition of Olympic Games starts in Paris

AMMAN — HRH Prince Faisal bin Hussein, President of the Jordan Olympic Committee and member of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee, attended the opening ceremony of the 33rd edition of the Olympic Games in Paris on Friday. 

Prince Faisal expressed his best wishes for the success of the Jordanian national team athletes participating in the games, hoping they continue to achieve Olympic accomplishments.

According to a statement from the Jordan Olympic Committee, the 33rd edition of the Olympic Games in Paris marks Jordan's twelfth participation in the Olympic Games, with their first appearance dating back to the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

The Kingdom will compete in 6 sports with a total of 9 qualifying athletes out of the 12 member team: A record 4 qualifiers in Taekwondo (Olympian silver medallist Saleh Sharabati, Juliana Sadeq, Rama Abul Rub, Zaid Mustafa), 3 in boxing (Hussein and Ziyad Ishaish, Obada Kasbeh), gymnast Ahmad Abu Saoud, table tennis player Zaid Abu Yamen, as well as three wild card participants swimmer Amr Wirr and Karen Bilbeisi, and marathon runner Muath Khawaldeh.

The 2024 Summer Olympics will run up to August 11 with Paris as the main host city, and events held at 16 other cities spread across France. It will be the second time in history that the opening of the Olympic Games will be held outside a stadium, with the parade of nations planned as a boat parade along the River Seine with the route featuring the cultural elements and views of Paris landmarks

The Games will feature 329 events in 32 sports, with four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: Break-dancing will make its Olympic debut, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing will return from 2020.