Paris 2024 Olympics: Day 8

It's Super Saturday here at Paris 2024, with so many swimming and athletics  finals (and some rain). Jill ventured out to Colombes to check out the hockey competition, which is in the original 1924 Olympic stadium, then went to the Stade de France for a big night in athletics. Meanwhile, Alison got to see some heart-stopping artistic gymnastics apparatus finals, thrilling swimming races, and more importantly, worked on getting rid of her cold.

The sports on today's program are:

• 3x3 Basketball
• Archery
• Artistic Gymnastics
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Beach Volleyball
• Boxing
• Canoe Slalom
• Cycling - Road
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Football
• Golf
• Handball
• Hockey
• Judo
• Rowing
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Swimming
• Table Tennis
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Water polo

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Our researcher for the Olympics is Annalee Deabel.

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