ZIMSPHERE
PARIS, France — The 2024 Paris Olympics was off to a rapturous start on Friday night, with a glittering opening ceremony that went beyond a usual stadium spectacle; and was done around the French capital.
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However, some sporting events like soccer and rugby had already had begun on Wednesday and Thursday, due to the length of the schedule.
Zimbabwe is being represented by a seven-member contingent across three disciplines — athletics, rowing, swimming.
If you want to cheer on your own during the Paris Olympics, here is the full schedule:
27 July
- 9:00 AM: Men's Single Sculls - Steve Cox
Update: Stephen Cox missed the qualifying time and came 4th in his heat. He still has a repechage tomorrow at 9:30 AM. A repechage is a term from rowing and wrestling that allows athletes who have been knocked out in the early rounds a second chance at qualifying for matches later on.
It has also been introduced to some running events. This means that each of the included events will have four rounds: a first round, a repechage round, semi-finals, and the final, whereas previously they had contained only three.
30 July
- 11:00 AM: Women's 100m Freestyle - Paige van der Westhuizen
31 July
- 11:00 AM: Men's 200m Backstroke - Denilson Cyprianos
5 August
- 7:55 PM: Men's 200m Heats - Makanaka Charamba, Tapiwa Makarawa
10 August
- 8:00 AM: Men's Marathon - Isaac Mpofu
11 August
- 8:00 AM: Women's Marathon - Rutendo Nyahora
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