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The world’s biggest sporting event

Celebrate the 2024 Summer and Paralympic Games in Paris with 35 fun activities to help kids learn all about Olympic history, traditions, sports and elite athletes

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River Seine to star in Opening Ceremony

Part 5: There are certain rules that must be upheld in every Olympic Games, but for the first time in modern Olympic history, the Opening Ceremony will be held outside a stadium

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(FILES) This photograph taken on February 27, 2024 shows air pollution filters to improve air quality at the foot of residential accommodation buildings in the Olympic village where the athletes will be housed in Saint-Denis, a nearby suburb of Paris. The Seine-Saint-Denis department north of Paris will host a number of events for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with venues including the Stade de France and Aquatics Centre, as well as the Olympic Village. (Photo by Ian LANGSDON / AFP)

Designing an Olympic Village

Part 6: When it came to building a home away from home for the 14,000 athletes and crew competing in the Paris Olympics, comfort and performance were just as important as sustainability

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TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on November 10, 2022, shows the mascots for the Paris 2024 Olympic (R) and Paralympic (L) Games 'Les Phryges' in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. - The name of Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic mascots "Les Phryges", representing French revolutionary Phrygian caps, was announced on November 14, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Medals and mascots of the Paris Games

Part 7: While many host cities use native animals as their Olympic mascots, the Paris 2024 Olympics will have a mascot fashioned from a unique piece of French clothing

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 19: : Tate Carew of the United States competes during the Skateboarding Men's Park Final on day four of the Olympic Qualifier Series Shanghai on May 19, 2024 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Skating dubbed Olympic sport

Part 8: Street sports such as skateboarding and breakdancing are making their Olympic debut at the 2024 Paris Games with 32 sports on offer across both new and repurposed venues

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A woman takes a picture of the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris, on June 17, 2024. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

Bonjour la France et la Ville Lumiere

Part 9: The 2024 Paris Olympics marks the third time the ‘Ville Lumiere’, or, city of lights, has hosted the Games. Let’s look back over the history of France – and learn a few words along the way

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ARNHEM, NETHERLANDS - JUNE 06: Bo Kramer of the Netherlands trains in preparation for the Paris 2024 Paralympics at the UndergroundGym Arnhem on June 06, 2024 in Arnhem, Netherlands. Bo was diagnosed with bone cancer aged 11 and needed major life changing surgery on her legs. Her experience in conquering cancer has shaped her journey as an elite athlete and led her to play Wheelchair basketball. The "Orange Lions" (as the Netherlands women's wheelchair basketball team is known) will seek to defend their Paralympic gold medal in Paris 2024 after winning gold in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Oz Paralympic champs to watch

Part 10: The Paralympics have been held every four years for more than six decades, with a record 4000 athletes competing this year – including some of Australia’s best Paralympians

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Members of the Australian swimming team for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games pose for a group photograph after the Australian Swimming Trials at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre on June 15, 2024. (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --

Our Oz Olympic heroes – let’s go, Australia!

Part 11: At 10th place on the Olympic ranking, Australia is a nation that loves its sport. Let’s look at some of our best Olympic champions of all time and the new entrants who are set to shine

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YANQING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11: Jaclyn Narracott of Team Australia slides during the Women's Skeleton heats on day seven of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Sliding Centre on February 11, 2022 in Yanqing, China. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Countdown to the Winter Games

Part 12: With less than two years to go before the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games in Italy, the countdown to the snowy sporting event has begun – but will the venues be ready on time?

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The Ibis ( bin chicken) is starting their breeding season, seen here on an island in The Duck Pond in Centenial Park taking over from the cormorants that have just finished their breeding cycle . It looks like the ibis have raided all the cormorants old nests for twigs making there nests in thick reads on the island . Picture John Grainger

Brisbane Olympics, here we come!

Part 13: Brisbane is set to host the 2032 Summer Olympic Games and the race is on to decide which animal will be made Olympic mascot. Will it be “Barry the Bin Chicken”?

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The world’s biggest sporting event

Celebrate the Tokyo Games with 25 fun activities to help kids learn all about Olympic history, traditions, sports and athletes

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TOPSHOT - Actress Katerina Lechou performing as the high priestess lights the Olympic flame at the Temple of Hera on April 21, 2016 during the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame in ancient Olympia, the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 BC. The Olympic flame was lit today and solemnly sent off carrying international hopes that Brazil's political paralysis will not taint the Rio Games that start in barely 100 days. / AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS

Ancient Games sparked the Olympic tradition

Part 1: The modern Olympic Games have been around for 125 years, but you have to look back much further than that to understand how the Olympic tradition began

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How modern Games became biggest show on Earth

Part 2: What started as one man’s idea to encourage world peace is now the biggest sports event on the planet. Let’s take a look at the history of the modern Olympic Games as we gear up for Paris

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 21: Athletes walk during the "Heroes of the Games" segment during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Maracana Stadium on August 21, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Friendship, respect and excellence drive the Games

Part 3: The founder of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, believed sport could bring people together and help them excel. These values are still at the core of the Games today

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TOPSHOT - This picture taken on May 21, 2024 shows Olympic Torch on the red carpet prior the screening of the film "Marcello Mio" at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, as part of the Olympics torch relay. (Photo by Antonin THUILLIER / AFP)

Follow the fascinating trail of the Olympic torch through time

Part 4: The Olympic flame continues its journey as one of humanity’s most uniting and symbolic sparks in the modern era

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TOKYO, JAPAN - JUNE 03: A medal tray that will be used during the victory ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is displayed during an unveiling event for the victory ceremonies' items including podium, music, costume and the medal tray for the Olympic and Paralympic games at the Ariake Arena on the day marking the 50 days to go to the Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony on June 3, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Issei Kato - Pool/Getty Images)

Olympic medals go green in Tokyo

PART 5: The Tokyo Games are the first where the gold, silver and bronze medals are also green, having been made entirely from recycled metals

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Meet mascots Miraitowa and Someity

PART 6: Two stars of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics won’t be going for gold but they do have superpowers! We look at Olympic mascots and emblems

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ESCAPE: TOKYO COVER OPTION .. Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan. Picture: iStock

Olympics host nation in profile – hello, Japan!

PART 7: One of the most exciting parts of any Olympics is discovering more about the host city and wider country – welcome to Tokyo, Japan!

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Australia’s Olympic Games leave their mark

PART 8: We’ve been lucky enough to host two Olympic Games, with the 1956 Melbourne Games and the 2000 Sydney Games both playing an important role in Olympic history

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16 September 2000. Australian swimming champion Ian Thorpe celebrates winning gold in the 400m freestyle on the first day of competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. (AAP Photos/Julian Smith)

Celebrating Australia’s Olympic heroes

PART 9: Australia has produced many Olympic heroes, from our first Olympian Edwin Flack to five times gold medallist Ian Thorpe