![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/one-year-to-paris-2024-olympics-security-new-sport-russia-ban-tickets-and-drone-fears/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_ny153-0_142.jpg&description=It is a year today until an opening ceremony like no other takes part on the Seine but as ever with the Olympic Games the build up comes with questions and concerns as safety issues take precedent for organisers At 8:24pm on this date next year, the Greek delegation will appear at the front of a flotilla on the Seine to mark the beginning of the Paris 2024 opening ceremony. Across 19 days of competition, 329 gold medals will be won across 32 sports, dreams will be realised and hearts will be broken. But it would not be an Olympic Games without controversy, questions and concerns. With a year to go, here is what we know and what is expected to happen in the French capital next summer - from a new sport to a mammoth security operation. Prepare for traditionalists to fume but the one new sport in Paris will be Breaking, a competitive form of breakdancing, that is part of a wider reform to engage younger people. In Tokyo the introduction of wall climbing and skateboarding brought the sceptics out in droves but both events ended up capturing the imagination of many viewers and will likely do so again next summer. But the baseball and softball competitions have culled, for a number of reasons including most of the world's best players being tied into the MLB season, and karate, which the IOC believes is too similar to taekwondo and judo, has been ditched after appearing in Tokyo. No, but yes. Earlier this month the IOC said neither Russia nor Belarus will be invited to compete but, if individual sports allow, athletes from both countries will be permitted under the neutral flag. Both countries will not be allowed because the organisers want to above all protect the "security and integrity" of the Games, according to the IOC. But the UN's human rights council has warned a blanket ban would be "discriminatory and a flagrant violation of human rights.' So the compromise is this weird fudge where a number of Russian citizens will win gold medals but when they stand on the pod){kind=link}
It is a year today until an opening ceremony like no other takes part on the Seine but as ever with the Olympic Games the build up comes with questions and concerns as safety issues take precedent for organisers
At 8:24pm on this date next year, the Greek delegation will appear at the front of a flotilla on the Seine to mark the beginning of the Paris 2024 opening ceremony.
Across 19 days of competition, 329 gold medals will be won across 32 sports, dreams will be realised and hearts will be broken.
But it would not be an Olympic Games without controversy, questions and concerns.
With a year to go, here is what we know and what is expected to happen in the French capital next summer – from a new sport to a mammoth security operation.