Olympic year kicks off with key qualifiers

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January 2024 begins with a flurry of sporting activity in the run-up to Paris 2024, reports insidethegames.biz.

The 33rd Olympic Games of the modern era, with more than 10,000 athletes, will begin in the Paris region on July 26.

The start of the Olympic year is marked by a series of qualifying tournaments for the world’s premier sporting event, which will be held in the French capital for the third time.

Handball, men’s and women’s hockey at two different venues, water polo and laser radial sailing all will hold in January, there will be plenty of places to go.

In January, points will continue to be awarded in the rankings-based qualifying processes for sports such as tennis, table tennis, volleyball (for those who have not yet qualified), mountain biking, triathlon, archery, golf, skateboarding, judo, track cycling, BMX racing, weightlifting, shooting, beach volleyball, fencing, badminton, modern pentathlon, and the trampoline gymnastics World Cup.

As for the direct competition for a place in Paris, it has already begun in Argentina, in the coastal city of Mar del Plata, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. From January 3 to 10, the direct quotas for the ILCA 6 Women’s World Sailing 2024 will be contested. Seven non-nominal places will be awarded at this event, which are not available to countries that have already secured a ticket to Paris 2024 at the 2023 World Championships.

For the first time in 64 years, Venezuela will host the new edition of the Olympic Football Pre-Qualifiers. The 10 teams from the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) will compete for two places in Paris.

The South American Olympic qualifiers will be held in Caracas, Valencia and Barquisimeto from January 20 to February 11. The