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2024 Paris Olympics: Athletes to watch
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Explore Britannica's coverage of the Summer Olympics, including the 2024 Paris Games. An unparalleled gymnast Suni Lee on the balance beam at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 2023 world champion Eliud Kipchoge: 2022 Berlin Marathon “Fastest man in the world” Neeraj Chopra competing at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games Olympic silver medalist Rayssa Leal Yuto Horigome at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
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An unparalleled gymnast
Suni Lee on the balance beam at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
2023 world champion
Eliud Kipchoge: 2022 Berlin Marathon
“Fastest man in the world”
Neeraj Chopra competing at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games
Olympic silver medalist Rayssa Leal
Yuto Horigome at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
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