Tuesday 26 July 2022 marks the Two-Years-to-Go milestone for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, which will be held in Paris, France.

To celebrate this milestone, the slogan of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 has been launched: “Games Wide Open”.

“It is a collective ambition, to open the Games, to showcase to the world the best of France especially its boldness, its creativity and innovative spirit that makes up our country’s identity.

“To deliver inspiring Games that will help take the Olympic and Paralympic Movement into a new era. Bold and creative Games that dare to take a step outside the box, to challenge the current models, our ways of seeing things, our paradigms; to give us the opportunity to come together, to be proud together, to experience together.

“Quite simply a Games wide open,” Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet says according to olympics.com, explaining the choice for the slogan which will become synonymous with the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Handball will also be an integral part of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, as this edition of the competition will be marking the 15th time that handball is part of the Olympic Games.
 
Since Montreal 1976, handball has provided two complete sets of medals – one for the men’s tournament and one for the women’s tournament. Paris 2024 will also be a special tournament for hosts France, who will be entering the competition as reigning champions in both the men’s and women’s tournament after they achieved the feat of double gold at Tokyo 2020.

The schedule for the two handball tournaments has also been launched, alongside all the other sports schedules at Paris 2024, with the competition starting one day before the official opening of the Games, on 25 July 2024.

Both the men’s and women’s tournaments will take place in the South Paris Arena 6 for the preliminary round, while the knock-out phase, starting from Tuesday 6 August 2024, is due to be hosted by the Pierre Mauroy Stadium, a football stadium in Lille, which was also used at the 2017 IHF Men’s World Championship.

The medal matches in the women’s tournament will take place on 10 August, while the medallists of the men’s tournament will be determined on 11 August, both in Pierre Mauroy Stadium.