Sun. Dec 22nd, 2024
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THE Paris 2024 Olympics is well underway with both Team GB and USA vying to win gold medals every day.

GB finished fourth in the standings three years ago in Tokyo with 22 gold medals and 65 in total.

Leon Marchand of Team France poses with his Gold medal after victory

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Leon Marchand of Team France poses with his Gold medal after victory

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But it was USA who came out on top with a whopping 39 golds from 113 medals.

In six of the last seven Olympics the USA have finished top of the medal standings, with China coming out on top in their home games in Beijing 16 years ago.

Paris has been an entertaining watch so far and plenty of medals have been given out already, but Team GB are still chasing their first gold.

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Paris 2024 medal table

Team GB have won ten medals so far with their first two golds coming on Day Three

Japan lead the way with six gold medals as hosts France continue to make home advantage count.

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How to watch the Paris 2024 Olympics

Discovery+ is the main rights holder for the Paris 2024 Olympics and will provide “wall-to-wall linear coverage on its Eurosport channels (1 and 2), along with seven dedicated Olympic ‘pop-up’ channels”.

A special Olympics offer is available for £3.99 per month, which will grant you access to the discovery+ streaming service.

You can access discovery+ by downloading the app onto your smartphone/tablet or by visiting discovery+.com.

The BBC will be broadcasting any events with British interest and major competitions across all of their channels, app, website and on iPlayer for FREE, providing you have a valid TV license.

BBC One and Two will air the biggest events from the 33rd Olympic Games and will provide an Olympics Extra channel available on iPlayer, Red Button and online.

However, the BBC can only show two events happening at any moment live at the same time due to discovery+ being the main European rights holder.

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