Summer Olympics 2024 Newspaper Article. Armand duplantis, known as mondo, had already clinched his second consecutive olympic gold medal in the men’s pole vault. French athletes wave flags as they sail in a boat on the river seine during the opening ceremony for the 2024 summer olympics in paris, france, friday, july 26, 2024.

Paris 2024 had it all: The olympics, a triumph of ambition, lift france from its gloom.