00:00Paris is the host of the 33rd Summer Olympic Games.
00:04Alongside London, it's the only city to have staged the Summer Games on three occasions.
00:09Around 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees are taking part.
00:1650% of those athletes are women, making Paris the first Olympics to achieve full gender equality on the field of play.
00:24Athletes are competing across 32 sports, including breaking, which is making its Olympic debut.
00:31And there are 329 medal events, including 48 in athletics, the most of any individual sport.
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