2024 Olympic Surfing at Teahupoo Raises the Stakes for Athletes and Spectators Alike

2024 Olympic Surfing at Teahupo'o Raises the Stakes for Athletes and Spectators Alike

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The 2024 Paris Olympics are being looked at with great hopes by surfers like Kelly Slater as well as surfing enthusiasts. However, the uninvited problems might create a big hurdle at the surfing event in contrast to Tony Estanguet, Paris Games organizing chief's statement, "This marks another milestone." Check out the story to get to know the unexpected problems at the Olympics. [{ "selector": ".tgzbe-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".bjqqs-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(-116px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".sqzpx-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(calc(360px - 321px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

2023 Paris Olympic Surfing spot

The surfing event for the 2023 Paris Olympics will be held at Teahupo'o, Tahiti which is 15, 705 km away from the main Olympic site in France.

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The problem that the spectators might be facing in the upcoming Olympics' surfing event will be a lack of parking space and no space to watch the sports besides Teahupo'o's narrow reef pass.

Problems that might be faced by surfers at the Olympics 2023 venue

lack of spectator space and unpredictable swells from the south direction can ruin the smoothness of the Olympic event as the waves are a minimum of 20 feet long.

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