President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed the Resolution authorising to set up the Organizing Committee for the preparation of the Turkmenistan national teams for the XXXIII Summer Olympic and XVII Summer Paralympic Games, which will be held in Paris, France in 2024, and approved its composition, www.tdh.gov.tm reported.

The Summer Olympics will be held from July 26 to August 11, and the Summer Paralympics will be held from August 28 to September 8.

The competition for medals will begin on July 24 two days before the Olympics Opening Ceremony in Paris. The Paris 2024 Olympic sports programme features 32 sports encompassing 306 events, including breaking – the debutant of the Olympic Games.

It will be the third time that Paris has hosted the Olympics. France hosted the Olympic Games in 1900 and 1924.