ATHENS, GREECE - APRIL 16: Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of the High Priestess, carries the torch during the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics at the Ancient Olympia archeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece on April 16, 2024 in Olympia, Greece. )
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Today, 17 April, marks a 100-day countdown to the Olympics in Paris, France. The multicoded event will run from 26 July to 11 August.
The momentum is building for Team SA, with nearly 90 athletes from 13 different sporting codes having already met the Olympic qualifying criteria.
Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony - Ancient Olympia, Greece, on 16 April 2024, Greek actress Mary Mina playing the role of high priestess, lights the flame during the Olympic Flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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Paris 2024 Olympics Medal Preview - on 1 February 2024, a Paris 2024 Olympic Games gold medal is seen on display at Chaumet jewellery.
REUTERS / Benoit Tessier
People work on the Olympic and Paralympic construction site at the Eiffel Tower Stadium ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on 14 March 2024.
REUTERS / Benoit Tessier
A view shows a swimming pool at the Olympic Aquatics Centre (CAO) multifunctional venue for the 2024 Paris Games construction site, which is under the management of the Metropole Grand Paris in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, on 28 December 2023.
REUTERS / Benoit Tessier
South Africa’s Olympic governing body, SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc), is expected to deliver a team in Paris, with representatives across the following codes: athletics, sport climbing, cycling (road and mountain bike), canoeing, diving, equestrian, gymnastics, hockey, rowing, Springbok Women's Sevens (rugby men are still to qualify by June), surfing, swimming and wrestling.
An aerial view shows the Parc des Princes stadium and the Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris, France, on 19 June 2023.
REUTERS / Stephanie Lecocq
A participant dives from the Pont Alexandre III bridge into the River Seine in Paris, France, on 23 June 2017. Paris transformed into a giant Olympic park, to celebrate International Olympic Day with a variety of sporting events for the public, as the city bade to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
REUTERS / Jean-Paul Pelissier
Mzansi is one of the countries that are observing the 100 days countdown, which started with the lighting of the Olympic torch in Greece, considered to be the original home of the Games.
People work on the Olympic and Paralympic construction site at the Grand Palais venue ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on 3 April 2024.
REUTERS / Gonzalo Fuentes
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