Thiago Braz da Silva broke the Olympic pole vault record at Rio 2016
The seventh Olympiad hosted by Paris in 1924 bore little resemblance to the global attraction presented in the twentieth-first century as a commercial showpiece. However, it remains noteworthy in terms of innovation, sports performance and a new underpinning philosophy that significantly influenced the Olympic movement.
The Paris Games introduced Olympic Village provision and was the first to have events broadcast by radio. It was also the last Olympics to prohibit female participation in athletics.
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