Tuvalu at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:TUV
Nocname:Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:2
Sports:1
Flagbearer Open:Karalo Maibuca & Temalini Manatoa
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Tuvalu competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Their participation marked their fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since their debut in 2008.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=100Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics1 1 2
Total 11 2

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. The nation will send two sprinters, Karalo Maibuca, who will compete in the men's 100 metres,[1] Maibuca is a returning Olympian, who competed in the same event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, setting a national record but not advancing to the quarterfinals, and Temalini Manatoa, will compete in Womens 100m.[2] [3]

Prior to the Games, Maibuca trained with Fijian sprinters at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, where he is based in.[4] [5]

Track & road events
AthleteEventPreliminaryHeatsSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Karalo MaibucaMen's 100 m11.30 NR7colspan=6
Temalini ManatoaWomen's 100 m14.04 PB8

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics MAIBUCA Karalo Hepoiteloto. 3 August 2024. Paris 2024 .
  2. Web site: Athletics MANATOA Temalini . 3 August 2024. Paris 2024 .
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20240619125640/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1146123/paris-2024-tuvalu-one-athlete-olympics . 19 June 2024. Paris 2024: Tuvalu sends a solitary athlete to the Olympics . 19 June 2024 . 2 July 2024. May . Sam . .
  4. Web site: https://archive.today/20240524113723/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/olympics/rising-sea-levels-threaten-tuvalu-as-a-nation-but-that-wont-stop-the-paris-dream/news-story/0250b61d5466a1ee0e8be72c26c130a0?amp&nk=5b28582d3e826f0936937ab087a5d4a9-1716550652 . Rising sea levels threaten Tuvalu as a nation, but that won't stop the Paris dream . Caddock . Robert . 24 May 2024 . 24 May 2024 . 3 July 2024 . .
  5. Web site: Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries. World Athletics. 12 July 2024.