Hats off to all European athletes for their stellar performance at the #Paris2024 Olympic Games!
The final count of the EU countries’ medals is a stunning 309!
Bravo to the winners and we look forward to the Paralympics kicking off on the 28th of August.
🇪🇺 309
🇫🇷 64
🇮🇹 40
🇳🇱 34
🇩🇪 33
🇭🇺 19
🇪🇸 18
🇸🇪 11
🇧🇪 10
🇵🇱 10
🇷🇴 9
🇩🇰 9
🇬🇷 8
🇧🇬 7
🇮🇪 7
🇭🇷 7
🇨🇿 5
🇦🇹 5
🇵🇹 4
🇱🇹 4
🇸🇮 3
🇸🇰 1
🇨🇾 1
Sport unites in diversity – and so does our Union!
The #Paris2024 Olympic Games officially kick off tonight, with the Paralympics to follow, for a sensational summer of sport until September 8.
The Olympics are promoting a more inclusive and sustainable society through worldwide cooperation, values also shared by the EU.
🇪🇺 countries are ready to carry this spirit into the competition. May the best win!
📷 AdobeStock by kovalenkovpetr
Rise and shine 🇪🇺 flag!
A symbol of peace and prosperity, a journey 67 years long defined by cooperation and unshakable solidarity.
And tonight, our boat is sailing through the Seine to highlight proudly those values at the #Paris2024 Olympic Games!
Diversity and inclusion are our strengths.
Let’s go 🇪🇺 athletes!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaand am going to cry. my dad loved to hear the Olympics anthem and would stand up everytime he listened to it.
my father's name was Julio Sabater. he was Puerto Rico's record holder for 200 with hurdles from 1948 until 1988.
say his name.
¡Vamos! 🇪🇺
#Paris2024 #JJOO #JO2024 #Europa #Europe #EU #UE #unioneuropea #unioneuropeenne
It seems that even those who are not interested in sports and do not follow the Olympic Games have already read about the "50-year-old Turkish man who showed up at the competition in a wrinkled T-shirt, without special equipment, and took the Olympic silver without even taking his hand out of his pocket."
"Surely, Turkey sent some kind of hitman to Paris!" social media marvels.
In the blink of an eye, Yusuf Dikec, a previously unknown figure outside professional circles, a retired gendarmerie officer and professional shooter, became a global internet meme and sensation.
Everything is great! The moral of this story could be: no matter how old you are, keep doing what you love, and your best achievements may still lie ahead, even if you are an athlete over 50!
But another nuance caught my attention.
The fact is, Yusuf Dikec did not win the Olympic silver alone. It was a team event. Shooting alongside him was his colleague Sevval Ilayda Tarhan. In the same T-shirt, in the same pose, and also with minimal equipment.
The only difference is that he is 51, and she is 24. He began professional shooting around the time she was born.
Dikec is an excellent shooter with a plethora of medals from prestigious competitions, but he had never made it to the Olympic podium until his young partner grew up and competed with him on the same team.
If we look at the individual performances of these shooters in the same discipline where they took silver as a team, we will see that Tarhan finished 7th, while Dikec only came in 13th.
Now let's trace how mass consciousness works: we simply do not notice the woman standing next to him. It does not matter who she is, how she is dressed, how she shoots, or how unique her achievement is. We only see the man in the "wrinkled T-shirt," deliberately nonchalant, and create a romantic image of a "hitman." We spread a photograph in which he is shooting alone, and the result of this shooting is 13th place! Yet, we declare that he won "silver."
Why does the logic of mass culture work this way? After all, patriarchy has long ceased to exist, feminism is unnecessary, equality has been achieved, at least in Paris 2024 for sure!
This is how patriarchal myths about great male victories are born before our eyes. These images are entrenched in culture and shape our thinking. Meanwhile, women's contributions and achievements are simply erased from history. It was like this before. Unfortunately, it still happens today.
#Paris2024 #YusufDikec #SevvalTarhan #Olympics
Translated text. Original text from Maya Guseynova
It’s raining medals in Paris 🏅
We just hit the 50 marks on the EU Countries medal counter!
Let’s celebrate the success of our EU athletes! Your achievements are a testament to the power of dedication and teamwork.
We are #StrongerTogether!
🇪🇺 176
🇫🇷 48
🇮🇹 25
🇳🇱 18
🇩🇪 17
🇪🇸 9
🇭🇺 8
🇸🇪 8
🇷🇴 7
🇮🇪 6
🇭🇷 5
🇧🇪 5
🇬🇷 6
🇵🇱 4
🇨🇿 2
🇩🇰 2
🇱🇹 2
🇸🇮 1
🇦🇹 1
🇸🇰 1
🇵🇹 1
Take a look at our medal counter ➡️ https://teameurope2024.eu/
Let the medals rain!
We just hit the 80 mark in the EU countries’ medal counter!
Congratulations to the amazing performances by the European athletes at the #Paris2024 Paralympic Games so far.
They are a testament to what determination, teamwork, and unity can achieve. Together, we are stronger.
🇪🇺84
🇫🇷17
🇮🇹15
🇪🇸11
🇳🇱10
🇵🇱5
🇩🇪5
🇩🇰4
🇬🇷4
🇨🇿3
🇸🇰2
🇧🇪2
🇧🇬1
🇭🇺1
🇸🇮1
🇨🇾1
🇮🇪1
🇦🇹1
22 sports
4,400 athletes
549 medal events
With the #Paris2024 Paralympic Games officially kicking off tonight, we want to celebrate the strength and determination of competing European athletes.
They inspire us all to strive for a true #UnionOfEquality.
📷 AdobeStock, The Agitos Logo, three elements in red, blue and green that symbolize the Paralympic Games, on the Arc de Triomphe; by Angel
🎾Roland Garros Stadium,
🏑 Yves du Manoir hockey stadium,
🏓South Paris Arena for table tennis or
🇪🇺 Grand opening ceremony
Have you spotted the 🇪🇺 flag at any of these iconic locations during the #Paris2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games?
We sure did! The EU flag was prominently displayed alongside the host nation’s flag, symbolizing the unity and diversity of our 27 countries.
Bravo to the European athletes for their outstanding accomplishment at the #Paris2024 Paralympic Games.
The final count of the EU countries’ medals is an astonishing 420!
Heartfelt congratulations to all the winners, the Games are over, but your performances will echo and inspire generations to come.
🇪🇺 420
🇳🇱 56
🇮🇹 71
🇫🇷 75
🇩🇪 49
🇵🇱 23
🇪🇸 40
🇧🇪 14
🇭🇺 15
🇬🇷 13
🇸🇰 5
🇱🇻 4
🇩🇰10
🇵🇹 7
🇨🇿 8
🇮🇪 6
🇭🇷 4
🇷🇴 2
🇸🇮 2
🇧🇬1
🇦🇹 4
🇫🇮 4
🇸🇪 3
🇨🇾 2
🇱🇹 1
🇱🇺 1
