For the second day in a row, Google Doodle curators have swapped out the search engine’s logo with an animated artwork themed on Paris Olympics 2024. The interactive doodle featured on Saturday, July 27, follows the opening ceremony, celebrating the sport of Skateboarding that made its debut at the Tokyo Olympics.For the uninitiated, a Google Doodle is a temporary change in the website’s logo that commemorates an achievement, historical event, special occasion or influential people.Since first being used as an out-of-office message by Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were attending the 1998 Burning Man Festival, over 5,000 doodles have been curated.The doodle today depicts birds cheering on an avian athlete performing manoeuvres in a skateboarding park.The sport is a relatively-new addition to the Olympics. At this year’s Summer Games, skateboarding features two disciplines:Street: This event simulates an urban environment with obstacles like stairs, rails, and benches. Skateboarders are judged on their creativity, difficulty, and execution of tricks.Park: This event takes place in a bowl-shaped concrete park with various ramps and curves. Athletes’ performances are evaluated on their flow, variety of tricks and overall performance."After making its Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021, skateboarding will once again be on the programme for Paris 2024, taking place at the famous Place de La Concorde in the heart of the French capital," the Games' official website states.According to the site, the skateboarding competition will consist of two rounds: prelims and finals.There are 88 skateboarders competing this year. This includes both men and women across the Street and Park disciplines.Break-dancing, surfing and sport climbing join skateboarding as the newest additions to the Olympics.Approximately 10,500 athletes are set to feature across 32 sports at the Paris Olympics.
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