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Olympic basketball attendance breaks record

(UPDATE) PARIS — Andreas Zagklis, secretary general of the International Basketball Federation, said here on Sunday that the basketball tournament attendance of Paris 2024 will definitely break the record.

The Olympic record for attendance in the basketball tournaments was 1,068,000, set at Atlanta 1996.

USA’s Stephen Curry (left) and Serbia’s Bogdan Bogdanovic fight for the ball in the men’s semifinal basketball match between USA and Serbia during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris on Aug. 8, 2024. AFP PHOTO