The Olympic surfing events will be held in French Polynesia - 15,700km from Paris. That’s the farthest an Olympic event has been from its host city, but a few others have ‘gone the distance’...<br /><br />Moscow 1980’s sailing events were in Tallinn, now in Estonia - nearly 1,000km west of Moscow.<br />One of the soccer venues for the LA 84 Olympics was Boston - 4,000km away on the opposite coast. <br /><br />And in 1956 Melbourne became the most southerly city ever to host the Olympics. But Australian quarantine laws meant equestrian events were hosted elsewhere… specifically Stockholm - 15,500km north. <br /><br />#olympics #olympics2024 #paris2024 #olympicgames #sports
