See the tragedies that happened at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and have photojournalists as protagonists.
Many eutrapelas took place during the Olympic Games in Paris, from July 26, 2024 to August 11, 2024, which were caused by the anxiety of photojournalists to take the best shots and get the most direct interview with the athletes.
Especially those who won the gold medal. Let's see some.
No1: The cameraman wanders onto the track and interrupts a 5.000m race!
An accredited Olympic cameraman disrupted a 5.000m road race after he casually wandered into the middle of the track during the race, prompting crowding and "harsh criticism" from the athletes.
The incident happened on Wednesday, August 7, in the second heat of qualifying, and as the racers entered the final four laps of the race. At the first turn of this lap, the cameraman is seen standing on the track, but as the competitors approach he inexplicably walks to the inside lane without checking and walks straight into the line of runners.
Runners managed to turn and pass him, but some were gesticulating angrily, including the winner (who also took the gold medal), Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtesen.
The Olympic Broadcasting Service (OBS) issued an official apology for the incident.
Watch the video:
https://x.com/herrerandres4/status/1821123293698490441
No2 : Colombian skateboarder Jhancarlos Gonzalez waved at a cameraman because he refused to leave.
Colombian skateboarder Jhancarlos Gonzalez raised his middle finger to the camera during a 2024 Olympics after a camera operator allegedly ignored his request to leave the venue before he performed a trick.
Jhancarlos Gonzalez competed on Monday, August 5 in the men's skateboarding preliminaries for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Gonzalez finished last in the event and failed to qualify for the men's skateboarding final at the Olympics, as while competing he was unable to perform a trick on a rail and landed awkwardly on his back.
As he rose to his feet, he glared angrily directly at the camera that was filming him. He then noticed a second camera filming the event and flashed his middle finger at the camera.
Gonzalez was heavily criticized for his act. In an Instagram post published on Tuesday, the skateboarder expressed regret for the gesture on camera.
However, Gonzalez also claimed that his angry outburst was sparked when an Olympic camera operator ignored his request to leave before skating on the rail.
The skateboarder claimed he had warned the camera operator to stay away from him as he was right in the area where he was going to do a trick and was afraid they might collide with each other.
Watch the video:
https://x.com/JakubMMA/status/1817874812309586204
No3: The photographers broke the racquet of the pink-punk champion
On Tuesday, July 30, China's Wang Chuqin was ecstatic after securing his first Olympic gold medal with teammate Sun Yingsha in the table tennis mixed doubles final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
But he was left distraught as photographers broke his ping pong racket immediately after his first gold medal as they rushed to capture the victory.
Chuqin's joy was immediately cut short by the incident and the Olympic champion was left furious and devastated by the photographers' actions, especially as he still desperately needs his racket for the rest of the 2024 Pink Pong Games, where he will have to face the Swede player Truls Moregard in the men's singles round of 32 and compete against India in the group stage on August 6.
His trainer tried to calm him down but Chuqin was furious. For history on July 31, Chukin was defeated by Swedish player Morgaard.
Watch the video:
https://x.com/hk_stv/status/1818521490297700521
No. 4: Sexist shots
Due to the uniforms used by athletes, which basically let their body be deleted and to show Rome, the accredited cameramen and photographers of the Olympic Games in Paris had been warned to avoid "sexist" filming, especially of female athletes.
In a press conference, the CEO of Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) Mr. Yiannis Exarchos revealed that he called on camera operators to film male and female athletes in the same way, to avoid "stereotypes and sexism" in the televised coverage of the sporting event.
Watch part of the interview:
https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews/video/7396678134382316832
OBS is responsible for the television coverage of the Paris Olympics, with its images shared with rights holders around the world.
Exarchos told reporters in Paris that his organization has updated guidelines for camera operators, most of whom are men, to avoid "sexist" depictions of female athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
"Unfortunately, at some events [women] are still filmed in a way that you can tell that stereotypes and sexism remain, even from the way some camera operators frame male and female athletes differently," Exarchos says in his statement.
Exarchos pointed out that the problem mainly stems from "unconscious bias", which leads cameramen and TV editors to favor more close-ups of women than men.
