Jamaican referees Daneon Parchment and Odette Hamilton have been chosen by FIFA to officiate on the Paris Summer time Olympics 2024, marking a major achievement for the Caribbean nation within the realm of worldwide soccer.
The FIFA Referees Committee has appointed a complete of 89 match officers from 45 international locations to supervise matches on the Olympic Soccer Tournaments Paris 2024. Amongst them, Parchment will function a Video Match official (VAR), whereas Hamilton has been chosen for a help employees function.
The ladies’s match is scheduled to begin on July 25, 2024, culminating with the gold medal match on the Parc des Princes in Paris on August 10, 2024. Alternatively, the lads’s competitors will kick off on July 24, 2024, with the gold medal match set to happen on August 9, 2024, additionally on the Parc des Princes.
Preparation of the match officers shall be intently monitored
The preparation of the match officers shall be intently monitored by a crew of FIFA technical trainers, together with referees and VAR instructors, in addition to match analysts, health coaches, physiotherapists, and sports activities scientists, making certain they obtain complete steering and help.
Whereas the Olympic Soccer Tournaments Paris 2024 function the flagship soccer competitions of the 12 months, for the chosen match officers, they symbolize an important step in the direction of the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the FIFA Girls’s World Cup 2027, underlining the importance of their roles in shaping the way forward for worldwide soccer officiating.
