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2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: Start time, TV channel, date, live stream, key athletes and events
The 2024 Olympic Games begin July 26 and will be televised on NBC through Aug. 11
It's the time once again. It's time for the best athletes in the world to come together and crown champions in their various sports. The 2024 Olympic Games are set to begin this week in Paris as the world descends upon France. While there will be some qualifying events taking place earlier in the week, things officially kick off on Friday with the Opening Ceremony.
The Opening Ceremony is scheduled for Friday and feature several firsts, including being the first ceremony to be held outside of a stadium, as well as a parade of athletes held on the Seine River with boats for each national delegation. The boats will travel along a 3.7-mile stretch, passing by many iconic Parisian landmarks along the way. The ceremony will conclude with remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron.
Expect another gold-filled summer for the Americans as Team USA will be represented in just about every event over the course of the Games. Some of the biggest stars are back, including gymnast Simone Biles, decorated swimmers Katie Ledecky and Caleb Dressel, as well as track athletes Noah Lyles and Sha'carri Richardson. Plus, the men's and women's basketball teams look to extend their dominant runs at the games with more gold.
There will be two flag bearers for the United States when the team takes the boat down the Seine River -- LeBron James and tennis star Coco Gauff. The 2023 US Open champion was stunned by the news when it was revealed to her on Wednesday.
"I never thought in a million years I would have the honour of carrying the American flag for Team USA in the opening ceremony," Gauff said in a statement.
"I could not be more proud to lead my teammates with LeBron as we showcase our dedication and passion on the biggest stage there is."
Here's how to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony and highlights from the first week of competition.
Originally Posted by : How to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
Time: Noon ET | Date: Friday, July 26
Location: The Seine River and Trocadero -- Paris
TV channel: NBC | Streaming: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
Saturday, July 27
5x5 Basketball -- Men's Group Phase
Group A: Spain vs. Australia -- 5 a.m.
Group B: Germany vs. Japan -- 7 a.m.
Swimming Heats, 5 a.m.
Women's 100m Butterfly
Women's 400m Freestyle
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Men's 400m Freestyle
Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Volleyball: United States vs. Argentina (Prelim. Round, Pool C) -- 3 p.m.
Sunday, July 28
Gymnastics: Women's Qualification (Subdivision 1) -- 3:30 a.m.
5x5 Basketball: United States vs. Serbia (Men's Group Phase, Group C) -- 11:15 a.m.
Beach Volleyball: United States vs. Czech Republic (Women's Prelim. Phase) -- 4 p.m.
Football: United States vs. Germany (Women's Group B, #9) -- 3 p.m.
Monday, July 29
Beach Volleyball: United States vs. France (Men's Prelim. Phase, Pool F) -- 10 a.m.
Swimming Finals:
Women's 400m Individual Medley -- 2:30 p.m.
Men's 200m Freestyle -- 2:40 p.m.
5x5 Basketball: United States vs. Japan (Women's Group Phase, Group C) -- 3 p.m.
Tuesday, July 30
5x5 Basketball: Spain vs. Greece (Men's Group Phase, Group A) -- 5 a.m.
Swimming Heats -- 5 a.m.
Men's 200m Butterfly
Men's 100m Freestyle
Women's 1500m Freestyle
Women's 100m Freestyle
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
3x3 Basketball: United States vs. Germany (Women's Pool Round) -- 11:30 a.m.
Swimming: Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final -- 4:01 p.m.
Wednesday, July 31
Swimming Heats -- 5 a.m.
Women's 200m Backstroke
Men's 200m Backstroke
Women's 200m Butterfly
Beach Volleyball: United States vs. France (Women's Prelim. Phase, Pool C) -- 9 a.m.
Football: United States vs. Australia (Women's Group B, #15) -- 1 p.m.
Swimming Finals
Women's 100m Freestyle Final -- 2:30 p.m.
Men's 200m Butterfly Final -- 2:36 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 1
3x3 Basketball: United States vs. Australia (Women's Pool Round) -- 7 a.m.
Swimming Finals:
Women's 200m Butterfly Final -- 2:30 p.m.
200m Backstroke Final -- 2:37 p.m.
Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final -- 3:49 p.m.
Beach Volleyball: United States vs. China (Women's Prelim. Phase, Pool B) -- 4 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 2
Swimming Heats -- 5 a.m.
Men's 100m Butterfly
Women's 200m Individual Medley
Women's 800m Freestyle
Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
Track and Field:
Men's 1500m Round 1 -- 5:05 a.m.
Women's 100m Round 1 -- 5:50 a.m.
Women's 5000m Round 1 -- 12:10 p.m.
Women's 800m Round 1 -- 1:45 p.m
Volleyball: United States vs. Japan (Men's Prelim. Round, Group C), 3 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 3
Track and Field:
Men's 100m Preliminary Round -- 4:35 a.m.
Men's 100m Round 1 -- 5:45 a.m.
Women's 4x400m Relay Mixed Final -- 2:55 p.m.
Women's 100m Final -- 3:20 p.m.
Artistic Gymnastics: Men's Pommel Horse Final -- 11:16 a.m.
Swimming: Men's 100m Butterfly Final -- 2:30 p.m.
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Incredibly exciting and all 3 USA guys got in the top 5. That kid might just break the World Record in LA. Nuguse damn near had the silver and Kessler has a good chance of doing some big things in LA.
Why in LA? That’s 4 years.
He has the Diamond league. uS championships. World Chsmpio ships to break it before then [Reply]
The look of determination on Quincy Hall's(USA) face as he comes from behind to win the race is beautiful.
The KC Kid wins gold!! What a race by Hall!! [Reply]
Gabby Thomas is that character in a movie that makes you call bullshit on the writers.
A Women who looks like a model, has degree in Neurobiology from Harvard, and a Masters in Public Health from UT, with the specific medical knowledge to help create a cure, and specific knowledge of how to roll out the cure, to save the world. Oh, and also an Olympic Gold Medal winning athlete.
Like, what? If she was a character in a movie, you would absolutely say it just isn't believable. [Reply]
Originally Posted by redfan:
That was nuckin' futz!! Silver for Rooks(USA)!! Rooks tried to force the issue, but didn't have enough left for El-Bakkali.
I hope the guy who hit the barrier is okay, that was quite the impact with the track.
I watched that and for the first 3 laps I thought it was the dumbest race ever and the last 3 I was on the edge of my seat.
Originally Posted by redfan:
That was nuckin' futz!! Silver for Rooks(USA)!! Rooks tried to force the issue, but didn't have enough left for El-Bakkali.
I hope the guy who hit the barrier is okay, that was quite the impact with the track.
I'm fucking evil and I'm glad he's okay, but I was near crying laughing when that dude fell, especially when he was prostrate on the track as everyone jumped over his lifeless body. [Reply]
I am looking forward to this race Thursday. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won the gold four years ago in Tokyo and is trying to be the 1st woman ever to win this Olympic event twice. Femke Bol best time ever is 50.95, while Sydney is the world record holder at 50.65. Femke Bol got the silver in 2020.
Originally Posted by redfan:
The look of determination on Quincy Hall's(USA) face as he comes from behind to win the race is beautiful.
The KC Kid wins gold!! What a race by Hall!!
I have never ever seen a dude fall apart like that on the turn and still run by guys. Much less run by the 3 fastest dudes on the fucking planet. I've never seen anything like that.
Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic:
Gabby Thomas is that character in a movie that makes you call bullshit on the writers.
A Women who looks like a model, has degree in Neurobiology from Harvard, and a Masters in Public Health from UT, with the specific medical knowledge to help create a cure, and specific knowledge of how to roll out the cure, to save the world. Oh, and also an Olympic Gold Medal winning athlete.
Like, what? If she was a character in a movie, you would absolutely say it just isn't believable.
Right? I watched that Sprint show on Netflix, and when they followed her, she was a totally normal girl. She's a rich kid, but if you rolled onto a college campus she'd look like any other coed. She's not super high strung like most of those other sprinters, she is soft, but well spoken. Compared to Richardson and Lyles she stands out as totally weird sprinter by being...normal.
Fucking savage on the 200 though. Fucking SAVAGE.
Originally Posted by redfan:
That was nuckin' futz!! Silver for Rooks(USA)!! Rooks tried to force the issue, but didn't have enough left for El-Bakkali.
I hope the guy who hit the barrier is okay, that was quite the impact with the track.
That was a really interesting race to watch. You could tell he had it in the tank because he was looking around, poking around to find a place to be instead of trying to get in the zone and focus on his stride.
For a really inexperienced dude, he ran a good race. At the 400 meter mark to push pace and try to get out of the pack to prevent weird shit from happening is really friggin smart. Obviously the one dude had a touch more, but it was a really smart gameplan, and he did a nice job of executing the plan.
The dude that ate shit stayed down on the track and had to get medical attention on the track. They strapped him to a stretcher and hauled his ass to the hospital. His Olympic Committee has said he was "making a strong recovery" but in the picture they posted he looked like hammered ass. That was a bad one. [Reply]