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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.

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

Week 1 Highlights
All times Eastern. A full schedule of events can be found here.

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.

https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/n...es-and-events/

[redfan]

Damn Serbia, you scary!
Sydney is simply an incredible athlete.
That was a great volleyball match, Brazil has so many good players.
Glad to see Ethiopian guy is gonna be okay.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

Only LeBron, cuz he's the one who hates America

Following the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, Mahomes, along with teammate Tyrann Mathieu and several other NFL players, made a video encouraging the NFL to condemn police brutality and violence against black people and to admit it was wrong to silence Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid for their protests during the playing of the National Anthem.[270]

Mahomes and Mathieu started a voter registration project in Kansas City. The project encouraged residents to register to vote in the 2020 Presidential Election. He worked with the Chiefs to encourage players to vote. He joined LeBron James' Rock the Vote initiative to encourage people to register and vote.[271]

Do you say the same about Mahomes too?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

LeBron carries the US back against all odds. Truly the GOAT.

Dude.

USA was a 17 point favorite. Maybe slow your roll here.

But yeah - great comeback.

It's team USA - there are no 'haters' here.

[KC_Connection]

LeBron James won the GOAT debate at Chiefs practice ��

(h/t @ClutchPoints ) pic.twitter.com/CslicXZwu8

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) August 7, 2024

No wonder we've gone back to back, we have a lot of high IQ players.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Dude.

USA was a 17 point favorite. Maybe slow your roll here.

But yeah - great comeback.

It's team USA - there are no 'haters' here.

And yet this post still feels somewhat like hating to me despite the ageless LeBron leading that team back from a double digit deficit against the current best player in the world.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

register and vote.[271]

Do you say the same about Mahomes too?

Excuse the **** out of me. I totally forgot when Mahomes kneeled for the national anthem.

[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Following the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, Mahomes, along with teammate Tyrann Mathieu and several other NFL players, made a video encouraging the NFL to condemn police brutality and violence against black people and to admit it was wrong to silence Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid for their protests during the playing of the National Anthem.[270]

Mahomes and Mathieu started a voter registration project in Kansas City. The project encouraged residents to register to vote in the 2020 Presidential Election. He worked with the Chiefs to encourage players to vote. He joined LeBron James' Rock the Vote initiative to encourage people to register and vote.[271]

Do you say the same about Mahomes too?

Jesus Christ. Who wrote this? That reads like a “student of the week” editorial in a junior high publication.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Mizzou_8541

Jesus Christ. Who wrote this? That reads like a “student of the week” editorial in a junior high publication.

It's Mahomes' Wikipedia, so probably a Chiefs fan.

[New World Order]

Curry making a case of this era’s GOAT after that.

Wow

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by New World Order

Curry making a case of this era’s GOAT after that.

Wow

Which era is that? The one where he cried to KD to come save him from LeBron and KD won 2 Finals MVPs over him on the same team?

[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

It's Mahomes' Wikipedia, so probably a Chiefs fan.

It’s….not good. I don’t care for his politics but he’s definitely top 3 all time.

I do think it’s funny that he doesn’t even know his own politics and has contradicted himself multiple times. Doesn’t mean he’s not the goat.

[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Following the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, Mahomes, along with teammate Tyrann Mathieu and several other NFL players, made a video encouraging the NFL to condemn police brutality and violence against black people and to admit it was wrong to silence Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid for their protests during the playing of the National Anthem.[270]

Mahomes and Mathieu started a voter registration project in Kansas City. The project encouraged residents to register to vote in the 2020 Presidential Election. He worked with the Chiefs to encourage players to vote. He joined LeBron James' Rock the Vote initiative to encourage people to register and vote.[271]

Do you say the same about Mahomes too?

Also got to love “murder” of George Floyd even though it was proven otherwise

[BWillie]

Who cares about the politics...get behind LeBron and Team USA. Incredible guts to make the comeback. Serbia was shooting out of their mind early

Support America

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

LeBron James won the GOAT debate at Chiefs practice ��

(h/t @ClutchPoints ) pic.twitter.com/CslicXZwu8

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) August 7, 2024

No wonder we've gone back to back, we have a lot of high IQ players.

Kobe??? Lol.

Washington said 'mello. Bwahaha.

[sedated]

Steph has 32 and was the only reason USA was even in that game, but some dipshits have to obsess over LeBron