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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/

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

When LeBron and Curry are turned up (and not coasting/conserving energy in a 82 game season), they’re quite easily at that level.

Reasonable rebuttal.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Olympic ratings up 76% from Tokyo. That's INSANE.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

SGA is from Toronto.

LeBron will still probably be a top 10 player in the world at the rate he’s going anyway.

You absolutely make him say no.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Redfan. He understands and respects LeBron’s greatness it seems.

Ninerfan, however, appears to deeply despise him.

Can’t imagine being a galactic, black hole sized pussy hiding behind a downvote.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

Olympic ratings up 76% from Tokyo. That's INSANE.

Awesome.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Barnes will be in his prime and better than most of those guys

I forgot Hunter Dickinson, KJ Adams and DaJuan Harris

[dlphg9]

Those mother ****ers are gonna steal a bronze from Jordan Chiles like 5 days after they awarded her it. Saying she was 4 seconds past time to dispute the judges **** up. What a cluster****.

[kcpasco]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Those mother ****ers are gonna steal a bronze from Jordan Chiles like 5 days after they awarded her it. Saying she was 4 seconds past time to dispute the judges **** up. What a cluster****.

Sorry but the Romanian girl deserves the bronze. She didn’t step out of bounds.

[Rain Man]

I hadn't watched any of the Olympics until tonight, but those middle distance running races are really exciting.

I think it would be cool if the Olympics would put an average person in these races so we could appreciate just how fast those people are.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

You absolutely make him say no.

Who? SGA? He’s Canadian without US ties, he’s played for Canada his entire international career including this Olympics.

You might as well ask Jokic too because there’s as much chance of that, which is to say none.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by kcpasco

Sorry but the Romanian girl deserves the bronze. She didn’t step out of bounds.

Yeah not sure how you can steal something from someone who never really earned it in the first place.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by BWillie

I forgot Hunter Dickinson, KJ Adams and DaJuan Harris

The funny thing is Barnes is younger than all those guys and already an all-star.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I hadn't watched any of the Olympics until tonight, but those middle distance running races are really exciting.

I think it would be cool if the Olympics would put an average person in these races so we could appreciate just how fast those people are.

I saw a post on Xtwit that showed with all the modern enhancements of track and field, (shoes, starting blocks, specialized track, modern training science, etc), the time has been reduced by .81 seconds. in 100 years.

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Who? SGA? He’s Canadian without US ties, he’s played for Canada his entire international career including this Olympics.

You might as well ask Jokic too because there’s as much chance of that, which is to say none.

SGA moved to the US about the same time in his life that Embiid did… his junior year of high school and he’s been playing basketball/living here ever since.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Women's VBall in game 1 down 19-16.