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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/

[Megatron96]

Lol, just watched the last couple laps of the first heat of women's team sprint (bicycles). Didn't realize they were women. China was eliminated by NL.

[redfan]

Caroline Marks wins gold for the USA!!
That's some mighty fine surfin'!

[Megatron96]

GBR wins gold in Women's Team Sprint over New Zealand.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

GBR wins gold in Women's Team Sprint over New Zealand.

Good for them. They will be running for their lives when they get home.

[Megatron96]

Men's Kayak quarters. I have a much greater appreciation for this after more than 15 years of rowing on rivers.

[JPH83]

Keely Hodgkinson absolutely dominated the 800m women's. Love the middle distance races

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by JPH83

Keely Hodgkinson absolutely dominated the 800m women's. Love the middle distance races

That was a hell of a race.

I was watching the American get just ****ing destroyed. But Hodgkinson ran a difficult, but flawless ****ing race.

[Delano]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Men's Kayak quarters. I have a much greater appreciation for this after more than 15 years of rowing on rivers.

‘The Boys in the Boat’ was a great book. In it the author explains rowing requires the most stamina of any sport. 100% full body exertion for however long synchronized with your teammates.

[Coogs]

Originally Posted by Delano

‘The Boys in the Boat’ was a great book. In it the author explains rowing requires the most stamina of any sport. 100% full body exertion for however long synchronized with your teammates.

The movie was pretty good too.

[redfan]

With a crowd-pleasing display of consummate professionalism, American Armand Duplantis wins gold for Sweden.

Sam Kendricks wins silver for the USA.

[Woogieman]

Originally Posted by Gary Cooper

I realize the networks are biased toward sports that Americans dominate, but I hope to see more wrestling, weightlifting, shotput then in prior Olympic broadcasts.

Swimming is fine but it gets too much coverage over other sports.

The networks are biased toward sports women like...they know women watch in numbers far greater than men. 100X more gymnastics, diving, synchronized swimming, synchronized diving, and swimming than boxing (remember 1976?), wrestling, archery etc. In Winter, it's all figure skating, ice dancing, pairs skating...then the ice dancing exhibitions. And for some reason, curling was constantly covered, moreso than hockey.

[redfan]

Serbia shows a lot of heart coming back from 24 down to win against Australia.
No answer for The Joker. He’s extremely good at basketball.

[WhawhaWhat]

These overtime soccer games are intense. US goalie has been nails in this one.

[dlphg9]

I'm not sure if this is like a "no shit" type of thing, but I just learned a couple of days ago that players don't touch the bottom of the pool in water polo and aren't allowed to touch. They play in around 6.5 foot pools.

That would be exhausting lol.

[KC_Connection]

Canada eliminated in the basketball, so that will make the rooting interest a bit simpler for the remainder of that one.

France literally got every call imaginable (as was to be expected), but largely just a complete chokejob by everyone not named SGA on that team. Jamal Murray was nowhere to be found.