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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/

[KingPriest2]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

What happened to him

Took a really nasty fall on the final backstretch jumping the hurdle

[WilliamTheIrish]

USA/Brazil women’s VB is intense.

USA jumped out 5-0, Brazil roars back to lead 17/15 in game 1.

USA VB needs to find an answer. You really can’t lose a game you led like that.

[WilliamTheIrish]

USA made a great comeback to take game 1.

Finding myself really invested in these Olympics. Been a while for that.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

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 ****ing planet. I've never seen anything like that….

Twitter comment on Q Hall:

“MOFO outder running like Woody from Toy Story”


Would love to see that superimposed over that race.

[KingPriest2]

Originally Posted by kevrunner

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.

Women’s 400m hurdles – 3:25 p.m. ET

It’s going to be a great race but Bol won’t touch Sydney. Sydney is faster in both the 400 and 400 hurdles

Sydney can run around 50.3-4. Been watching Bol and they’re not saying that about her

[WhawhaWhat]

Big crash in the cycling event. They went down hard and that had to hurt.

Netherlands Cyclist Crashes into Other contenders. Very Nasty cycle crash in Women’s Track Cycling at Paris Olympics. #trackcycling #GOLD #Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/HKqDkjlp6a

— The Specifications (@TheSpecificati1) August 8, 2024

[ptlyon]

Fing netherpeople!

[WilliamTheIrish]

USA!!!!!

Women’s VB advances to the gold medal match.

[Shag]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

USA!!!!!

Women’s VB advances to the gold medal match.

That was a great match, and glad as least one of the US teams is making some noise. As someone who plays a lot of beach vball, indoor barely resembles the same game - fun to watch.

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

What happened to him

it was ugly. I swear he was knocked out. But if he would have stood up, he would have wiped out a lot of runners.



Congrats to the Hill kid from KC on the 400m win. Great race.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Krauts have a 6’11” beach VB guy who is pretty agile.

They’ve lost to the Norwegians 5 straight times. They just beat them in 3 games. Really great fun to watch.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Noah Lyles coming up soon on NBC.

[KC_Connection]

Lyles destroyed by a guy from Botswana

[WilliamTheIrish]

African from Botswana wins the 200M gold!!

Bednarik silver

Lyles Bronze

[Mizzou_8541]

Damn. Rooting for Lyles but that was a great race by the Botswana guy. Still got silver bronze. Sounds like he was worn out.