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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/

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by seamonster

Russia got banned from all international competition whereas China still gets celebrated and I see no rulings coming down the pike. This is a show of power by China. Also worth noting that there's no feigned outrage from the media like their was with Russian doping or lance armstrong, which was a big ****ing news cycle. Google China Olympics 2024 and it's nothing but ball washing and talk about China tying the US in medals. Not that they blatantly cheated the system. I think they take Taiwan within a year.

I don't know where I heard it, but I found out about it because there were athletes talking about it how ****ing bullshit it was. They were saying they have to take tests whenever they get the call, regardless of what they're doing or the impact it has on their families or whatever.

[displacedinMN]

On the news today--
No breakdancing at the next Olympics.

The mayor of LA want the LA to be a car-less Olympics.

[HonestChieffan]

Gonna be so tired of Kevin Hart, Snoop, and these awful California singers and jackass actors by 2028

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

Gonna be so tired of Kevin Hart, Snoop, and these awful California singers and jackass actors by 2028

going to?


Already am.

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

On the news today--
No breakdancing at the next Olympics.

The mayor of LA want the LA to be a car-less Olympics.

I would much rather watch Olympic Billiards than breakdancing, artistic swimming (WTF) and crap like that.

If you have ever watched the Masconi Cup, billiards can be a team sport, and an individual sport.

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

Gonna be so tired of Kevin Hart, Snoop, and these awful California singers and jackass actors by 2028

Other than a couple of scenes from Jumanji, I have never laughed at anything Kevin Hart has ever done.

I seriously don't understand why anyone finds him funny. At all.

He is like the short male black version of Melissa McCarthy. She just isn't funny.

Being loud and obnoxious worked for Chris Farley. That's it.

[ptlyon]

That would be cool if they included an old time shark game

[chiefzilla1501]

How can anyone not love snoop doing this stuff? It's a nice break from coverage that too often takes itself way too seriously. It'll be way better than the artsy fartsy theme of this Olympics. Snoop and Tom Cruise is way better than anything Paris did.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

How can anyone not love snoop doing this stuff?

Because he's a former criminal, sold drugs to kids, and proliferated bad ideas about shooting people, beating women, and bad citizenship behavior with his "art".

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Because he's a former criminal, sold drugs to kids, and proliferated bad ideas about shooting people, beating women, and bad citizenship behavior with his "art".

Wait til you hear about all the Kansas city chiefs we've idolized for decades

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Wait til you hear about all the Kansas city chiefs we've idolized for decades

Pepperidge Farms remembers.

[ptlyon]

A leopard doesn't change his spots

[chiefzilla1501]

I mean, it’s always hella fun to see McCartney or the rolling stones. Barkley has DUIs in a name. Who cares? We'd be excluding a lot of entertaining personalities if we required everyone to go through some kind of background check.

[Katipan]

$500,000 every day and all expenses paid.
The leopard doesn’t give a ****.

[New World Order]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

On the news today--
No breakdancing at the next Olympics.

The mayor of LA want the LA to be a car-less Olympics.

I want to see Raygun again