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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/

[poolboy]

Originally Posted by Kiimo

This is who we left Caitlin Clark off the US Olympic Team for. pic.twitter.com/qnHbx2fAWr

— Ⓙⓔⓕⓕ Ⓐⓑⓡⓐⓜⓞ 🍊 (@JeffAbramo) August 11, 2024

gee I wonder if Clark could have surpassed 0.7 assists per game

12 man doesnt get minutes

[poolboy]

Originally Posted by Kiimo

This is who we left Caitlin Clark off the US Olympic Team for. pic.twitter.com/qnHbx2fAWr

— Ⓙⓔⓕⓕ Ⓐⓑⓡⓐⓜⓞ 🍊 (@JeffAbramo) August 11, 2024

gee I wonder if Clark could have surpassed 0.7 assists per game

12th man doesnt get minutes

[displacedinMN]

Could have done without Tom cruise

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

Snoop Dogg is officially a USA symbol. The guy has really given me a lot laughs this Olympics.

Flavor Flav is a legend as well. Sponsored the women's water polo club after they posted on social media asking for support. He then paid one of the women shot putters rent.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by kcpasco

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

They didn't give that Romanian the bronze. She protested and the score was upheld. She got 5th place. The Romanian that thought she got 3rd until Jordan Chiles and the US protested and bumped her to 4th is the one getting the bronze.

They decided to strip Chiles of her bronze medal 5 days later, something that has never been done before in this situation. The judges ****ed up her score. The judges apparently ****ed up by letting her protest even though it was just 4 seconds past the 1 minute limit. The judges ****ed up by saying that other girl stepped out when she apparently didn't step up. So now the girl that should have gotten 5th is the bronze medalist, but only because the judges ****ed up judging how two other gymnasts performed.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

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

They gave the bronze to the Romanian that should have been 5th. They stole it from the American, because the judges allowed the protest and increased her score because of their own **** up. The judges also allowed the protest for the other Romanian and did not increase her score, so she really isn't even apart of this. Jordan Chiles had her score changed and was awarded the bronze. She's had that bronze for damn near a week, so yes they are stealing it. They've never taken an awarded medal for anything but doping.

[mlyonsd]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

Could have done without Tom cruise

He better be careful, he's starting to look like Barry Manilow.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Flavor Flav is a legend as well. Sponsored the women's water polo club after they posted on social media asking for support. He then paid one of the women shot putters rent.

Agreed.

Real Americans the two of them. Wanted the USA to win and showed it through their actions.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

The USOC does need to modernize its coaching to maintain an edge. One thing that does worry me is that the transition to college athletes as paid professionals is going to end up with schools tearing the guts out of their Olympic sports. The US won't be able to stay atop without them and without Title IX subsidizing the women's teams.

It was a great effort from the track athletes, but they won't be able to count on that much injury luck from the Jamaicans in the future.

USA Wrestling and USA Swimming need to elevate. If not for Ledecky, they would have been beaten by Marchand alone in individual medals.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

They gave the bronze to the Romanian that should have been 5th. They stole it from the American, because the judges allowed the protest and increased her score because of their own **** up. The judges also allowed the protest for the other Romanian and did not increase her score, so she really isn't even apart of this. Jordan Chiles had her score changed and was awarded the bronze. She's had that bronze for damn near a week, so yes they are stealing it. They've never taken an awarded medal for anything but doping.

I really don’t care anything about this but the story I read stated that the judges screwed the Romanian by calling her out of bounds when she wasn’t. True or false?

[BigRedChief]

The French are weird. Just saying.