The opening ceremony is scheduled to occur outside a stadium for the first time.
This photograph shows the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower, ahead the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on June 26, 2024, in Paris. Amid concerns about protests, strikes, security and whatever might be floating in the Seine, the City of Light is about to strike a pose on its yearslong Olympics runway.
The Paris Olympics will end Sunday, Aug. 11, with the women’s basketball gold medal game slated to be the final event.The Paris Olympics opening ceremony will take place at 1:30 p.m. EDT and will be shown live on NBC and Peacock. NBC will reair the ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Friday. NBCUniversal also launched two temporary Olympics channels. “Paris Extra 1” will show a range of live and delayed events, with a focus on team sports such as basketball, handball, water polo and field hockey. “Paris Extra 2” will feature mostly combat and racket sports such as boxing, judo, taekwondo, badminton and table tennis. Both channels are available on DirecTV, Comcast, Cox, Dish/Sling, YouTube TV, Fubo and Hulu Live.
Other gold contenders worth watching: Ryan Crouser , Lilly King , Simone Manuel , Carissa Moore , Ryan Murphy , Gabby Thomas , U.S. women’s basketball team, U.S. men’s basketball team.The youngest athlete at the Olympics will be gymnast Hezly Rivera. She turned 16 just before competing in the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials and is the only first timer on the squad . While she is the youngest, 16-year-olds Paige Heyn and Quincy Wilson will also be in Paris.
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