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Summary
- There will be 329 events across 39 sports, including for the first time ever, . It will all happen against a backdrop of several scandals in the sports world. ET (7:30 p.m. in Paris) and is expected to last a little over four hours. ET, and the network plans to provide at least nine hours of coverage each day. Viewers can also follow along via NBC Olympics’ social media accounts, including on , and .
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Tens of thousands of athletes, spectators and journalists are descending on Paris to cover the Olympic Games. Many more will be watching from home.
NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games, head to
The Paris Olympics are finally here.
More than 10,000 athletes have descended on the French capital for more than two weeks of competition, patriotism and .
There will be 329 events across 39 sports, including for the first time ever, . Competitions will take place as far away as Marseille and Tahiti. Some teams are to the Olympic Village, which is being cooled by a system of water pipes as part of organizers’ effort to host the “greenest-ever Games.”
There are plenty of , from the [Today's Headlines]U.S. women’s to the rivalry between American and Jamaican sprinters to a taking the field before the opening ceremony even begins.
Officials are bracing for disruptions across the city, from to to closures of roads and . It will all happen against a backdrop of several scandals in the sports world.
Fallout continues from a this year, in which nearly two dozen elite Chinese swimmers were cleared by the world’s anti-doping agency despite testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug, sparking accusations of a cover-up and, most recently, a U.S. .
Olympic powerhouse Russia, which traditionally sends hundreds of athletes to the games, is , after years of doping incidents and heightened international condemnation over its war in Ukraine.
And of course, there’s the Seine, the famously filthy river that winds through Paris and — after years of promises, $1 billion of investment and some — just in time for the triathlon and long-distance swimming events.
The Seine is also the site of the opening ceremony on Friday, where some 100 boats carrying tens of thousands of athletes and performers will glide down a 3.7-mile stretch of the river as spectators gather on the river banks to mark what organizers are calling the first outdoor opening ceremony in modern Olympic history.
Here’s how to follow along:
How to watch the opening ceremony
The opening ce[Today's Headlines]remony begins at 1:30 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. in Paris) and is expected to last a little over four hours. The traveling ceremony will work its way from east to west, ending with a final show at the Trocadro
NBC, which has a , will kick things off with a preview show starting at noon ET. It will broadcast the entire ceremony live on TV and stream it via Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com and the NBC/NBC Sports apps.
Their opening ceremony coverage will be hosted by Kelly Clarkson, Peyton Manning and Mike Tirico, with contributions from Today hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb.
And don’t worry if you can’t give the spectacle your full attention in the middle of the day. NPR will be live blogging the opening ceremony throughout the afternoon right on NPR.org, and NBC will stream the ceremony again in primetime starting at 7:30 p.m. ET.
How to keep up once the games begin
There are 16 day[Today's Headlines]s of competition between Friday’s production and the closing ceremony, on August 11. You can .
And despite the six-hour time difference, NBC says U.S.-based viewers will still be able to watch many of the most anticipated events live.
Competition times will run from roughly 3 a.m. ET to 6 p.m. ET, and the network plans to provide at least nine hours of coverage each day.
That includes carrying live competitions during the mornings and afternoons (both on TV and streaming online and on apps) and a three-hour “enhanced Olympic primetime show” each evening, consisting of highlights and behind-the-scenes moments from the day’s events.
Viewers can also follow along via NBC Olympics’ social media accounts, including on , and .
And of course, NPR’s own Olympics team will bring you recaps, coverage and color — including on the ground in Paris — online and on air over the next few weeks.
How to follow NPR’s coverage
You can find all of NPR’s Paris Olympics stories (past, present and upcoming) .
To listen to our broadcast coverage, tune to your and stream our radio programming on or the NPR app.
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