Olympics 2024 live updates: The latest from day one of the Games ...
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We have a replacement in the men's doubles tennis — and it's a big-name one.
Gael Monfils has parachuted in to partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin.
That's after Roger-Vasselin's original partner, Fabien Reboul, withdrew from the competition.
World number 30 Monfils, now 37, doesn't have a great track record of huge success in doubles but will hope to change that in Paris and will surely be cheered on by his home crowd at Roland Garros.
The French pair begin their competition against Nsriram Balaji and Rohan Bopanna of India later today, weather permitting
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The start of the men’s gymnastics includes a ballerina and street dancer performing together on the floor to Michael Jackson’s ‘P.Y.T.’ Because … Paris.
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And it's in the 10m air rifle!
Kazakhstan's mixed pair of Alexandre Le and Islam Satpayev have beaten Maximilian Ulbrich and Anna Janssen of Germany 17-5 to claim the bronze medal.
We've got the gold medal being decided shortly too...
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Spain have been spoilt with sporting success this summer with Carlos Alcaraz's Wimbledon triumph and the men's football Euro 2024 win — but they have their work cut out in the men's hockey at Stade Yves Du Manoir.
Despite a dominant first half against Team GB, they have been been wasteful in possession and spurned plenty of chances.
Team GB, on the other hand, have defended resolutely and confidently slotted their opportunities to take a 2-0 lead at half-time.
Can Spain find a way back?
The first gold medal of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad will be claimed by either the People’s Republic of China or the Republic of Korea.
The China team of reigning world champions Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao finished first in qualifying in the 10m air rifle mixed team event, followed by the South Korean duo of Keum Jihyeon and Park Jahun.
The gold medal match will take place shortly.
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If you're just about getting your morning coffee, we've already seen three games completed in the badminton — with a strong showing from China.
In the women's singles, He Bing Jiao of China has beaten Azerbaijan's Keisha Fatimah Azzahra in two games. Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping of China — the number two seeds in the mixed doubles — have also won their match in two games against the USA's Vinson Chiu and Jennie Gai.
South Korea's mixed doubles pairing of Seo Seung Jae and Chae Yu Jung are also through to the next round.
Elsewhere, the first heats of the men's single sculls rowing have just wrapped up too. The Netherlands' Simon van Dorp, world silver medallist in 2023, produced the time to beat at 6:49:93.
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Greetings from Bercy Arena, where the men’s gymnastics team opens in Subdivision 1 of qualifying this morning. Team USA has high hopes for these Olympic Games, after upping the difficulty on its routines. The men were disappointed with a fifth-place finish in Tokyo, and are aiming for the podium here in Paris.
Frederick Richard, the University of Michigan sophomore, is the big hope here. He was the bronze medalist at the 2023 World Championships, but veteran Brody Malone shouldn't be overlooked.
The men start on the pommel horse, where specialist Stephen Nedoroscik will anchor.
Here's how it works: each country puts up four gymnasts on each apparatus; the top three scores count and the top eight teams advance to Monday's team final. Scores, however, are not carried over.
Additionally, the top 24 gymnasts qualify for Wednesday's all-around and the top eight scorers on each apparatus advance to the event finals.
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Paris, a city that prides itself on delivering the highest culture to the rest of the world, delivered a spectacular showcase to the world yesterday evening.
Despite rain pelting down, the weather did little to stop the arm-waving or the music, or the chanting as hundreds of thousands lined the Seine — the river going through the French capital.
And Matthew Futterman was on the ground to, quite literally, soak it all in from the opening ceremony — where the party went on, as it will for the next 16 days.
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A walk along the Seine for the Olympic opening ceremony, where the joy was back
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The beauty of the Olympics is that it connects people from all over the world. Athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees will be participating across the Games and it's set to be an exciting day of opening action.
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Today’s men’s street skateboarding competition has been postponed until Monday.
The competition was set to kick off with the prelims at 11am BST but following the heavy rain which hampered last night's opening ceremony the decision has been made to push it back.
“Due to adverse overnight weather conditions and following a meeting this morning with all relevant organizers, the decision has been taken to postpone Men’s Street Skateboarding at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games until Monday 29th of July,” World Skate said in a statement.
The competition will once again begin at 11am on Monday with the final at 4pm on the same day. Weather permitting, of course.
Skateboarding made its Olympic debut in Tokyo three years ago and will take place at the famous Place de La Concorde in the heart of the French capital this time around.
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The first gold medal is always a significant moment at any Games and, as usual, the first one awarded will be in the shooting.
That has been the case at every summer Olympic Games since Munich 1972 and in Paris the first gold awarded will be in the mixed team 10m air rifle event, which is taking place at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre.
That contest will be decided shortly before 11am BST, which is 6am EDT.
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Time: 2:30 p.m. ET, 8:30 p.m. in Paris
U.S. TV: NBC and Peacock
Prepare for an all-time Olympic showdown, with American superstar Katie Ledecky part of a trio of likely medal contenders in the women’s 400-meter freestyle. Ledecky is a two-time medalist in the event, taking gold at the 2016 Rio Games and silver at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
But her quest for an eighth overall Olympic gold — which would put her one shy of tying the record for a women’s athlete — could be thwarted, or at least delayed, by Australia’s Ariarne Titmus or Canada’s Summer McIntosh, both of whom have strong gold-medal potential. Titmus famously beat Ledecky in Tokyo and set the world record in 2023.
The women’s 400-meter freestyle final follows the same event on the men’s side. They will be followed by the women’s and men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay finals, the latter of which will likely feature U.S. star Caeleb Dressel. He and the relay team will look to defend their gold medal from Tokyo, but could be unseated by challengers Australia or China. Great Britain and Italy are also contenders.
On the women’s side, Australia — the three-time defending Olympic gold medalist in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay — is expected to continue its dominance, but the American team — including veteran Simone Manuel — hopes to improve on a bronze medal finish in Tokyo.
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A massive race to start the Olympics: Get ready for the women’s 400-meter freestyle
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Time: 11:15 a.m. ET, 5:15 p.m. in Paris
U.S. TV: CNBC/Telemundo and Peacock
Basketball at the Paris Games opens for host nation France with a men’s group-stage matchup against Brazil. The game is also slated to serve as the Olympic debut of 7-foot-4 sensation Victor Wembanyama, the 20-year-old who was recently named NBA Rookie of the Year.
You may have heard about the star-studded U.S. team led by LeBron James, but plenty of NBA talent is spread amongst the other nations. France — featuring Rudy Gobert, the NBA’s reigning Defensive Player of the Year — has the third-best odds to clinch gold after the U.S. and Canada. All three countries are in different groups. (Brazil, which last medaled in men’s basketball in 1964, is a tournament long shot.)
Spain and Australia play the first game of the tournament (5 a.m. ET, 11 a.m. local). Germany-Japan (7:30 a.m. ET, 1:30 p.m. local) and Canada-Greece (3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m. local) — featuring All-NBA first team members Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Giannis Antetokounmpo — round out the first day of action.
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Time: 8 a.m. ET, 2 p.m. in Paris
U.S. TV: NBC and Peacock
Beach volleyball pool play begins at one of the most scenic venues — Eiffel Tower Stadium, a 12,000-seat temporary arena located directly beside, you guessed it, the Eiffel Tower. The view is, as the French say, magnifique.
The prelim phase begins for both the men’s and women’s tournaments, with the U.S. men’s duo of Andy Benesh and Miles Partain opening against Cuba’s Jorge Luis Alayo Moliner and Noslen Díaz Amaro at 8 a.m. ET (2 p.m. local). Five matches will follow on Day 1.
Sweden’s David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig, the top-ranked men’s duo, face Australia’s Izac Carracher and Mark Nicolaidis at 9 a.m. ET (3 p.m. local). Later, the U.S. women’s pair of Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss go up against Canada’s Heather Bansley and Sophie Bukovec at 4 p.m. ET (10 p.m. local).
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Time: 11 a.m. ET, 5 p.m. in Paris
U.S. TV: Peacock
Stairs and rails will be the theme of Saturday’s skateboarding events, beginning with the men’s street prelims at 6 a.m. ET (noon local) and culminating with the final starting at 11 a.m. ET (5 p.m. local) in Paris’ Place de La Concorde.
The 22-athlete field will shrink to eight for the final round, with athletes performing both timed runs and individual tricks during the competition.
Defending Olympic gold medalist Yuto Horigome of Japan returns in Paris but American star Nyjah Huston and Tokyo bronze-medal winner Jagger Eaton, also representing the United States, appear poised to challenge for the top spot.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued a “deep apology” after South Korea’s athletes were erroneously introduced as North Korea during the opening ceremony in Paris.
As the boat carrying the South Korean delegation passed on the Seine during Friday’s opening ceremony, the announcer introduced them as the “Democratic People's Republic of Korea” in French and English.
But that is the official name of North Korea rather than South Korea, which is instead known as the Republic of Korea.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued an apology on its Korean-language X account, saying: “We would like to offer a deep apology over the mistake that occurred in the introduction of the South Korean delegation during the opening ceremony.”
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Time: 1:45 p.m. ET, 7:45 p.m. in Paris
U.S. TV: NBC and Peacock
Fiji has led Olympic competition in men’s rugby sevens, winning both gold medals since the sport debuted at the 2016 Games, and the country could make a podium return. Fiji went undefeated in pool play, including a win over the United States.
South Africa plays France in the first semifinal at 9:30 a.m. ET (3:30 p.m. local), followed by Fiji-Australia at 10 a.m. (4 p.m. local).
The bronze medal match is at 1 p.m. ET (7 p.m. local) with the gold medal match starting at 1:45 p.m. ET (7:45 p.m. local).
The U.S. men, who finished ninth and sixth at the last two Olympics, can place anywhere from fifth to eighth, and play Ireland at 9 a.m. ET (3 p.m. local).
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After weeks of secrecy and hours of anticipation during the opening ceremony, Teddy Riner and Marie-José Pérec were revealed to be the final co-torchbearers and honorees as the lighters of the Olympic cauldron, which lifted into the sky carried by a flying hot-air balloon, to mark the beginning of the 2024 Olympic Games.
Riner, a French judoka, is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and eleven-time world champion gold medalist. Pérec, a retired French sprinter, won three Olympic golds — two in the 400-meter and one in the 200-meter.
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Teddy Riner, Marie-José Pérec jointly light Olympic cauldron to kick off 2024 Summer Games
