The 2024 Paris Games saw the first medal events on Day 1 of competition and NBC is showing all the biggest highlights and moments in primetime tonight.
Superstar U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky began her quest for gold in her medal campaign in the 400m freestyle, competing against the world's best, including Australia's Ariarne Titmus. Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel will also be in action as he competes in the 4x100m freestyle relay.
As NBC airs its primetime program tonight, USA TODAY Sports will bring you live updates, coverage, highlights, medal wins and more. Follow along.
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Snoop Dogg cheered on Team USA as they won gold in the men's 4x100 meter freestyle alongside Caeleb Dressel's wife and baby.
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Caeleb Dressel secured his eighth Olympic gold medal by anchoring Team USA's 4x100 meter freestyle team to victory. Jack Alexy, Chris Giuliano, Hunter Armstrong, and Dressel combined for a time of 3 minutes and 9.28 seconds to claim the top spot.
Australia took home silver, while Italy took the Bronze medal.
Team Australia won the gold medal for the fourth consecutive Olympic Games in the women's 4x100 meter freestyle relay. The United States won silver as Simone Manuel touched the wall before China, who took bronze.
Michael Phelps was fired up after hearing comments from an Australia swimmer.
Team USA's Paul Juda scored a total of 82.865, securing a spot in the all-around finals at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
American Frederick Richard will also join Juda in the all-around finals on Wednesday, July 31.
Brody Malone hails from a small town in Georgia, where he works on his family farm and prides himself on strong work ethic, believing in the principle of "you get what you work for."
Malone remembered a high bar incident at the DTB Cup in Germany in March 2023, where he suffered an injury that could have ended his gymnastic career. During the incident, Malone suffered a tibial plateau fracture in his right knee, a fully torn LCL, a torn meniscus, a partially torn PCL, and some cartilage damage when he failed to land properly from the his high bar routine. As a result, Malone had to relearn how to walk, not to mention regain his strength to be able to compete again.
Now, Malone is back on the Olympic Games chasing a medal for Team USA.
Celebrities packed the stands to witness the Katie Ledecky, most decorated female swimmer in Olympic history, capturing the bronze medal in the women's 400-meter freestyle. The American finished three seconds behind the gold medalist, Australian Ariarne Titmus.
Team USA swimmer Katie Ledecky's mother bumped into Leslie Jones at the airport, and they sent a video to Ledecky. Jones and Ledecky reminisced about the encounter during a one-on-one interview before the Paris Olympics.
In the men's 400 free final, Lukas Märtens of Germany emerged victorious, defeating three world champions. Märtens finished with a time of 3:41.78, showcasing an incredible performance.
On the first day of competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Team USA gymnastics did not perform as expected. Brody Malone, the only returning member from the 2021 Olympic team, battled to qualify for the individual all-around final after returning from a knee injury.
The U.S. men are attempting to win their first team medal at the Olympics since 2008.
The host nation, France, shocked Team Fiji, ending their Olympic reign in Rugby Sevens and taking gold in front of nearly 70,000 fans at the Stade de France on Day 1.
NBC “Primetime in Paris” features today’s swimming finals, men’s gymnastics qualifying, diving finals for synchro springboard, men’s skateboarding street final and surfing Day 1 report.
How to watch:Catch all the 2024 Paris Olympic Games action with a subscription to Peacock
In primetime, starting at 8 p.m. ET (2 a.m. the following day in Paris), NBC’s marquee broadcast will air live and focus on the biggest events of the day with “Primetime in Paris.” That block will have a storytelling lens with more in-depth coverage opportunities. Mike Tirico will be the host from Paris’ famed Trocadero, with the Eiffel Tower serving as the backdrop. The show will typically open with highlights from a Team USA gold medal and the last hour of the show will revolve around the event of the night.
Our 2024 Paris Olympics medal count tracker updates after every single medal event.
Catch up on all of today’s Paris Olympic results, highlights, medal wins and more.
There are 206 total countries, including the Refugee Olympic Team.
The 33rd edition of the modern Summer Games is the Paris Olympics. There have been 24 Winter Games events, with the most recent one in Beijing in 2022, bringing the combined total to 55 Olympic Games.
Katie Ledecky will take the pool in the 400m freestyle final at 8:57 p.m. ET on NBC during the Primetime airing.
Prior to Saturday's race in the 400, Ledecky claimed 10 Olympics medals, including seven gold.
Every event at the 2024 Paris Olympics will be aired live across NBC, USA Network, E!, CNBC, GOLF Channel, and there will be a Spanish broadcast on Universo and Telemundo. All events will be available to stream live on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Date: July 24-Aug. 11
TV: Games broadcast across NBC, USA Network, E!, Telemundo, Universo, CNBC and Golf Channel
Streaming: Peacock, nbcolympics.com, fuboTV
How to watch:Catch all the 2024 Paris Olympic Game events with a subscription to Fubo TV
The primetime presentation is scheduled to run three hours.
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