The 2024 Summer Olympics is underway, with Paris 2024 holding its first sporting events on Wednesday as soccer and rugby sevens took their respective fields of play. Handball will join the action on Thursday, but the 2024 Olympics won’t officially begin until the opening ceremony takes place on Friday. It is the quadrennial commencement of any Olympic Games, and dating back to 1996, it has always occurred on a Friday evening local time.
Just as athletes prepare for four years for their chance to shine at the Games, those who put on the Opening Ceremony do the same, and here’s what you need to know about the 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony.
