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2024 Paris Olympics in primetime: Highlights, live updates, how to watch NBC replay

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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.

2024 Paris Olympic Games: Full schedule with TV, time and streaming for every event

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 Olympics schedule tonight

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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