Everything you need to know about the Paris Olympics

The Games will officially kick off on July 26 with an Opening Ceremony like no other from 8:24pm, or 20:24, local time. Australians can watch from 6:24am, July 27 AEST.

The games will run until the Closing Ceremony at 8pm, August 11, local time.

The opening ceremony will break with tradition to take athletes and spectators outside the stadium for the first time.

The parade of athletes will be held on Paris' River Seine with boats carrying each national delegation down a 6km stretch to the Trocadéro where remaining Olympic protocol and final shows will take place beside the Eiffel Tower.

The Closing Ceremony will be more traditional, taking place inside the Stade de France.

The French government has taken an eco-friendly approach to the Games by using existing structures such as the Parc des Princes stadium, which has previously hosted the 1998 football world cup and the 2016 European football championship.

The tennis will be played at the renowned Roland-Garros, while the athletics and rugby sevens will be played at Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

On the famous green space beneath the Eiffel Tower, the Champ de Mars will be transformed into an arena to host beach volleyball, judo and wrestling.

Break dancing will make its Olympic debut in France and athletes will compete on August 9 and 10 at the Place de la Concorde, a large public square in the capital.

Sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding are set to return after their inaugural Olympic competitions at Tokyo four years ago.

Skateboarding will be held on July 27 and 28, as well as August 6 and 7, also at the Place de la Concorde.

But the surfing tournament will be held far from the city of love - at Teahupo'o, Tahiti in French Polynesia from July 27 to 30.

The preliminary stages of sport climbing are scheduled for August 5 and 6 and medals will be awarded from August 7 to 10.

At the Tokyo Games in 2020 the Australian team equalled its best medal haul with 17 golds.

The fate of Australia's beloved women's soccer team, the Matildas, will be decided in February when they play in a qualifier against Uzbekistan.

The 'Tillies are tipped to be heavy favourites for the two matches taking place on February 24 in Uzbekistan and February 28 at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne.

Defender Steph Catley will replace Sam Kerr as captain after Kerr ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

So far, three Australian female athletes have been confirmed for the Olympic team: Jess Fox in canoeing, Chelsea Gubecka in marathon swimming and Breiana Whitehead in sailing.

Both Gubecka and Whitehead are Queensland girls. Gubecka hails from the Sunshine Coast and Whitehead from Townsville.

Fox will compete in the canoe slalom heats on July 30. The semi-finals and finals are scheduled for July 31.

Gubecka will be swimming in the 10km marathon swim on August 8 and 9.

Kite foil racing will make its debut in the 2024 sailing program and Whitehead is confirmed to compete between July 28 and August 8.

The Australian swimming trials are taking place at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre between June 10 and 15.

The best swimmers in Australia will compete at this five-day event to qualify for the Olympic team.

The men's basketball team, the Boomers, have already qualified through the men's 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup as the highest-placing team from the Oceania region.

The Opals are gearing up for the upcoming women's world cup between February 8 and 11 in Brazil.

The athletics championships from April 11 to 19 will help decide who makes the cut for Paris.

If you're looking for an action-packed day to watch, there will be 39 gold medals up for grabs on August 10 in athletics, golf, diving and women's soccer.

The mascots for the 2024 games are called "Les Phryges" and are based on the symbolic red phrygian cap.

Worn during the French revolution, the cap is a symbol of freedom to the French people. Records from the French National Archive show the hats were worn during the construction of Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower and 1924 Paris Olympics.

The Phrygian cap can be seen on the French national icon Marianne in sculpture, on stamps and previously on the 20 Centime franc coin.

Paris 2024 hopes the Phryges will carry on the revolution symbolism to see "revolution through sport" at the Olympic games.

The Olympic soccer and rugby tournaments begin on July 24, two days before the Olympic opening ceremony on July 26 central European time.

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