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PARIS 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS

Watch U.S. Olympic track and field trials: TV Schedule and how to live stream
Top track and field athletes from around the country will descend upon Eugene, Oregon, a city known by many as Track Town, USA for the 2024 U.S. Olympic track and field trials. Approximately 900 runners, jumpers and throwers will compete for coveted roster spots to represent Team USA at the Paris Olympics. The top three in each event will qualify for the Olympics.

Here is the TV broadcast schedule for each day, according to NBC
Friday, June 21
Finals — Peacock or USA Network, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Finals — NBC or Peacock, 9 - 11 p.m.
Saturday, June 22
Finals — NBC or Peacock, 9 - 11 p.m.
Sunday, June 23
Finals — NBC or Peacock, 8:30-11 p.m.
Monday, June 24
Finals — NBC or Peacock, 8-11 p.m.
Thursday, June 27
Finals — NBC or Peacock, 8-11 p.m.
Heats — Peacock, 11-11:45 p.m.
Friday, June 28
Finals — USA Network or Peacock, 8-10 p.m.
Finals — NBC or Peacock, 10-11 p.m.
Saturday, June 29
Finals — NBC or Peacock, 8-10 p.m.
Sunday, June 30
Finals — NBC or Peacock, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
 
2024 U.S. Olympic Paralympic trials
The 2024 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Trials season for college-heavy sports kicked off on February 3 with marathon trials and runs through late-June. From wrestling to diving and everything in between, catch the action on NBC and Peacock.

Team USA SportStart DateEnd DateLocation
USA Track & Field - Marathon3-Feb3-FebOrlando, Florida
USRowing2-Apr7-AprSarasota, Florida
USA Wrestling19-Apr20-AprState College, Pennsylvania
USA Swimming15-Jun23-JunIndianapolis, Indiana
USA Diving16-Jun23-JunKnoxville, Tennessee
USA Track & Field21-Jun30-JunEugene, Oregon
USA Gymnastics27-Jun30-JunMinneapolis, Minnesota
U.S. Paralympics Swimming27-Jun29-JunMinneapolis, Minnesota
U.S. Paralympics Track & Field18-Jul21-JulTBD
 

USA Cycling picks road race team trying to end 40-year drought​


Magnus Sheffield and Matteo Jorgenson will join Brandon McNulty on the U.S. cycling team for the Paris Olympics, giving the American contingent perhaps its best chance in four decades to win a road race medal. McNulty had already qualified for the team by winning the national time trial championship earlier this year. The big question was who would join him. USA Cycling had to weigh which of its potential riders would be on the start line for the Tour de France on June 29 then pick the team best suited for the Olympic course that begins and ends in Paris. The announcement came Friday, five weeks before the opening ceremony. The U.S. has struggled in the road race since the 1984 Los Angeles Games, when Alexi Grewal won the men's race and Connie Carpenter and Rebecca Twig went one-two in the women's event. Meanwhile, European countries have dominated the medal table, though Richard Carapaz of Ecuador used a stunning attack to win a surprising gold in Tokyo.

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Parisians to poop in the Seine to protest sewage contamination ahead of Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
"Because after putting us in sh*t it's up to them to bathe in our sh*t," the website declares. It also features a calculator that lets users input how far they live from central Paris, and then calculates when they would need to defecate in the river for the waste to end up in the heart of the capital at noon on June 23.

U.S. Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
Olympic organizers have touted plans to cool rooms in the Athletes Village, which will house more than 15,000 Olympians and sports officials over the course of the games, using a system of cooling pipes underneath the floors.
 
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U.S. women to begin 3x3 Olymic title defense vs. Germany
Basketball's 3x3 version debuted in the 2021 Tokyo Games and is played on a half-court between two teams of three players each. The first team to score 21 points or the team with the most points after 10 minutes wins.
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dearica hamby replaces cameron brink on u.s. 3x3 team for paris
Hamby, who won the 2022 WNBA championship with Las Vegas, is in her second season with the Sparks and has been one of the WNBA's top players in 2024. She is leading the Sparks in points (17.8), rebounds (10.5), assists (3.5) and steals (1.5).

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Brink was selected to the team earlier this month but suffered a season-ending ACL injury in her left knee during the Sparks' loss at Connecticut on June 18
 
noah lyles wins 100 meters at u.s. trials to clinch olympic berth
During Sunday's first-place, 9.83-second finish, Lyles crossed just ahead of the two American men who will join him in Paris as 100-meter participants: Kenny Bednarek (9.87 seconds) and Fred Kerley (9.88 seconds). All three are making their second Olympic appearances.

carson tyler 1st american since 2000 to qualify for both dive events
Tyler becomes the first American since Mark Ruiz in 2000 to qualify in both individual 3-meter and 10-meter events at the same Olympics.

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Having already earned a spot with a victory on the big tower Saturday, Tyler added the springboard to his Paris program by finishing second to Andrew Capobianco at the University of Tennessee aquatics center.
 

Kristaps Porzingis schedule for surgery, to miss Olympics​


Porzingis suffered a torn retinaculum and dislocated posterior tibialis tendon in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on June 9. He missed Games 3 and 4, but he returned in Game 5 as the Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks to win the title. A timeline for Porzingis' return has yet to be determined, but he said earlier this month that the recovery process could take a "few months." Porzingis, who was acquired by Boston after the Celtics lost in the 2023 Eastern Conference finals to the Miami Heat, averaged 20.1 points and 7.2 rebounds for the Celtics during the regular season.

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Incoming Duke freshman Cooper Flagg headlines USA Select team​

A year from now, incoming Duke freshman Cooper Flagg could be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, and he's already adding to his résumé. USA Basketball has invited the 17-year-old to practice against Team USA ahead of the Paris Olympics. Flagg was one of 15 players named to the USA Select Team on Friday, a group that will help the national team prepare at a training camp next week in Las Vegas. There's a long history of players from the Select Team eventually joining the national team down the line, including current players Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton, who served in the role in 2021 before the Tokyo Olympics. Flagg, a 6-foot-9 forward from Newport, Maine, is the first collegian to play for the Select Team since 2013, when then-college stars Doug McDermott of Creighton and Marcus Smart of Oklahoma State were on the squad. The team will be coached by Magic coach Jamahl Mosley.

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Simone Biles wins all-around at trials, makes Olympics again​

Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics. So are some of her friends. The gymnastics superstar earned a third trip to her sport's biggest stage by cruising to victory at the U.S. Olympic trials on Sunday night, posting a two-day all-around total of 117.225 to clinch the lone automatic spot on the five-woman team. Three years removed from the Tokyo Olympics -- where she pulled out of multiple finals to prioritize her safety and becoming a touchstone on the importance of mental health in the process -- Biles returns to the Games looking perhaps as good as ever at 27. Biles will be a prohibitive favorite to bookend the Olympic gold she won in 2016, though there is plenty to work on before women's qualifying July 28. She backpedaled after landing her Yurchenko double pike vault, a testament to both the vault's difficulty and the immense power she generates during a skill few men gymnasts try and even fewer land as cleanly. Next stop, Paris, where the Americans try to return to the top of the podium after finishing second to Russia three years ago.

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2024 Olympic gymnastics trials: Biles leads Team USA​

It all came down to this. On Sunday night, the U.S. women's gymnastics Olympic team was announced, after a heartbreaking week that included injuries to front-runners Sky Blakely. Kayla DiCello and Shilese Jones. Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera were named to the team, with Leanne Wong and Joscelyn Roberson the traveling alternates.

The crowd was electric in the final rotation -- and the gymnasts matched the energy. Simone Biles started off with her signature triple-double mount on floor, closed with a double layout and even with a step out of bounds earned the highest floor score of the night. She looked relieved -- and a little exhausted -- at the end. She and Suni Lee shared a hug after Lee finished her night on vault with a Yurchenko double full. Tiana Sumanasekera and Joscelyn Roberson competed one after another on floor, and each drew the crowd in to their performances. The pair have been incredibly consistent throughout the entire competition, and both have a case for a spot as alternate or team member. Jordan Chiles solidified her own probable spot on the team with her floor routine, which had the crowd on its feet and her in tears at the end.

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