Its only two days away: the opening of the 2023 Olympic Summer Games! Its going to be thrilling to watch the first Olympics to not be held in a stadium. For the Opening Ceremonies, an eye-popping spectacle that usually includes hundreds of performers, Paris will be hosting the show on the River Seine, providing an incredible experience of lights being reflected in the water. The athletes will travel in, too, on boats, each decorated for their nation. Its going to be epic. If youre lucky enough to be in Paris to watch, make sure you get your QR code to get into the various zoned areas of the city. But for the rest of us Americans, hungry for France but watching from the U.S., heres the lowdown on how to do it.

　　How to watch the Olympics Opening Ceremony in the U.S. Itll be early in the day for us, not nighttime as it will be in Paris. If youre on PST, mark your calendar for 10:30am. If youre on the East Coast, the opening ceremony will start at 1:30pm EST. Eat your Olympic lunch (we assume you'll carbo load the night before) and then tune in!

　　Which channel should we watch? NBC will air at least nine hours of coverage a day, as well as a three-hour primetime show of all the days highlights. If youre willing to pay to get more coverage, you can try Eurosport, TNT Sports, Peacock and Discovery+.

　　Super secret insider tip? Some people recommend getting a VPN to stream CBC (Canada) or BBC (UK). It should all be free and their time zones might let you catch some more of the oddbeat games. Growing up in Vermont, I always loved watching the CBC coverage because they played everything, not just the most popular events.

　　U.S. timings, schedule and ceremony details Whelp, there are a lot of events...and some even begin today, before the Opening Ceremonies (footballers, rugby folks, handballers, and archers, were looking at you jumping the gun!) Heres our succinct rundown of the days and events:

　　July 24

　　Football: July 24-August 10 Rugby sevens: July 24-30 July 25

　　Archery: July 25-August 4 Handball: July 25-August 11 July 26

　　Opening Ceremony July 27

　　Artistic gymnastics: July 27-August 5 Badminton: July 27-August 5 Basketball: July 27-August 11 Beach volleyball: July 27-August 10 Boxing: July 27-August 10 Canoe slalom: July 27-August 5 Diving: July 27-August 10 Equestrian: July 27-August 6 Fencing: July 27-August 10 Hockey: July 27-August 9 Judo: July 27-August 3 Road cycling: July 27-August 4 Rowing: July 27-August 3 (reserve day: August 4) Shooting: July 27-August 5 Skateboard: July 27-August 7 Surfing: July 27-July (reserve days: July 31-August 4) Swimming: July 27-August 9 Table tennis: July 27-August 10 Taekwondo: July 27-August 10 Tennis: July 27-August 4 Volleyball: July 27-August 11 Water polo: July 27-August 11 July 28

　　Mountain bike: July 28-29 Sailing: July 28-August 8 July 30

　　BMX freestyle: July 30-31 Triathlon: July 30-August 5 August 1

　　Golf: August 1-10 Athletics (track and field): August 1-11 August 2

　　Trampoline gymnastics: August 2 August 5

　　Artistic swimming: August 5-10 Sport climbing: August 5-10 Track cycling: August 5-11 Wrestling: August 5-11 August 6

　　Canoe sprint: August 6-10 August 7

　　Weightlifting: August 7-11 August 8

　　Modern pentathlon: August 8-11 Rhythmic gymnastics: August 8-10 August 9

　　Breaking: August 9-10 August 11

　　Closing ceremony: August 11 U.S. athletes to look out for during the Summer Games Theyre all amazing and were proud of all of them. But some people tend to capture more media attention, according to the New York Times. They include tennis champion Coco Gauff and basketball star LeBron James, wholl serve as flag bearers for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday's opening ceremony. Well be avidly following gymnast Simone Biles, swimmers Katie Ledecky and Anita Alvarez, basketball player Jimmer Fredette, archer Casey Kaufhold, badminton player Beiwen Zhang, beach volleyball player Kelly Cheng, boxer Jahmal Harvey, breaking competitor Victor Montalvo (this is the first Olympics at which breaking will be an event), canoeist/kayaker Nevin Harrison, cyclist Jennifer Valente, diver Andrew Capobianco, equestrian McLain Ward, fencer Lee Kiefer, field hockey players Amanda Golini and Ashley Hoffman, judoka Maria Laborde, pentathlon Jess Davis, rower Meghan Musnicki, rugby player Kevon Williams, sailor Daniela Moroz, shooter Vincent Hancock, skateboarder Jagger Eaton, sport climber Sam Watson, surfer Carissa Moore, table tennis player Lily Zhang, taekwondo athlete CJ Nickolas, trampolinist Aliaksei Shostak, triathalonist Taylor Knibb, indoor volleyball player Jordan Larson, water polo player Maggie Steffens, weightlifter Olivia Reeves and wrestler Aaron Brooks.

　　Whew! Its practically an Olympic sport just to follow them doing their thing. Armchair athletes, hydrate and roll your neck around in that circle: we got this!