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Paris Summer Olympics 2024: When To Watch NorCal's Qualifiers Compete
71 NorCal athletes have qualified for the Paris Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games as Team USA continues to take shape.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Seventy-one athletes from Northern California will be competing in the Paris Summer Olympic Games, which open Friday. The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad continue through Aug. 11.
Many details of the opening ceremonies have been kept under wraps. NBC’s live coverage of the Olympics starts at 9 a.m. PDT Friday, and the opening ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. Both NBC and its streaming service, Peacock, will broadcast the ceremony live, and NBC will re-air it Friday evening.
Representing Northern California on Team USA are:
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- Mark Barr: Triathlon, Davis.
- Haley Batten: Cycling, Los Gatos.
- Savilia Blunk: Cycling, Santa Rosa.
- Hannah Chadwick: Para-Cycling, El Cerrito.
- Vinson Chiu: Badminton, Milpitas.
- Malcolm Clemons: Track and Field, Oakland.
- Erika Connolly: Swimming, Modesto.
- Kym Crosby: Para Track and Field, Yuba City.
- Luca Cupido: Water Polo, Santa Margarita.
- Tierna Davidson: Soccer, Menlo Park.
- Amit Elor: Wrestling, Walnut Creek.
- Skyler Espinoza: Para-Cycling, Menlo Park.
- Jenna Flynn: Water Polo, San Jose.
- Naima Fuala'au: Rugby, Hayward.
- Jennie Gai: Badminton, Fremont.
- Christella Garcia: Para Judo, Sacramento.
- Naomi Girma: Soccer, San Jose.
- Chelsea Gray: Basketball, Hayward.
- Natalia Grossman: Sport Climbing, Santa Cruz.
- Hans Henken: Sailing, San Francisco.
- Nikki Hiltz: Track and Field, Santa Cruz.
- Drew Holland: Water Polo, Orinda.
- Nyjah Huston: Skateboarding, Davis.
- Sabrina Ionescu: Basketball, Walnut Creek.
- Kanak Jha: Table Tennis, Milpitas.
- Matteo Jorgenson: Cycling, Walnut Creek.
- Kara Kohler: Rowing, Clayton.
- Mohamed Lahna: Paratriathlon, Hayward.
- Bryan Larsen: Windsor.
- Matai Leuta: Rugby, Marina.
- David Liebenberg: Sailing, Richmond.
- Jacklyn Luu: Artistic Swimming, Milpitas.
- Sagen Maddalena: Shooting, Groveland.
- Alexander Massialas: Fencing, San Francisco.
- Gerek Meinhardt: Fencing, San Francisco.
- Daniela Moroz: Sailing, Lafayette.
- Fiona O'Keeffe: Track and Field, Davis.
- Alex Obert: Water Polo, Loomis.
- Dominique Parrish: Wrestling, Scotts Valley.
- Jewel Roemer: Water Polo, Martinez.
- Michelle Sechser: Rowing, Folsom.
- Maggie Steffens: Water Polo, Danville.
- Minna Stess: Skateboarding, Petaluma.
- Rachel Sung: Table Tennis, San Jose.
- Stephen Tomasin: Rugby, Santa Rosa.
- Luca Urlando: Swimming, Sacramento.
- Jamie Whitmore: Para-Cycling, Somerset.
- Dylan Woodhead: Water Polo, San Anselmo.
- Annie Xu: Badminton, San Jose.
- Kerry Xu: Badminton, San Jose.
- Lily Zhang: Table Tennis, Palo Alto.
Team USA is favored to win the most medals overall, according to a forecast by Nielsen’s Gracenote Sports, which supplies statistical analysis for sports leagues around the world.
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More than 10,500 athletes from around the world will compete in 32 sports in the Paris Games. Team USA is projected to win 112 medals overall — 39 gold, 32 silver, and 41 bronze. China is forecast to win 86 overall — 34 gold, 27 silver, and 25 bronze.
NBC and its affiliated channels again have exclusive U.S. broadcasting rights. The network has said it will provide at least nine hours of daytime coverage during the Paris Games, including live broadcasts of favorite event finals.
NBC will broadcast certain events live. Here’s the full Olympic broadcast schedule, based on Paris local time, which is six hours ahead of the Eastern Time Zone.
Peacock is streaming the Games. Other ways to watch the Olympics are through the NBC Sports App or on NBCOlympics.com. On cable, NBC, USA Network, Golf Channel, E! and Telemundo will all provide coverage.
Paris hosts the Summer 2024 Paralympic Games, also held in Paris, will take place from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8.
NBC and its affiliated channels again have exclusive U.S. broadcasting rights. The network has said it will provide at least nine hours of daytime coverage during the Paris Games, including live broadcasts of favorite event finals. The NBC streaming service Peacock will provide coverage of every sport and event. The full broadcast and streaming schedules haven’t been announced yet.
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