Your Feisty Guide to the Olympics

With the Opening Ceremony just days away, it's time to start planning your Olympics viewing, plotting out your 'sorry I was late to work' excuses, and honing up on all the gymnastics rules. The full schedule can be overwhelming , so we've pulled out some key dates you'll want to be sure to catch.

REMINDER: Paris, France is six hours ahead of the Eastern Time Zone in N. America. Most primetime events are scheduled for late in the evening in France (so early afternoon in New York).?

Must-watch events to put on your calendar

• Opening Ceremony: FRIDAY, July 26 @ 7:30 p.m. in Paris/1:30 p.m. ET in the U.S.
• Cycling: Women's TT on SATURDAY, July 27 @ 2:30 p.m. in Paris/8:30 a.m. ET??& the road race on SUNDAY, Aug. 4 @ 2 p.m. in Paris/8 a.m. ET — triathlete Taylor Knibb surprised everyone with her national's TT win & world champ Chloe Dygert will be doubling up in the road events & the track. In the road race, all eyes are on Lotte Kopecky & Demi Vollering.
• Swimming: The big events include the 400m freestyle* showdown to get us started on SATURDAY, July 27, 100m fly on SUNDAY, July 28, 100m freestyle and 1,500m* on WEDNESDAY, July 31, 200m backstroke* on FRIDAY, Aug. 2, and Katie Ledecky in the 800m on SATURDAY, Aug. 3 —?*means world record alert!?
• Gymnastics: Women's team final on TUESDAY, July 30??@ 6:15 p.m. in Paris/12:15 p.m. ET & women's individual all-around on THURSDAY, Aug. 1 @ 6:15 p.m. in Paris/12:15 p.m. ET —?qualifying rounds start?on SUNDAY, July 28 — with Simone Biles & Team USA going up in the second group
• Triathlon: Women's race on WEDNESDAY, July 31 @ 8 a.m. in Paris/2 a.m. ET & mixed team relay on MONDAY, Aug. 5 @ 8 a.m./2 a.m. ET —?with a French favorite, Cassandre Beaugrand, in front of French crowds, racing down the Champs-élysées, this is going to be a marquee Paris event
• Track & Field: Some key events include the 100m final on SATURDAY, Aug. 3, 200m final* on TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 400m hurdles* on THURSDAY, Aug. 8, women's 4x100m relay on FRIDAY, Aug. 9, 1500m final* on SATURDAY,??Aug. 10, and the marathon on the last morning, SUNDAY, Aug. 11?
• Breaking (ie. Break Dancing): Making its debut with the medal battles on FRIDAY, Aug. 9 @ 9:15 p.m. in Paris/3:15 p.m. ET
• Soccer: Gold medal game on SATURDAY, Aug. 10 @ 5 p.m. in Paris/11 a.m. ET —?group play starts this Thursday before the Opening Ceremonies even begin!
• Basketball: Gold medal game on SUNDAY, Aug. 11 @ 3:30 p.m. in Paris/9:30 a.m. ET

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How to watch the Olympics

U.S. - It's all on NBC or one of their subsidiaries (USA, Telemundo) — everything will also be live on their digital platform Peacock

SCHEDULE: See their full schedule of which events air where here

Canada - It's on CBC

SCHEDULE: See their full schedule here

Australia - On 9Now & Stan Sport

Feisty facts?to know

- France is banning their athletes from wearing a hijab during the Olympics —?discriminating against French hijabi athletes

- Security along the main Seine corridor is already intense ahead of the Opening Ceremonies (and chaotic-ly confusing)

- How much do Olympians make? Way less than you think, which is especially true for female athletes?— LISTEN: Our episode on the sponsorship dollars and investment into female Olympians

- Athletes are unboxing their Olympic kits on social and showing off their hauls

- FUN: Watch the Olympic swimming pool get built in superspeed

ONE LAST QUOTE FROM FIRST-TIME OLYMPIAN PARKER VALBY: "This morning I was at Whole Foods — and the cashier was like, ‘Bring home the gold!’ I was like, ‘Uh, sir, I’m not going for the gold, I’m just happy to be here.’ I’m going to be lapped.”

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