The Paris Olympics are almost here. Here are 5 things to know

Team Canada is group to compete successful nan 2024 Paris Olympic Games that are conscionable a week distant from kicking disconnected successful nan French capital.

More than 300 Canadian athletes crossed 32 sports will beryllium vying for medals successful Paris complete nan fortnight.

Interest successful this year’s Summer Games, which return spot erstwhile each 4 years, is up, according to caller Ipsos polling exclusive to Global News.

Nearly six successful 10 of respondents said they’re willing successful nan Paris Olympics, good supra erstwhile surveys that showed 32 per cent liking successful nan 2022 Beijing games and 33 per cent for nan 2020 Tokyo games.

As excitement builds, present are immoderate of nan astir celebrated questions group successful Canada person been asking connected Google astir nan Paris Olympics.

The Games will officially commencement connected July 26 pinch nan opening ceremony, but immoderate competitions will commencement connected July 24.

Breaking distant from tradition, nan opening ceremony, starting astatine 2 p.m. ET connected Friday, will beryllium held extracurricular of a stadium and connected nan River Seine.

The ceremonial parade will spot much than 10,000 athletes cruising connected boats done nan Seine.

The Olympics will extremity connected Aug. 11 pinch nan closing ceremony.

Meanwhile, nan Paralympic Games will tally later from Aug. 28 till Sept. 8.

Canada’s Olympic bid will commencement connected July 25 pinch nan Canadian women’s shot squad taking connected New Zealand successful a group A match.

Swimming events will return spot betwixt July 27 and Aug. 4.

The athletics events will commencement connected Aug. 1 and tally till nan past time of nan Games, which is Aug. 11.

The Canadian Olympic Committee has published the afloat schedule connected its olympic.ca website, including erstwhile Canadians are competing astatine nan 2024 Paris Games.

Breakdancing aliases breaking, which is an municipality creation style pinch its roots successful hip-hop culture, will make its Olympic debut successful Paris.

Skateboarding, athletics climbing and surfing will besides make a return arsenic optional sports aft debuting astatine nan past Olympics successful Tokyo.

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American gymnast and Olympic champion Simone Biles will beryllium backmost astatine nan summertime Games aft pulling retired of aggregate finals successful Tokyo successful 2021 to protect her intelligence wellness and safety.

The 27-year-old leads a U.S. women’s gymnastics squad filled pinch acquainted faces and looking for redemption successful Paris.

Meanwhile, WNBA prima Brittney Griner, who spent 10 months successful a Russian jailhouse for possession of vape cartridges containing cannabis oil, will besides beryllium 1 of nan players to watch retired for.

Griner will beryllium playing successful her first world crippled since her merchandise successful a captive exchange.

The United States and China person topped nan badge tally astatine nan erstwhile 2 Olympics successful Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.

Team Canada will beryllium hoping to amended its 11th-place capacity from nan past summertime Games.

The U.S. took location 113 medals, China won 89 and Canada had 24 successful Tokyo.

— pinch files from Global News’ Craig Lord and The Associated Press