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"I'm on vacation now!"

- Caitlin Clark after the WNBA All-Star game, which drew a record-breaking 16,000-person crowd and was full of excitement (and some chaos). Team WNBA All-Stars ultimately beat out Team USA ahead of the Games. (Nothing like trying to prove you should have been picked for the Olympic team!) The WNBA also signed a new $2.2 billion 11-year TV deal.

Your Feisty guide to 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.
- Will be a first-of-its-kinds ceremony with boats floating down the Seine — with massive security!
🚴‍♀️ 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
- Will the US win again??

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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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The highlight reel

🥇 The U.S. Paralympic Track & Field Trials: Brianna Salinaro (who has cerebral palsy and changed sports to track from taekwondo) broke her national record in the 200m and Lindi Marcusen broke hers in the 100m. Tatyana McFadden made her 7th Paralympics. But maybe most impressively, Noelle Malkamaki set a world record in the shotput *after* her flight was canceled and she had to drive 18 hours through the night to make it in time. Meet the jumpers, throwers, sprinters, wheelchair racers, and distance runners on the U.S. Paralympic team.
🚲 The BMX Park event finally made its debut as a medal event at the X Games — and was won by Hannah Roberts.
Danielle Lewis won her first-ever Ironman pro title at IM Lake Placid.
🙌 Ironman also announced a new pregnancy deferral policy.
The Tokyo Marathon added a non-binary category for 2025.
🏃‍♀️ The first-ever all-women's track meet (with record prize money! + a plan to turn it into a spectacle) announced details of its signed athletes and will be renamed Athlos NYC.
🏃‍♀️ At the U.S. Masters Track & Field Championship, 90-year-old Flo Meiler was the first woman ever to complete a pentathlon (establishing a world record); she also ran a 2,000m steeplchase in 21:25.80 but was DQ'd for one of her back legs being under a hurdle. And 61-year-old Sue McDonald set a 400m world record of 61.73.
16-year-old Maya Merhige became one of the youngest swimmers to ever complete the Triple Crown: 🏊‍♀️ Swimming the English Channel, the crossing to Catalina Island, and the circumnavigation of Manhattan.
🚴‍♀️ Cecily Decker outsprinted Karolina Migon at the Rift gravel race in Iceland.
🚴‍♀️ Get to know Elisa Longo Borghini, who finally won the Giro d'Italia Women after 13 years of trying.
A new photography exhibit highlights the athletes who compete in escaramuza charra, the only women’s equestrian event in charrería, the national rodeo-like sport of Mexico.

Your Feisty Olympic recommendations

What to read: Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women"— uncovers details about the history of the Olympics and how we got here

What to listen to: "Tested" — a podcast series from NPR & CBC about the history and science of sex testing in elite sports

What to watch: Simone Biles Rising on Netflix & SPRINT following the top sprinters

It's funny 'cause it's true: After sponsoring the U.S. water polo team, Flavor Flav showed up to practice