Paris 2024: Olympics news and updates

The 2024 Summer Olympics are being held in Paris, France, starting with the opening ceremony on Friday, July 26, and lasting until Sunday, August 11. This year’s games are particularly noteworthy because of the addition of new sports like breakdancing, Simone Biles’s return to gymnastics, Paris’s promise to clean up the Seine River, increased attention on security, up-and-coming athletes, and so much more.

Follow along here for all of Vox’s news, explainers, and updates across the entirety of the games.

• ISIS? Russian sabotage? The biggest security threats at these Olympics.
• Who is Noah Lyles? For this sprinter, the Paris Olympics could be everything.
• Can Paris fix its poop problem before the Olympics?
• Simone Biles is so back