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Time to go for the gold: The 2024 Paris Olympics are here!

🥐Bonjour, mes amis! I'm John Riley , and today's edition of The Short List is all about the Games, which kicked off in the City of Light on Friday. (How about that spectacular opening ceremony on the Seine ? Goosebumps. 🎆) Get ready to enjoy wall-to-wall coverage of Team USA, the scene in Paris, and more. All together, now: "U-S-A! U-S-A!"

By the way ... If you're not the sporting type, no worries: We've got plenty of other great reads. Just scroll down for more of USA TODAY's best stories of the week.

First things first

• Olympics homepage: News, medal count and results from Paris
• How to watch: Stream the Games with these tips 📺
• Medal events schedule: Which days medals can be won 🥇
• NBC coverage: The network has big plans for these Games
• 10 biggest questions: Can Paris really pull these Games off?

All about Team USA

• Full team roster: Who's competing? How many athletes are there? 🏃
• Medal milestones: Team USA poised for huge medal haul 🏅
• Men's basketball: Who can challenge Team USA? Power rankings 🏀
• Simone Biles: Legend has five gymnastics skills named after her 🤸🏾‍♀️
• Joel Embiid: Hoops star could have played for France or Cameroon ⛹🏾
• Katie Ledecky: Swimmer can do something only Phelps has achieved 🏊‍♀️
• Coco Gauff: Tennis star opens up about her Olympic debut 🎾

Paris and more

• Beautiful views: The Paris landmarks being used as Olympic venues
• Transforming Versailles: How historic site was turned into equestrian venue 🐎
• Inside the Olympic village: Here's what we saw 📹
• Swimming in the (dirty) Seine: Would you do it?

Looking for more? Just scroll down for more great stories.👇 See you next week.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Your weekend must reads🗞️