The Tokyo Olympics (July 23-August 8) kicked off Wednesday with the first competitions, two days before the opening ceremony scheduled for Friday.
To follow all the events, it will be necessary to put oneself in front of France Télévisions and Eurosport.
The Summer Olympics have finally started after a year of postponement due to the coronavirus, and sports fans are flocking to their TVs.
To watch the Olympic competitions, viewers will have to go to the channels of the France Televisions group and Eurosport, the two official broadcasters of the Games in France.
France 2, France 3 and France 4
The public audiovisual group will broadcast the events live every day, from midnight to 4 p.m. (there is a 7 hour difference with Tokyo), on France 2 and France 3. A replay of the competitions of the day before will also be offered from 4 p.m. at 5.30 p.m. to viewers of the second French channel.
Also, France 4 will broadcast team sports during the day.
On digital, France Télévisions will broadcast all the events on its France TV Sport application.
All on Eurosport
To follow all the Olympic events, the private group Discovery will offer the competitions of the fortnight on its Eurosport 1 and 2 channels. In addition, the group will put seven additional channels into service to allow sports fans to follow the competition from their own. choice.
Eurosport 4K will broadcast major events in ultra very high definition, then the other channels will be dedicated to specific events: racket sports and golf on Eurosport 3, artistic sports on Eurosport 4, team sports on Eurosport 5, basketball on Eurosport 6, combat sports on Eurosport 7, handball on Eurosport 8 and finally volleyball on Eurosport 9. The group will also offer the Olympic Games on its digital paid platform Eurosport Player.
The opening ceremony scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m. French time will be broadcast simultaneously on France 2 and Eurosport 1.