One month and counting: The first post-pandemic Olympics are finally within sight NBC News Technology By: Keir Simmons and Chantal Da Silva and David K. Li and Greg Rosenstein and Kaetlyn Liddy and Yuliya Talmazan and Chapman Bell 26 June 2024 at 06:00 PARIS β In exactly one month, the planetβs most gifted athletes will float down the Seine in Paris to celebrate the first Olympics since a world pandemic truncated consecutive Games. Β© YutakaSummer McIntosh during a women's 400-meter medley heat at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, in July 2023. Β© Abigail DollinsSha'Carri Richardson wins a semifinal in the 100-meter dash at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday.