Today, we’re catching Olympics fever. Paris bureau chief Leila Abboud and US sports business correspondent Sara Germano join us from the Games to talk about atmosphere, politics and sports. Was the opening ceremony truly that controversial? Will the Paris Games change the way the Olympics are produced? What should we watch and whom should we root for?

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Links (all FT links get you past the paywall):

-Sara’s article about the potential of track and field outside the Paris Olympics: https://on.ft.com/4fqyF55

-Leila and Sara cover the French swimming star Léon Marchand here: https://on.ft.com/3WwLXEf

-Josh Noble’s feature on breaking, which Sara mentions: https://on.ft.com/3yd9ked

– Leila is on X @labboudles. Sara is @germanotes.

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