The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is set for this morning.

Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 10,500 athletes will parade on more than 90 boats on the Seine River for 6 kilometers (3.7 miles). This will start the ceremony, not mark the end of it, another break from tradition.

The opening ceremony starts at 10:30 a.m. and is expected to last more than three hours.

The parade starts at the Austerlitz Bridge beside the Jardin des Plantes and follows the Seine from east to west. It makes its way around two islands in the center of the city before passing under several bridges and gateways. Athletes aboard the boats will get glimpses of several Olympic venues including La Concorde Urban Park (3X3 basketball, breaking, BMX freestyle cycling, skateboarding), Invalides (archery, athletics — marathon finish, road cycling — time trial start) and the Grand Palais (fencing, taekwondo). The parade ends at the Iena Bridge, which links the Eiffel Tower on the left bank of the Seine to the Trocadéro district on the right bank.

The ceremony’s finale is at the Trocadéro, where French President Emmanuel Macron will deliver opening remarks.

Watch the opening ceremony on NBC and stream on Peacock and NBC Olympic platforms — NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com, NBC app, NBC Olympics app.

A preview will air on NBC at 9 a.m.

Dancers, artists, and other athletes will be featured in the festivities.

Most of the entertainment acts remain under wraps. NBC News reported that Celine Dion and Lady Gaga have arrived in Paris amid speculation that one or both of the pop singers will perform at the opening ceremony. If it rains, the ceremony is expected to go on as planned.

U.S. skaters get gold

The U.S. figure skating team was formally confirmed as gold medalists from the 2022 Beijing Olympics by a sports court ruling Thursday, opening the way for the team to get its medals at the Paris Summer Games.

It is now nearly 2 1/2 years and multiple layers of Court of Arbitration for Sport appeals since the American skaters left the Beijing Winter Games without a medal of any color.

They had placed second in the team event to the Russians including teenage star Kamila Valieva, who within hours was implicated in a doping case that took almost two years to judge.

Now, Evan Bates, Karen Chen, Nathan Chen, Madison Chock, Zachary Donohue, Brandon Frazier, Madison Hubbell, Alexa Knierim and Vincent Zhou should be coming to Paris as official Olympic champions.

On Thursday, CAS said three judges dismissed Russian appeals to be reinstated as the team gold medalist. The Olympic title was lost in January when Valieva was disqualified and banned for four years.

Tennis draw

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic could meet his longtime rival Rafael Nadal in the second round of the tennis tournament after Thursday’s draw. Djokovic will open against Australian Matthew Ebden, and Nadal faces Hungaraian Marton Fucsovics. Those winners will meet in Round 2. French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz opens against Hady Habib.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland opens against Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania in the women’s draw with second-seeded American Coco Gauff taking on Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.

Tickets still available

Olympics 2024 organizers said the Paris Games have broken the record for the most number of tickets sold or allocated in the event’s history.

And yet, tickets remain available.