What other sports kick off before the opening ceremony?
Football gets underway today as well as the Rugby 7s - a new addition to the Olympics.
Tomorrow, we’ll see the handball preliminary rounds begin as well as archery.
Shooting will then begin on Friday before the big opening ceremony.
Charlotte Dujardin video
Britain’s most decorated current Olympian has been sent home after a shocking video emerged of her whipping a horse.
Charlotte Dujardin was a six time Olympic medal winner in dressage.
Britain’s greatest horsewoman said she was “deeply ashamed” by her “error of judgement” in a coaching session “from four years ago”.
The footage showed Dujardin hitting the horse with a long whip at least 25 times in one minute during a lesson with a 19-year-old female student at her private stable.
The FEI, the sport’s governing body, launched a probe into the incident and handed Dujardin a provisional six-month ban.
Full schedule
You can stay up to date with all the goings on at the Olympics with the schedule below here.
The football is kicking off across France today but there’ll be 40 sports in total for fans to enjoy.