A live stream of the 2024 Olympic marathon swim will pit the current title holders against each other in the cold, harsh waters of the Seine.

Tokyo champion Florian Wellbrock will be desperate to avoid the fate of Ana Marcella Cunha in the men's 10km open water on Friday. Both are Tokyo gold medalists, but in the women's race, the Brazilian women could only manage fourth place, allowing Dutch swimmer Sharon van Leeuwendaal to win.

Welbrock will join Christophe Lasovsky and Gregorio Paltrinieri on the Seine, who stood on the podium alongside him three years ago. However, Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen is currently the world's No. 1 and is riding high on momentum from the gold and bronze medals he has already won in Paris. Also likely to compete is Churkiye's Kuzey Tunceli, who is just 16 years old and has continued to break records in recent junior competitions.

In the US, all eyes are on Ivan Puskovic, who stands out on the track thanks to his flowing blonde hair. Competing for a medal in Paris would be a big step up, but he is no stranger to winning, having competed in the U.S. Junior Championships.

Check out our 2024 Olympic Games Watching Guide to make sure you don't miss a single moment of the Paris Games.

Australian viewers will want to enjoy every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The 2024 Olympic marathon swimming will be broadcast for free on Channel 9 and also available for free on the 9Now streaming service for most streaming devices.

Canada (CBC Gem) and the United Kingdom (BBC iPlayer) will add free coverage of the Paris Olympics. However, these networks do not televise all of the events, so you may need to subscribe to a premium service to watch full coverage in these countries.

If you are usually in one of these countries but not during the Paris Olympics, you don't have to miss out thanks to the best VPNs. With these VPNs, you can watch the streaming you're after from anywhere in the world. Our favorite is NordVPN.

Even if you are not in your home country and cannot live stream anywhere during Olympic 2024, you can still watch via a virtual private network, or VPN. VPNs make it look like you are surfing the web from home and allow you to access the streaming service you have already paid for. It's very easy to do.

We've tried many different VPN services, but our favorite is NordVPN. They offer great speeds, excellent customer service, and a no-questions-asked 30-day money-back guarantee, so try them first and see if they're right for you. But there are other VPN options too, so check out our full list of the best VPN services.

Using a VPN is surprisingly easy.

1. Install the VPN of your choice. As we have mentioned, NordVPN is our favorite.

2. select the location you want to connect to with the VPN app. For example, if you are in the US and want to see your usual Canadian service, select a Canadian server from the list.

3. sit back and enjoy the action; go to CBC and watch the Olympic marathon swimming live online.

The United States is set to host the Olympics in 2028, and while Los Angeles, California is the confirmed host city, American viewers will rely on NBCUniversal to enjoy this year's Olympics in Paris, France. These may be included in cable packages.

However, NBC's streaming service Peacock will be live streaming all of the Paris Olympics, with daily highlights of the medal-winning moments. To watch, a premium membership ($7. ($99/month) or Premium Plus ($13.99/month, which also removes some advertising).

Cord cutters can opt for Sling TV; the Sling Blue package costs $45/month and provides access to over 30 channels, including NBC, USA, and MSNBC in select markets. Alternatively, they can opt for Fubo, whose Pro plan costs $79.99/month and provides access to more than 120 channels, including all of NBC's channels airing the 2024 Olympics.

If you are outside the U.S. and have one of these subscriptions, you can watch a live stream of the Olympic 2024 marathon swim using a VPN such as NordVPN.

In the good old days, the BBC was the exclusive UK home of the Olympics, but that all changed with the arrival of Discovery in 2021. Fortunately, many of the competitions are available for free on the BBC and BBC iPlayer, but remember that not everything is available.

Brits who don't want to miss a single second need to invest in Discovery Plus. To subscribe, it costs £6.99 per month for the standard plan, which includes the action from Paris 2024. Having to pay to watch the Olympics is an alien concept to many in the UK, but if you pay, you get access to all Olympic events, including marathon swimming.

All of which is great. But if you're not in the UK, you can still follow the live stream of the marathon swimming at the 2024 Olympics with the best VPN services, such as NordVPN.

Olympic coverage in Canada is split between CBC, Sportsnet, and TSN, with many events streaming live for free on CBC Gem.

CBC Gem is a free platform, but by paying $4.99/month, you can remove some ads and access the service's on-demand library. However, if you don't mind commercials, you can enjoy most of Olympic 2024 for free.

Access to Sportsnet, on the other hand, requires a Sportsnet Plus subscription for $19.99 per month or $179.99 per year, or you can opt for Plus Premium for $34.99 per month or $249.99 per year. Finally, you can also subscribe to TSN for $19.99 per month or $199.90 per year.

If you are a Canadian abroad and want to access regular services, you can use a VPN such as NordVPN to make your device think you are in Canada.

Regardless of the final medal count, the real winners of the 2024 Olympics will be the Australians. That's because all Olympic competitions will be broadcast for free on Channel 9 and 9Gem Down Under, with online live streams available via 9Now.

Now not available in Australia, you can watch all the action on 9Now as if you were in your own country by using a VPN like NordVPN.

If you want to watch Olympic 2024 in 4K in Australia, you need Stan Sport, a Stan Sport add-on that lets you watch every session of every Olympic competition ad-free for $15. You also need the Stan Premium basic plan for $21/month.

In New Zealand, the Olympics are usually split between TVNZ, a free service, and Sky Sport, a premium provider; this is not the case for the 2024 Paris Olympics; TVNZ is broadcasting the 2024 Paralympics, but not the Olympics. TVNZ is broadcasting the 2024 Paralympics, but not the Olympics.

Television coverage of the 2024 Olympics is available to New Zealanders who subscribe to Sky Sport. Alternatively, a digital, live streaming Sky Sport Now subscription costs $29.99 per week or $49.99 per month.

Sky Sport Now also has a limited-time Paris Olympics 2024 Pass, a one-time fee of $34.99 that gives full access to Sky Sports and ESPN from July 25-August 12, with 12 Olympic channels and all other sports 12 Olympic channels and all other sports. Not bad.

During the 2024 Olympic marathon swim, New Zealand residents abroad can follow the regular streaming services by using the best VPN services, such as NordVPN.