The Women's Rugby Sevens competition is set to light up Stade de France as the opening day of action gets underway.
Australia will open their campaign with a pair of wins over South Africa and Great Britain.
New Zealand and hosts France achieved similar feats to send a message to the rest of the competition.
China pulled off the biggest upset, taking down Tokyo bronze medalists Fiji in a thumping victory
Jorja Miller strolled through to open New Zealand's account but Charity Williams and Canada weren't going to go away easy.
Risi Pouri-Lane got the Black Ferns back in front as Miller crossed for her second.
Jazmin Felix Hotham's classy move put NZ in the clear, with Portia Woodman-Wickliffe adding another try to her incredible tally.
China were first on the board through Wanyu Wang, but Fiji answered straight back by Alowesi Nakoci.
The Chinese re-took the lead shortly afterwards as Meiling Yan gave them a 12-point lead
Keyi Chen extended the advantage for China, with Liu Xiaoqian sealing the upset win
Ian Jason picked up from where she left off with the opening try, with Camille Grassineau extending their lead.
Caroline Drouin added to the onslaught for the hosts as Jason's second gave them a 28-0 half-time lead
Jason completed the hat-trick to seal the blowout win as the French continued to run up the scoreline until the final whistle
Alev Kelter muscled her way over for the opener in the first 45 seconds.
Brazil got themselves back into the game as Thaila Costa dived in the corner, but Sam Sullivan restored USA's lead.
Ilona Maher scored after the break to ensure the win for the Americans
Australia are into the Rugby Sevens quarter-finals after a 36-5 win over Great Britain.
Maddison Levi continues her purple patch in Paris as she finished with a hat-trick.
Bienne Terita got a double as the Aussies cruised to victory
13': AUSTRALIA TRY: Teagan Levi sprints down the wing to secure the win Australia 36-5
12': GB hunt for a try but knock it on as they enter the 22
10': AUSTRALIA TRY: The Levis combine as Maddison Levi completes another hat-trick Australia 31-5
8': AUSTRALIA TRY: Charlotte Caslick breaks through from the kickoff and some nice hands put Terita in for her second Australia 26-5
7+2': AUSTRALIA TRY: GB opt to play from their own 22 with the half-time siren sounded and Australia make them pay, winning the turnover and allowing Bienne Terita to score Australia 19-5
6': AUSTRALIA TRY: Bella Nasser puts Maddi Levi into space and she races away for her second Australia 12-5
5': Faith Nathan sprints for the corner but just puts a foot in touch after a great cover tackle
3': AUSTRALIA TRY: Maddison Levi instantly responds with a runaway try Australia 7-5
2': GREAT BRITAIN TRY: Heather Cowell goes in untouched from the resulting penalty GB 5-0
1': Ellie Killdunne races away and is nearly over the line, but is brought down by Maddison Levi, with Teagan Levi yellow carded for a professional foul after a penalty
It was a tense first half with the deadlock broken when Beibhinn Parsons raced away for the opening and lone points of the half
Amee Leigh Murphy Crowe extended the lead after the break with Stacey Flood adding to it two minutes later as the Irish scored three late tries
Captain Lucy Mulhill's injury will sour Ireland's win as the inspirational Irish leader limped from the field early in the win
Tim Walsh has activated travelling reserve Kahli Henwood onto the bench to face Great Britain.
It comes after a knee injury to Kaitlin Shave, with the flyer replaced by fellow Queenslander Henwood, who is yet to debut for Australia.
Outside of this, it's the same starting side that easily took care of South Africa.
Starting 7: Nathan, T. Levi, Paki, Caslick, Hinds, Nasser, M. Levi
Reserves: Terita, Smale, du Toit, Clark, Henwood
Michaela Blyde opened New Zealand's account after diving over untouched in the corner before adding her second two minutes later.
Blyde's hat-trick was completed right before the break as NZ took a 22-0 lead into the break
She crossed for her fourth in the second half before China got on the board.
Stacey Wakka's second try sealed the game for the defending champions.
In a frantic start, Florence Symonds sprinted away for the opening try after a series of line breaks for either side
Charity Williams forward rolled over for their second try, before Fiji started a comeback through Maria Rokotuisiga
In the end, Canada fought away as Keyara Wardley just hung on for the try to seal the win despite a late Fiji try
Joanna Grisez got the home crowd firing with an early try, followed over by Chloe Pelle
It gave them a 14-0 lead at the break which Seraphine Okemba extended in the second half.
Ian Jason sealed the win with a lung-burning try after the bell to cap off a perfect start
Japan stunned America early as Hanako Utsumi raced clear under the posts, but Sarah Levy instantly steadied the USA with a long range try.
Kristie Kirshi put them in front shortly afterwards with a double for a 22-7 lead at the break
Ilona Maher extended the lead with a bruising solo try as they ran away with the win
Australia have started their campaign with a dominant 34-5 win over South Africa.
Maddison Levi was everywhere for the Australians, scoring a hat-trick in a near perfect first half.
Sister Teagan got on the board after the break before Levi added her fourth to seal the win.
The concern for the Australians is Kaitlin Shave, who suffered what could be a bad knee injury
14': SOUTH AFRICA TRY: Nadine Roos gets a consolation try with the numbers advantage Australia 34-5
13': Aussies ring in the changes as Kaitlin Shave goes down with a knee injury, she's playing on for now but is yellow carded for a high tackle
11': AUSTRALIA TRY: Four for Maddi as sister Teagan draws the defender in Australia 34-0
9': AUSTRALIA TRY: Teagan Levi follows Maddi over for an easy try Australia 29-0
7': AUSTRALIA TRY: Maddi Levi completes the hat-trick after winning the restart back Australia 24-0
6': AUSTRALIA TRY: Quick hands gets Maddi Levi into half a gap and it turns into her second Australia 19-0
4': AUSTRALIA TRY: Australia get the lineout turnover and counter as Teagan Levi finds Faith Nathan, racing 60 metres for the try Australia 12-0
1': AUSTRALIA TRY: Tia Hinds breaks the line from the kickoff and three phases later, Maddison Levi dives over Australia 7-0
Amee Leigh Murphy Crowe got Ireland off to the perfect start, beating two defenders to power over the line, only for Isla Norman Bell to race away for the instant response
Murphy Crowe's second gave them the half-time lead with a five pointer well after the first-half siren, with Jasmine Joyce restoring GB's lead straight afterwards.
Emma Uren pushed the advantage outside of a converted try as they closed out the upset win
Tim Walsh has locked in his starting squad for their opening game of the Olympics.
He has named the exact same starting side that took down France in the SVNS Grand Final, with Charlotte Caslick captaining the side.
The Levi sisters have been included alongside Bella Nasser, Faith Nathan, Tia Hinds and Sariah Paki.
Sharni Smale and Dom du Toit provide experience off the bench, with Bridget Clark, Bienne Terita and Kaitlin Shave giving significant impact.
Starting 7: Nathan, T. Levi, Paki, Caslick, Hinds, Nasser, M. Levi
Reserves: Terita, Smale, du Toit, Shave, Clark
A look at the schedule for day one of the women's competition
Pool B: Ireland v Great Britain, 11:30 pm
Pool B: Australia v South Africa, 12:00 am
Pool C: USA v Japan, 12:30 am
Pool C: France v Brazil, 1:00 am
Pool A: Fiji v Canada, 1:30 am
Pool A: New Zealand v China, 2:00 am
Pool B: Ireland v South Africa, 3:00 am
Pool B: Australia v Great Britain, 3:30 am
Pool C: USA v Brazil, 4:00 am
Pool C: France v Japan, 4:30 am
Pool A: Fiji v China, 5:00 am
Pool A: New Zealand v Canada, 5:30 am
The Rugby Sevens action kicks on as the women's competition gets underway.
Stade de France was pumping after the hosts' win over Fiji in the men's gold medal match.
It'll be a similar atmosphere as SVNS world champions Australia face Great Britain to start their competition at midnight.
There will be two pool games on day one as the top eight advance to the semi-finals
Australia's Rugby Sevens campaign will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport and the Nine Network.
Every Rugby Sevens match from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be shown ad-free, live and on-demand in 4K on Stan Sport.
Along with this, the Nine Network will have two dedicated free-to-air channels that will show several Olympic sports, including the Rugby Sevens, along with on 9Now
The Nine Network and Stan Sport has exclusive rights to broadcast every event of the Paris Olympics in Australia.
Every Rugby Sevens match from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be shown ad-free, live and on-demand in 4K on Stan Sport.
Along with this, the Nine Network will have two dedicated free-to-air channels that will show several Olympic sports, including the Rugby Sevens, along with on 9Now.
