 The Olympic Village welcomed its first athletes on Thursday. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris. Kevin Durant practiced with the U.S. Olympic basketball team today. It was the first time he'd done so. Durant strained a calf muscle just days before the start of training camp earlier this month and missed the first three of the team's exhibition games. The U.S. is 3-0 in those games, beating Australia, Serbia, and Canada. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News, in Washington.