PercyPig
The Pierpoint Princess
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Gold medal events:
Archery (women's team), canoe slalom (women's K1), fencing (men's epee, women's foil), judo (W -52kg, M -66kg), mountain bike (women's cross-country), shooting (men and women's 10m air pistol), skateboard (women's street), swimming (men's 400m individual medley, women's 100m fly, men's 100m breast).
Highlights
Team GB’s Adam Peaty will challenge for a third consecutive men's 100m breaststroke Olympic title in Sunday’s final at 20:44 BST. This time, he has described himself as "the person with the bow and arrow and not the one being fired at" after a foot injury and time away from the sport to focus on his mental health. He was third at the World Championships in February. His key rivals are likely to be China's Qin Haiyang and American Nic Fink.
Meanwhile, French swimming superstar Leon Marchand should line up in the final of the men's 400m individual medley at 19:30. Marchand is one of the biggest names on the hosts' Olympic team and is expected to end a 12-year French gold-medal drought in the pool. When he was younger, Marchand wrote to American great Michael Phelps’ former coach Bob Bowman to ask if he would be his coach. Bowman said yes and Marchand now has five world titles at the age of 22.
Team GB's Evie Richards, the 2021 world champion, features in the women’s cross-country mountain bike event from 13:10. Richards is coming back from a concussion suffered in Brazil two months ago, so does not start the race as one of the favourites, but is still ranked inside the world's top 15. Switzerland's Alessandra Keller is the world number one. Watch out for young Dutch star Puck Pieterse and France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot.
Chelsie Giles is the headline act in GB’s judosquad for Paris 2024. The 27-year-old won bronze in Tokyo then added European gold and world silver a year later. Giles is in the -52kg class, which is packed with talent such as Japan's Uta Abe, who has proved a hard obstacle for Giles to overcome in the past and has been sweeping up medals lately. GB have won 20 Olympic medals in judo but never a gold, meaning there is history on the line. Women's medal contests begin at 16:49.
It is impossible to look past South Korea in most archery events - and that includes the women's team event, which they have won every time since it was introduced to the Olympics in 1988. Not only were none of the current GB team born then, but their coach was four years old. However, this GB team are made of strong stuff. Penny Healeyand Bryony Pitman have each been ranked world number one in the past year, so this could be a real opportunity for them to shine. The event begins at 08:30 with the gold-medal match at 16:11.
Brit watch
Andy Murray will get his final event before retiring under way. He won Olympic gold in London and Rio but is not playing singles at Paris 2024. He is in the doubles though with Dan Evans at Roland Garros. They are due on the Suzanne Lenglen court at about 17:00 and face Japanese duo Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel.
Helen Glover, an Olympic rowing champion in 2012 and 2016, is back for her fourth Olympics. This time she is in the women’s four alongside returning Olympian Rebecca Shorten and debutants Esme Booth and Sam Redgrave (no relation to Sir Steve). They only got together at the start of the year but were unbeaten at a string of major events in the first half of 2024. Sunday’s rowing begins at 08:00, with the women’s four heats from 11:30.
At the women’s rugby sevens, Team GB face Ireland in the opening group game at 14:30. GB have finished fourth at the past two Olympics, whereas this is the Irish women’s Olympic debut. Ireland go on to play South Africa at 18:00, while GB play Australia at 18:30.
Kimberley Woods will line up for GB in canoe slalom's K1 event (starts 14:30, final at 16:45). Woods had a "heartbreaking" Tokyo Games, finishing 10th, but believes she has grown mentally and physically in the years since. She is a contender in both this event and the kayak cross, which is making its Olympic debut later in the Games.
Eventing heads into its second day, the cross-country, from 09:30. This involves a gallop of nine to 10 minutes through the park at Versailles, twice crossing the centuries-old Grand Canal in what might be one of the Paris Olympics' signature views.
In women’s hockey, Team GB begin their campaign against Spain at 12:15. GB beat Spain in a quarter-final shootout in Tokyo before going on to win bronze. Later on Sunday, at 19:15, the GB men play their second group game against South Africa.
World watch
In gymnastics, it is the women's turn to head through qualifying. Britain are again in the first subdivision at 08:30. The United States and China are in subdivision two from 10:40. Team GB's women took team bronze in Tokyo three years ago. The US, who are the defending world champions, are led once again by Simone Biles – now competing in her third Olympic Games aged 27, with a coincidental total of 27 world and Olympic titles already won.
Men's water polo begins on Sunday and is part one of the day’s Franco-Hungarian action. Water polo is often described as the national sport of Hungary, who won 2023's world title and have nine Olympic gold medals in this event, although none since 2008. What better way to start than against the hosts? France have a tradition of winning the Olympic men's water polo title whenever it's held in Paris – which unfortunately for them has only happened once, a century ago. France play Hungary at 18:30.
Archery (women's team), canoe slalom (women's K1), fencing (men's epee, women's foil), judo (W -52kg, M -66kg), mountain bike (women's cross-country), shooting (men and women's 10m air pistol), skateboard (women's street), swimming (men's 400m individual medley, women's 100m fly, men's 100m breast).
Highlights
Team GB’s Adam Peaty will challenge for a third consecutive men's 100m breaststroke Olympic title in Sunday’s final at 20:44 BST. This time, he has described himself as "the person with the bow and arrow and not the one being fired at" after a foot injury and time away from the sport to focus on his mental health. He was third at the World Championships in February. His key rivals are likely to be China's Qin Haiyang and American Nic Fink.
Meanwhile, French swimming superstar Leon Marchand should line up in the final of the men's 400m individual medley at 19:30. Marchand is one of the biggest names on the hosts' Olympic team and is expected to end a 12-year French gold-medal drought in the pool. When he was younger, Marchand wrote to American great Michael Phelps’ former coach Bob Bowman to ask if he would be his coach. Bowman said yes and Marchand now has five world titles at the age of 22.
Team GB's Evie Richards, the 2021 world champion, features in the women’s cross-country mountain bike event from 13:10. Richards is coming back from a concussion suffered in Brazil two months ago, so does not start the race as one of the favourites, but is still ranked inside the world's top 15. Switzerland's Alessandra Keller is the world number one. Watch out for young Dutch star Puck Pieterse and France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot.
Chelsie Giles is the headline act in GB’s judosquad for Paris 2024. The 27-year-old won bronze in Tokyo then added European gold and world silver a year later. Giles is in the -52kg class, which is packed with talent such as Japan's Uta Abe, who has proved a hard obstacle for Giles to overcome in the past and has been sweeping up medals lately. GB have won 20 Olympic medals in judo but never a gold, meaning there is history on the line. Women's medal contests begin at 16:49.
It is impossible to look past South Korea in most archery events - and that includes the women's team event, which they have won every time since it was introduced to the Olympics in 1988. Not only were none of the current GB team born then, but their coach was four years old. However, this GB team are made of strong stuff. Penny Healeyand Bryony Pitman have each been ranked world number one in the past year, so this could be a real opportunity for them to shine. The event begins at 08:30 with the gold-medal match at 16:11.
Brit watch
Andy Murray will get his final event before retiring under way. He won Olympic gold in London and Rio but is not playing singles at Paris 2024. He is in the doubles though with Dan Evans at Roland Garros. They are due on the Suzanne Lenglen court at about 17:00 and face Japanese duo Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel.
Helen Glover, an Olympic rowing champion in 2012 and 2016, is back for her fourth Olympics. This time she is in the women’s four alongside returning Olympian Rebecca Shorten and debutants Esme Booth and Sam Redgrave (no relation to Sir Steve). They only got together at the start of the year but were unbeaten at a string of major events in the first half of 2024. Sunday’s rowing begins at 08:00, with the women’s four heats from 11:30.
At the women’s rugby sevens, Team GB face Ireland in the opening group game at 14:30. GB have finished fourth at the past two Olympics, whereas this is the Irish women’s Olympic debut. Ireland go on to play South Africa at 18:00, while GB play Australia at 18:30.
Kimberley Woods will line up for GB in canoe slalom's K1 event (starts 14:30, final at 16:45). Woods had a "heartbreaking" Tokyo Games, finishing 10th, but believes she has grown mentally and physically in the years since. She is a contender in both this event and the kayak cross, which is making its Olympic debut later in the Games.
Eventing heads into its second day, the cross-country, from 09:30. This involves a gallop of nine to 10 minutes through the park at Versailles, twice crossing the centuries-old Grand Canal in what might be one of the Paris Olympics' signature views.
In women’s hockey, Team GB begin their campaign against Spain at 12:15. GB beat Spain in a quarter-final shootout in Tokyo before going on to win bronze. Later on Sunday, at 19:15, the GB men play their second group game against South Africa.
World watch
In gymnastics, it is the women's turn to head through qualifying. Britain are again in the first subdivision at 08:30. The United States and China are in subdivision two from 10:40. Team GB's women took team bronze in Tokyo three years ago. The US, who are the defending world champions, are led once again by Simone Biles – now competing in her third Olympic Games aged 27, with a coincidental total of 27 world and Olympic titles already won.
Men's water polo begins on Sunday and is part one of the day’s Franco-Hungarian action. Water polo is often described as the national sport of Hungary, who won 2023's world title and have nine Olympic gold medals in this event, although none since 2008. What better way to start than against the hosts? France have a tradition of winning the Olympic men's water polo title whenever it's held in Paris – which unfortunately for them has only happened once, a century ago. France play Hungary at 18:30.
Olympics schedule & day-by-day guide to key events & British medal hopes at Paris 2024
Your day-by-day guide to what is happening when - and who to watch out for - at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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