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Gold medal events:
Archery (men's individual), artistic gymnastics (men's rings, women's uneven bars, men's vault), athletics (women's high jump, men's hammer throw, men's 100m), badminton (men's doubles), equestrian (dressage grand prix freestyle individual), fencing (men's foil team), golf (men's round 4), road cycling (women's road race), shooting (women's skeet), swimming (women's 50m free, men's 1500m free, men's 4x100m medley relay, women's 4x100m medley relay), table tennis (men's singles), tennis (women's doubles and men's singles).
Highlights
Sunday at 20:55 is go time for the men’s 100m final. Will Zharnel Hughes be on the start line for GB after a world bronze last year? Will Noah Lyles become the first American to win this event since 2004? Can Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo upgrade on last year’s world silver?
Roland Garros hosts the Olympic men’s singles final, where Serbia's Novak Djokovic bids for that elusive Olympic medal to round off his collection but he faces a tough task against Carlos Alcaraz.
The final round of the men’s golf competition begins at 08:00. American Xander Schauffele is in Paris to defend his title, and says an Olympic gold medal is proving increasingly valuable in a sport that, until Rio 2016, was all about its four majors. Spain’s Jon Rahm is one of the highest-profile LIV Golf players at the Games, and he and Schauffele are tied for the lead heading into the final round.
Lizzie Deignan is the first female British cyclist to be selected for four Olympic Games. Deignan – the London 2012 silver medallist and 2015 world champion – is joined by national champion Pfeiffer Georgi and Anna Henderson for Sunday’s women’s road race, which starts at 13:00. A strong Dutch team for this race features Ellen van Dijk, Demi Vollering, Lorena Wiebes and Marianne Vos, who won gold in London 12 years ago.
Brit watch
In gymnastics, Jake Jarman won world vault gold last year and backed it up with a European title in April. The 22-year-old has the chance to turn that form into an Olympic title at 15:24. It would be Jarman's second medal after Saturday's bronze in the men's floor. Becky Downie could be a contender in the uneven bars from 14:40.
Amber Rutter welcomed her first child to the world in April. Now she is shooting for skeet gold at Paris 2024 (qualification from 08:30, final from 14:30). Rutter missed Tokyo 2020 through a positive Covid test just before she travelled, which she says was devastating at the time but ultimately helped reshape her life goals to include both personal priorities and Olympic aims.
In track and field action, world silver medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith is in the opening round of the men’s 400m from 18:05.
Men’s hockey reaches the quarter-final stage, where GB face India at 09:00.
World watch
The first round of the men’s 110m hurdles begins at 10:50. Grant Holloway was the Tokyo favourite until he “lost composure” in his words and allowed Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment to thunder past. Holloway has since won both available world titles and is on the US team for Paris. In the women’s 400m hurdles first round (11:35) watch for another American, defending champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, testing herself against Dutch world champion Femke Bol.
The last night of swimming at Paris 2024 (from 17:30) features four finals: the women’s 50m free, men’s 1,500m free, men’s 4x100m medley and women’s 4x100m medley. Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom is a big contender in the women’s 50m free, while the women’s 4x100m medley could turn into a classic US-Australia battle. GB won men’s medley silver in Tokyo.
Expert knowledge
We are well into the quarter-finals and semi-finals of boxing’s various weights. In the women’s middleweight division (75kg), where quarter-finals take place on Sunday, UK-based Cindy Ngamba is fighting for the Olympic Refugee Team. Ngamba is unable to return to Cameroon, where she was born, because of her sexuality - homosexuality in the country is punishable with up to five years in prison. She is the first boxer ever selected for an Olympic refugee team, and faces France's Davina Michel at 15:02.
Fencing at Paris 2024 concludes with men’s team foil (19:30), a perfect finale for the hosts, who are the defending champions. To score a point, you need to strike your opponent on their torso, shoulder or neck with the tip of your weapon. You also need to have “right of way” which, if you are new to fencing, is a concept best left to the referee, who decides which fencer has attacking priority at any given time. In the team event, everyone cycles through a series of mini head-to-head match-ups until one team scores 45. Alternatively, the highest-scoring team wins if the ninth and final bout ends without either team reaching 45.
Archery (men's individual), artistic gymnastics (men's rings, women's uneven bars, men's vault), athletics (women's high jump, men's hammer throw, men's 100m), badminton (men's doubles), equestrian (dressage grand prix freestyle individual), fencing (men's foil team), golf (men's round 4), road cycling (women's road race), shooting (women's skeet), swimming (women's 50m free, men's 1500m free, men's 4x100m medley relay, women's 4x100m medley relay), table tennis (men's singles), tennis (women's doubles and men's singles).
Highlights
Sunday at 20:55 is go time for the men’s 100m final. Will Zharnel Hughes be on the start line for GB after a world bronze last year? Will Noah Lyles become the first American to win this event since 2004? Can Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo upgrade on last year’s world silver?
Roland Garros hosts the Olympic men’s singles final, where Serbia's Novak Djokovic bids for that elusive Olympic medal to round off his collection but he faces a tough task against Carlos Alcaraz.
The final round of the men’s golf competition begins at 08:00. American Xander Schauffele is in Paris to defend his title, and says an Olympic gold medal is proving increasingly valuable in a sport that, until Rio 2016, was all about its four majors. Spain’s Jon Rahm is one of the highest-profile LIV Golf players at the Games, and he and Schauffele are tied for the lead heading into the final round.
Lizzie Deignan is the first female British cyclist to be selected for four Olympic Games. Deignan – the London 2012 silver medallist and 2015 world champion – is joined by national champion Pfeiffer Georgi and Anna Henderson for Sunday’s women’s road race, which starts at 13:00. A strong Dutch team for this race features Ellen van Dijk, Demi Vollering, Lorena Wiebes and Marianne Vos, who won gold in London 12 years ago.
Brit watch
In gymnastics, Jake Jarman won world vault gold last year and backed it up with a European title in April. The 22-year-old has the chance to turn that form into an Olympic title at 15:24. It would be Jarman's second medal after Saturday's bronze in the men's floor. Becky Downie could be a contender in the uneven bars from 14:40.
Amber Rutter welcomed her first child to the world in April. Now she is shooting for skeet gold at Paris 2024 (qualification from 08:30, final from 14:30). Rutter missed Tokyo 2020 through a positive Covid test just before she travelled, which she says was devastating at the time but ultimately helped reshape her life goals to include both personal priorities and Olympic aims.
In track and field action, world silver medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith is in the opening round of the men’s 400m from 18:05.
Men’s hockey reaches the quarter-final stage, where GB face India at 09:00.
World watch
The first round of the men’s 110m hurdles begins at 10:50. Grant Holloway was the Tokyo favourite until he “lost composure” in his words and allowed Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment to thunder past. Holloway has since won both available world titles and is on the US team for Paris. In the women’s 400m hurdles first round (11:35) watch for another American, defending champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, testing herself against Dutch world champion Femke Bol.
The last night of swimming at Paris 2024 (from 17:30) features four finals: the women’s 50m free, men’s 1,500m free, men’s 4x100m medley and women’s 4x100m medley. Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom is a big contender in the women’s 50m free, while the women’s 4x100m medley could turn into a classic US-Australia battle. GB won men’s medley silver in Tokyo.
Expert knowledge
We are well into the quarter-finals and semi-finals of boxing’s various weights. In the women’s middleweight division (75kg), where quarter-finals take place on Sunday, UK-based Cindy Ngamba is fighting for the Olympic Refugee Team. Ngamba is unable to return to Cameroon, where she was born, because of her sexuality - homosexuality in the country is punishable with up to five years in prison. She is the first boxer ever selected for an Olympic refugee team, and faces France's Davina Michel at 15:02.
Fencing at Paris 2024 concludes with men’s team foil (19:30), a perfect finale for the hosts, who are the defending champions. To score a point, you need to strike your opponent on their torso, shoulder or neck with the tip of your weapon. You also need to have “right of way” which, if you are new to fencing, is a concept best left to the referee, who decides which fencer has attacking priority at any given time. In the team event, everyone cycles through a series of mini head-to-head match-ups until one team scores 45. Alternatively, the highest-scoring team wins if the ninth and final bout ends without either team reaching 45.
