Artistic Swimming

The Artistic Swimming Team competition wraps up with the Team Acrobatic Routine taking place on Thursday at 3:30am AEST.

The team will debut a new acrobatic routine, with Aussies known on the international artistic circuit for bringing energy and fun in their routines; their enjoyment noted by all those who watch as being impactful on overall performance.

Athletics 

Paris Olympic bronze medallist Jemima Montag returns to Trocadero in the hunt for a medal in the inaugural Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay. Jemima teams up with Rhydian Cowley, while Rebecca Henderson and Declan Tingay come together for a chance at a maiden Olympic medal. The Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay features 25 teams, each comprising of one man and one woman, who will complete the marathon distance (42.195km) in four legs of approximately equal distance. The race starts at 3:30pm AEST on Wednesday.

At Stade de France, team stalwart Kelsey-Lee Barber steps onto the javelin runway, alongside World Championship bronze medallist Mackenzie Little and Australian record holder Kathryn Mitchell in the first round of the Women’s Javelin while Brandon Starc and Joel Baden come together with debutant Yual Reath for the qualifying round of the Men’s High Jump.

Middle distance action continues with Tokyo hero Peter Bol, Australian record holder Joseph Deng and rising star Peyton Craig on the track for the Men’s 800m heats, 

Stewart McSweyn and Morgan McDonald are out in the the Men’s 5000m.

Linden Hall returns for the repechage round of the Women’s 1500m, after finishing eighth across the line in Heat 2 yesterday.

In the later session, starting at 3am AEST, two of the country’s track and field heavyweights eye gold. Reigning world champion Nina Kennedy looking to continue her global domination in the Women’s Pole Vault, while Matt Denny takes on the giants of discus, with the goal of his first Olympic medal – an feat he missed by just 5-centimetres back in Tokyo. 

Connor Murphy makes his Olympic debut in the Men’s Triple Jump, following the footsteps of his Dad and coach, Andrew Murphy who was the last triple jumper to compete at this level in 2008.

Basketball

The Opals passed their first do-or-die test at the Paris Olympics when they took down the previously undefeated French team 79-72 to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Now they move down from Lille to the bright lights of Paris, to play Serbia for a spot in the semi-finals.

Serbia, ranked 10th in the world, won two of their three group matches against China and Puerto Rico. The game is the first on women’s quarter-finals day, beginning at 7pm AEST, with the winner to play either Nigeria or the USA in the semi-final.

Canoe Sprint

The men’s and women’s Kayak Single 500m heats feature on day two of the Canoe Sprint in Paris.

Triple Olympian and mum Alyce Wood, who is retiring after her Olympic event, gets Australia started from 5:30pm AEST. If she finishes top two in the heat she'll go straight to the semi-finals on Saturday.

Tom Green lines up in the men's Kayak Single 500m heats, after competing in the men’s Kayak Double 500m heats yesterday, from 6:40pm AEST. If he finishes top two in his five-man heat he'll advance straight to the semi-finals on Saturday.

Cycling 

Australia’s Men’s Team Pursuit is going for gold in their final against Great Britain.

Sam Welsford, Kelland O’Brien, Conor Leahy and Oliver Bleddyn broke the world record in Paris on Day 11 with 3:40.730 to set up a mouth-watering final against their traditional track cycling rivals. The race is at 2.33am AEST on 8 August.

Australia’s Women’s Team Pursuit is also in action with Maeve Plouffe, Chloe Moran, Georgia Baker and Sophie Edwards, who set a national record in qualifying, to race France in their next heat at 9.52pm AEST.

In other events on day three of the track competition, Aussie sprinter Kristina Clonan gets her first chance to hit the boards in the Women’s Keirin. The first round is from 9.26pm AEST.

The men’s individual sprinters Leigh Hoffman and Matthew Richardson are also back on the boards with qualifying from 8.45pm AEST. 

Diving

Kurtis Mathews returns to the pool at 6pm AEST for the Men’s 3m Springboard semi-final, following an eighth-place finish in the preliminary round, where he will aim to secure a spot in the final.

Meanwhile Maddi Keeney is back for the Women’s 3m Springboard, where she will compete alongside teammate and Olympic debutant Alysha Koloi at 11pm AEST.

Maddi placed fifth in the Women’s 3m Synchronised Springboard with partner Anabelle Smith earlier in the Games, while Alysha, the reigning world champion in the Women’s 1m Springboard, will be looking to translate her form to the 3m Springboard event in Paris.

Golf 

West Australian Minjee Lee becomes the first golfer to represent Australia at three Olympic Games when the Women’s Golf competition begins at Le Golf National.

Minjee and Hannah Green are both strong chances to win Australia’s first golf medal, currently ranked 13 and six respectively in the women’s world rankings.

Minjee was just 20 when she finished in a tie for seventh at the Rio Games in 2016, while Hannah was tied for fifth at Tokyo 2020, coming into Paris buoyant on the back of two LPGA Tour wins this season.

Hannah tees off at 5:44pm AEST alongside Great Britain’s Charley Hull and American Rose Zhang while Minjee is paired with Yuka Saso of Japan and Thailand’s Atthaya Thitikul at 7:44pm AEST.

Sailing

Day 12 will feature Matt Wearn fighting for gold in his Men’s Dinghy Medal Race as he tried to make it back-to-back golds in his event, with his race from 9:10pm AEST.

Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas will feature in the Mixed Dinghy Medal Race, with Tokyo 2020 Olympian Nia to improve on her performance after finishing 16th at the previous Olympics in the Two-person Dinghy and has secured a top 10 finish and has the opportunity of moving up to 5th position. 

Australia’s Breiana Whitehead is looking to push hard on her final qualifying day in the Kite Surfing to put her in a strong position ahead of her Medal Series scheduled for August 8th. 

Racing is planned from 8pm AEST.

Skateboarding 

Aussie skateboarders Keegan Palmer, Keefer Wilson and Kieren Woolley will start their Olympic campaign in the Men’s Park competition at Le Concorde.

Keegan will be the hot favorite going into competition having won the gold medal in the event in Tokyo 2020.

Skaters attempt three 45-second runs with each skater’s best score from the three runs used to define who advances to the final. In the final, skaters again complete three runs, with each skater’s best run determining the medallists. Skaters will usually tweak their runs as they go along to get higher scores. 

Competition commences from 8:30pm AEST. 

Sport Climbing

Campbell Harrison continues his Paris campaign when the men return to the wall for lead climbing semi-finals at the Le Bourget Climbing Venue. 

After a difficult first day of competition, Campbell will need a strong performance to progress as the top eight ranked athletes will qualify for the final. 

The action starts at 6pm AEST.

Taekwondo 

Taekwondo action begins at the Grand Palais with Victorian Bailey Lewis making his Olympic debut in the -58kg division.

The 26-year-old secured a place at the Paris Games at an Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament in the Solomon Islands earlier this year, and is a multiple Australian and Oceania Champion and a two-time Paris Grand Prix medallist.

He takes on Nouridine Issaka Garba from Niger in the round of 16 at 6.35pm AEST.

Water Polo

The Aussie Sharks are in the Olympic quarter-finals for the first time since the London 2012 Olympic Games, taking on the USA at La Defense Arena.

So far at the Paris Olympic Games, the Australians have downed heavyweights of the water polo world - Serbia, France and Hungary.

After a tough one-goal loss to Japan in their final group stage match, the Aussie Sharks will be looking to bounce back in their quarterfinal against the USA.

The USA are a familiar side for the Aussies, having last played them at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.

The game is on Thursday at 3am AEST.