Athletics

The atmosphere at Stade de France has been electric, and the Australian athletes will use it to their advantage on the second full day of athletics competition.

Daniel Golubovic continues to fly the flag in the Decathlon, after injury forced Ash Moloney to withdraw after three events in the competition. Following a mixed opening day, Daniel will be looking to improve with the 110m hurdles (6pm AEST) to start, followed by Discus, Pole Vault and Javelin, culminating in the 1500m to decide the final placings (5:45am AEST).

World championship bronze medallist Kurtis Marschall jumps in the Pole Vault Qualification at 6:10pm AEST. At his third Olympic Games, Kurtis is looking for the automatic qualification mark of 5.80m, or top-12 in qualifying.

The Men’s 100m heats see Rohan Browning return to the Olympic arena and Josh Azzopardi making his Olympic debut. Round one commences at 7:55pm AEST.

Browning’s lifetime best of 10.01 seconds was achieved in the heat in Tokyo. That was the fastest ever Australian at the Olympics and he is the second fastest Australian of all time behind Patrick Johnson.

In the Men’s 1500m Oliver Hoare, Stewart McSweyn and Adam Spencer have one last shot at progressing to the semi-finals when they race in the repechage.

There are two repechage heats and the top-three in each will progress. Stewart is drawn in heat one at 3:15am AEST with Ollie and Adam in heat two.

Bree Masters contests the biggest race of her career in Women’s 100m Semi-Final from 3:50am AEST. The fastest woman at the Games will be decided shortly after at 5.20am AEST, Bree hoping to be amongst that field.

3x3 Basketball

The Gangurrus play their seventh and final group match of the tournament against host nation France, with a chance to automatically qualify for the semi-finals.

A win could get the Australians into the top two of the group, meaning they avoid the 'play-in' games that teams placed 3-6 in their group have to win to make the semi-finals.

If they lose, they can still play for a semi-finals spot through the play-in games.

Beach Volleyball

Zachery Schubert and Thomas Hodges are on centre court at the Eiffel Tower Stadium for the final pool match of the competition.

It’s a must-win game for the pair, taking on Frenchmen Remi Bassereau and Julien Lyneel, as they aim for their first win of the tournament to progress into the knockout stage.

Thomas and Zachery’s match is set to kick off from 6pm AEST.

Boxing

Perth boxer Charlie Senior continues his quest for an Olympic medal as he takes on Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in the men’s 57kg quarter-final.

Victory for Charlie guarantees him a medal and a chance to fight in the semi-final.

His bout begins at 11.46pm AEST.

Canoe Slalom

Another exciting day at the Canoe Kayak with round one of the Kayak Cross - the event making its debut at the Paris Games.

Four Australians will be in action putting down their time trial run on the tumultuous waters of the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium course.

The Australians go into their round one ranked: Jess Fox (2nd), Noemi (8th) in the women’s and Tim Anderson (20) and Tristian Carter (22) in the men’s event.

Jess goes out first for the Australians at 11.35pm AEST.

Cycling Men’s Road Race

Australia’s Men’s Road Race team is confident it can position Michael Matthews for a shot at the podium in Paris on Day 8.

The one-day specialist is making his Olympic debut at the age of 33 and the 273km course - which starts at the Eiffel Tower and finishes at Trocadero - suits his strengths, particularly if it culminates with a sprint finish.

He will be joined by Simon Clarke and Ben O’Connor, who was called in to replace Lucas Plapp who crashed out of competition in the time trial.

The Men’s Road Race includes 2800m of climbing and starts at 7pm AEST.

Equestrian

Equestrian team members Jayden Brown, William Matthews and Simone Pearce will take centre stage in Versailles tomorrow for the Dressage Team Final.

Only 10 nations qualified for the team final, with all-Australian combinations posting strong scores in the Grand Prix earlier this week to secure their place.

Australia is the only country outside Europe that has historically dominated equestrian sport to secure a place in the team final.

The competition starts at 6pm AEST and is the final competition for the Australian Dressage riders.

Golf

Jason Day will be centre stage at Le Golf National on Saturday after being drawn to play alongside Northern Ireland superstar Rory McIlroy in round three of the Men’s Golf competition.

A round of three-under 68 and five-under total has Jason six strokes off the lead and in a tie for 13th at the halfway mark, paired with European talisman McIlroy and Canadian Corey Conners in round three from 7:44pm AEST.

Min Woo Lee breathed life into his Olympic debut in round two, climbing 24 spots on the leaderboard with a superb round of six-under 65, an 11-shot improvement on Day One.

Min Woo starts the third round in a tie for 35th at one-under and drawn to play with Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo and Swede Alex Noren from 6:22pm AEST.

There is a three-way tie at the top through 36 holes with Tokyo 2020 champion Xander Schauffele, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and popular Brit Tommy Fleetwood locked together at 11-under par.

Play begins at 5pm AEST on Saturday.

Hockey

The Hockeyroos go into their final pool match against Spain motivated to remain at the top of the Pool B standings to secure a favourable Olympic quarter-final berth.

Australia remains unbeaten in the women’s competition in Paris, their worst result coming against Tokyo silver medallists Argentina on Thursday when they pulled off a spectacular comeback to draw three-all and save their position on the standings.

Spain presents a large unknown for the Hockeyroos as both sides haven’t faced each other for over a year.

The Hockeyroos play Spain at 8.15pm AEST at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium.

Rowing

Tara Rigney will look to follow in the footsteps of her rowing idol Kim Brennan when she races for gold on the final day of the Olympic regatta at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium outside of Paris.

Tara finds herself rowing for gold after a confident series of preliminaries that have her poised to add an Olympic medal to the dual-world championship bronze medals already in her collection.

The Rowsellas also have both Eights crews racing for medals after they qualified for A Finals via the repechage. Both crews turned in improved performances in their second row and will look to continue that momentum with medals on the line.

Tara will be in action from 5.30pm AEST. The Eights are on the water at 6.50pm AEST.

Sailing

The notorious Mistral wind is forecast to sweep across the bay on Day 8 of the Olympic sailing course in Marseille, promising challenging conditions for competitors. After a day of waiting in no wind, the Windsurfing medals are set to be awarded tomorrow, with Grae Morris ready for top speeds and top performance.

The Mixed Multihull event will also begin, with Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown making their Olympic debut.

Matt Wearn continues his quest to defend his gold medal in the Men’s Dinghy, currently sitting in first.

Racing starts at 8pm AEST, with Grae Morris expected to compete for gold around 9:45pm AEST.

Shooting

Heading into Day eight, Olympic debutant Joshua Bell continues Men’s Skeet Qualification, with the top six progressing through to the final.

The youngest member of the Australian Shooting Team, Aislin Jones, starts her Paris campaign on day one of Women’s Skeet Qualification.

Surfing

Australia’s Jack Robinson hits the Teahupo'o, Tahiti surf at 3:30pm AEST in the semi-final against Brazilian Gabriel Medina. Jack, who defeated compatriot Ethan Ewing to make the semis will compete in heat 2.

Regardless of the result, the West Australian will surf again - either in the bronze or gold medal match.

Swimming

The Dolphins are once again strongly represented in the pool on the penultimate day of the Olympic swimming competition.

Shayna Jack and Meg Harris feature in the heats of the 50m Freestyle, with the semi-finals later in the evening, and Sam Short will look to hit back when he takes the water in the 1500m Freestyle.

Australia is looking to qualify teams for the men’s and women’s 4x100m Medley Relay final, which represents the traditional end to the Olympic meet.

There could be Australians in every gold medal event, with Matt Temple (100m Butterfly), Kaylee McKeown (200m IM), Ariarne Titmus, Lani Pallister (800m Freestyle) and the Mixed Medley relay all podium contenders.

Finals start 4:30am AEST.

Tennis

Matt Ebden and John Peers are bidding to win the men’s doubles gold medal for the first time since the ‘Woodies’ - Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde - won at Atlanta 1996.

They face American No.4 seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram on Court Philippe-Chatrier at 8pm AEST.

Krajicek and Ram defeated Brazilians Thiago Monteiro and Thiago Seyboth Wild in the first round, before overcoming Spanish pair Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz and Czech’s Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek in the semi-finals.

Water Polo

After two massive wins in the group stage of the men’s water polo competition, the Aussie Sharks are hungry to continue their winning run when they meet European powerhouse Hungary in their penultimate group stage game.

Australia is riding high after upsetting two-time defending Olympic champions Serbia in game two, before going on to defeat the home side France in front of a passionate home crowd in game three.

A win against Hungary would place the Aussies favourably to progress through to the quarter-finals, which will be played at Paris La Defense Arena.

Watch the Aussie Sharks on Saturday at 11pm AEST.

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