Athletics

The first day of competition at Stade de France includes 17 Australians in action across the morning and evening sessions.

Daniel Golubovic and Ash Moloney start their Decathlon events with the 100m, Long Jump and Shot Put in the first session. Daniel is the first Aussie in action with heat 1 of the 100m at 6:05pm AEST and Ash will run in heat 3.

Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson contest High Jump Qualification. Nicola has a season best of 2.03m, which is the Australian record, and Eleanor has a season best of 1.95m.

Adam Spencer, Olli Hoare and Stewy McSweyn run in the 1500m heats from 710pm. First 6 in each heat (Q) advance to semi-final, all others advance to the newly-introduced Repechage Round (except DNS, DNF, DQ).

Ella Connolly and Bree Masters will race in the 100m heats from 7:50pm.

The evening session in Paris begins with Ash and Daniel in the Decathlon High Jump from 2am (Saturday 3 August). They conclude the session and their day one of competition with the 400m from 4:50am.

Rose Davies, Izzi Batt-Doyle and Lauren Ryan run the 5000m Round 1. Lauren in heat 1 (2:10am) and Rose and Izzi in heat 2. First 8 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.

Taryn Gollshewsky throws in Group B of Discus qualification from 4:20am. Taryn’s season best is 60.96m and the automatic qualifying distance for the final is 64.00m or top-12 from qualification.

There are six heats of the Women’s 800m with Catriona Bassett (heat 4), Abbey Caldwell (heat 5) and Claudia Hollingsworth (heat 6) needing to place in the first 3 to advance to the semi-final (Q), all others advance to Repechage Round.

The first medal decided in the stadium is the Men’s 10,000m but Australia is not represented.

Boxing

Two Australian boxers will take to the ring at North Paris Arena with rising star Teremoana Teremoana meeting Bakhodir Jalolov of Uzbekistan in his 92+kg quarter final bout.

A win for the Australian will secure him a medal on debut and a chance to fight in the semi-final.

Tina Rahimi kicks off her Paris campaign in the Round of 16 facing Poland’s Julia Szeremeta in the Women’s 57kg tournament. Boxing action begins at 1:50am AEST.

Basketball

The Boomers sit second in their group with just one game to play, and must beat Greece if they are to solidify second spot and qualify for the quarter-finals.

The challenge is slowing down what Boomers coach Brian Goorjian describes as “the best athlete in the world” in Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Greece is winless from two starts at Paris 2024. If the Boomers lose, other results must go Australia’s way if the Boomers are to qualify for the quarter-finals. The game tips off at 9:30pm AEST.

3x3 Basketball

The Gangurrus will play their fifth and sixth group matches at Paris 2024 against Azerbaijan (5:30pm AEST) and Spain (8:30pm AEST).

After these games there will be a clearer picture of which teams will qualify direct to the semi-finals and which teams will battle it out in the play-in (to the semi-finals).

Canoe slalom

Kayak Cross makes its Olympic debut at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. Sisters Jess and Noemie Fox will race down the rapids in the first stage of competition, the time trial. Tristan Carter and Timothy Anderson will follow the Fox sisters in the men’s competition and the results of the time trial will form the basis of the seeding for the head-to-head rounds.

Cycling BMX race

Australia has three riders in the BMX Racing semi-finals when action resumes in Paris at 4am AEST on 3 August. Saya Sakakibara was unstoppable in the quarter-finals, winning all three heats to move through as the top qualifier in the women’s field alongside Lauren Reynolds who was ninth overall. Izaac Kennedy was Australia’s sole representative in the men’s competition and qualified sixth overall.

The top eight riders from the semi-finals will move through to the one-lap final and race for gold.

Golf

Queensland’s Jason Day will be out to cut the margin between himself and the top of the leaderboard when Round 2 of the Men’s Golf competition tees off at Le Golf National.

Jason will begin his second round at 7:55pm AEST, six strokes off the lead held by Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama (8-under), who leads by one from defending Olympic champion Xander Schauffele (7-under) of the United States.

Jason made an untimely double-bogey on his final hole in the first round, carding a two-under 69.

Min Woo Lee will look to make inroads of his own after a disappointing five-over 76 on day one, the brilliant 26-year-old from Perth more than capable of a leaderboard assault over the coming three days.

Play begins at Le Golf National at 5pm AEST.

Hockey

Five-time Olympian Eddie Ockenden adds another accolade to his growing list of accomplishments at the Paris Olympics, set to notch his 450th game for the Kookaburras in their final pool match against India.

He’s not one for the spotlight though; the understated Tasmanian who joined Jessica Fox as the Australian Flag Bearer at the Opening Ceremony, will focus on the match against Asian powerhouse India is about the team, not himself, and building for the playoffs.

Australia is looking for its third win in the pool stage after defeating Argentina, Ireland and New Zealand.

They lost one pool game to defending Olympic champion Belgium; the side who defeated them in a penalty shoot out for the gold medal at the Tokyo Games.

The Kookaburras play India at 6.30pm AEST.

Rowing

The Australian Women’s Pairs crew of Annabelle McIntyre and Jess Morrison will fly out from the blocks without fear as they pursue Olympic gold in Paris.

Annabelle and Jess, dual world championship silver medallists in the pairs, will need to beat the highly fancied world champion Dutch crew of Ymkje Cleverin and Veronique Meester in a strong field.

The Rowsellas crew has drawn lane four for the final, with the Netherlands racing next to them in lane three. Also racing are crews from Lithuania, the US, Romania and Greece.

Sailing

Grae Morris is guaranteed a medal, it’s just a matter of which colour. Grae faces a three-way shootout in Men’s Windsurfing in Marseille, with the fast-paced race to take place from 10pm AEST. The first of the three sailors to cross the line seizing the gold.

Winds are expected to fill the bay from the northwest, making for tactically challenging conditions. Matt Wearn will continue his quest to defend gold, whilst Olympic debutant Zoe Thomson continues her racing in the Women’s Dinghy.

Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine will compete in the Women’s Skiff medal race, but are mathematically unable to achieve a medal position.

The Mixed Dinghy will debut as an event at the Olympic Games, with Tokyo Olympian Nia Jerwood returning to the arena with new crew Conor Nicholas.

All racing is to commence from 8pm AEST.

Shooting

On day 7 of competition at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre, Olympic debutant Joshua Bell will fire up for the first day of Men’s Skeet qualification.

Elena Galiabovitch will take aim on the 25m range with the pistol women’s event qualification.

Swimming

Australia has more golden chances on day seven at the pool as the swimming program nears its conclusion at Paris La Défense Arena.

Kaylee McKeown has the chance to complete the backstroke double in the final of the women’s 200m Backstroke, while Cam McEvoy will be out to convert his world title into Olympic gold in the final of the 50m Freestyle.

It will be Marchand Madness again as French superstar Leon Marchand swims for another gold medal, this time in the final of the 200m IM.

Preliminary action sees Matt Temple and Ben Armbruster in the heats of the 100m Butterfly, Kaylee in the heats of the 200m IM, Ariarne Titmus in the heats of the women’s 800m Freestyle and Australia in the heats of the Mixed Medley relay.

Finals action starts at 4:30am AEST Saturday 3 August (8:30pm Paris time Friday 2 August).

Tennis

Matt Ebden and John Peers are the last Australians standing at Roland Garros, now one win from an Olympic tennis medal.

Through to the men’s doubles semi-finals the duo will now square off against third seed, Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul (USA). The tennis action starts from 12:00pm AEST.

Trampoline Gymnastics

Brock Batty makes history as the youngest trampolinist to compete in an Olympic Games when he competes at Bercy Arena.

The 17-year-old has shown his potential at international competition, claiming two gold medals from the 2023 World Age Group Championships in Birmingham as an individual and part of a synchronised pair.

Trampoline Gymnastics is an intensive one-day affair in Paris, with qualifying taking place from 2am AEST on Saturday 3 August and finals from 3:50am AEST.

Water polo

The Aussie Stingers will be looking to continue their winning form, in their third pool game against Canada at 10pm AEST.

Australia won its opening two pool matches against China and the Netherlandsm, the game against the Netherlands going down to the wire and a penalty shoot out, where goal keeper Gen Longman made two massive saves to guide her side to victory.

The Aussie Stingers hosted Canada in January ahead of the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, where each side claimed a win.

A win against Canada would secure the Aussie Stingers a place in the quarter-finals.

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