Archery

Fresh from her record breaking score in the individual ranking round, archer Laura Paeglis will return to the range at Esplanade des Invalides in the Women’s Individual competition.

Last week the 22-year-old set the highest score by an Australian woman in Olympic Archery since the current 72 arrow ranking round format began at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, finishing in 44th place.

The 22-year-old faces Caroline Lopez from France in the 1/32 knockout round at 11.56pm AEST. 

Artistic Gymnastics

Women’s Artistic Gymnast Ruby Pass will compete in the Individual All-Around Final, after qualifying in 14th place.

The youngest Australian woman to compete in the All-Around Final since Sydney 2000 and the first to qualify since London 2012, Ruby will be aiming to showcase her polished form and strong technique.

Ruby will take to the floor for the All-Around Final at 2:15am AEST.

Athletics

The picturesque Paris will set the scene for a historic race walk as Australian record holder Jemima Montag leads a contingent of eight race walkers at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Australia’s highest ranked athlete on the road, Jemima, has established herself as a leader in the nation’s race-walking resurgence.

Following in the footsteps of a golden era of Australian race walking, the crop of walkers in Paris includes Rhydian Cowley, Declan Tingay and Rebecca Henderson eyeing both individual and team success at Pont d’Iena – a bridge spanning the River Seine.

While Jemima looks to become Australia’s second Olympic medallist in the women’s 20km event after Jane Saville secured bronze at Athens 2004.

The men’s race walk from 3:30pm AEST and the women’s from 5:20pm AEST.

3x3 Basketball

Australia’s Gangurrus have a busy schedule in their pool matches with two games set for Thursday 1 August at La Concorde 1.

It may be their toughest day of opponents they’ll experience in the tournament.

They’ll start with Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallists China at 5pm AEST and will follow that up with a match against the defending Olympic champion USA side at 9pm AEST.

Basketball 

The Australian Opals will play their second Pool B match of their Paris 2024 campaign, taking on Canada at Pierre Mauroy Stadium. 

The Opals had a shaky start in the Games with a tough loss to Nigeria and are aiming to regroup and put on a display of ‘true Opals basketball’. 

The match will kick off at 9:30pm AEST on Thursday 1 July.

Beach Volleyball

Thomas Hodges and Zachery Schubert will be back on centre court at the Eiffel Tower Stadium for their second pool match of their Paris 2024 campaign. The pair will be looking for their first win when they face world number three pair from Germany Zachery Schubert  and Clemens Wickler. Thomas and Zachery will be in action from 5pm AEST on Thursday 1 August.

Australia’s second men’s pair of Mark Nicolaidis and Izac Carracher will have their third match of their Pool A stage, facing Qatar. Cherif Younousse (QAR) and Ahmed Tijan (QAR) are so far unbeaten in their two previous games, while the Aussies are looking to get their first victory in the challenging group. The match is scheduled to start on Thursday 1 July at 6pm AEST.     

Aussie women’s beach volleyballers Mariafe Antacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy are looking to get back on the winners list when they take on Canadians Heather Bansley and Sophie Bukovek. They currently sit one win, one loss in Pool B and will aiming to lock in their place in the next round of competition. Mariafe and Taliqua will be on court from 11:55pm Thursday 1 August.

Boxing

A pair of Australians will make their Olympic debut in Boxing on Thursday, looking to punch their ticket to the Quarter Finals at the North Paris Arena. 

The smallest member of the 12 strong boxing team, Monique Suraci, will face Colombian Ingrit Lorena Valencia Victoria in her opening bout of the women’s 50kg competition. 

Australia’s first Indigenous woman to box for Australia at an Olympic Games, Marissa Williamson, will meet Anna Luca Hamori in her women’s 66kg Round of 16 fight. Aussie boxing action gets underway at 7:30pm AEST.

Canoe Slalom 

Penrith-based canoeist Tim Anderson will be hoping to ride the wake of his teammate Jess Fox to a podium finish in the final of the Men’s Kayak Single semi final.

He improved from 11th in to fifth in his qualifying so will be the 16th competitor down the course behind top qualifier Titovan Castryck.

The semis begin at 11pm AEST.

Cycling BMX 

Australia will have three riders in action when BMX Racing begins at the Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium.

Izaac Kennedy is our sole representative in the men’s field, having recovered from a broken wrist in May to make it to the start line.

Saya Sakakibara and Lauren Reynolds have been drawn together in the same heat in the women’s event. Lauren is competing in her fourth Games while Saya is at her second after debuting in Tokyo.

Men’s quarter-finals will be from 4am AEST and women’s quarter-finals from 4.20am AEST on 2 August.

Riders will have three quarter-final runs and the top 12 progress to the semi-finals the next day.

Equestrian 

Australia’s team of three riders, Edwina Tops-Alexander, Hilary Scott and Thaisa Erwin, will take part in the Equestrian team jumping event. 

In a field of 20 teams, each rider attempts a course of 12 to 15 obstacles that are laid out in the enclosed arena. Various factors are tested in the jumping discipline, including speed, discipline and power. 

The objective is to jump the entire course within the time allowed without penalties. The top 10 teams will then progress to the final. 

The jumping team qualifying event commences at 7pm AEST Thursday 1 August.

Golf

Aussie golfers Jason Day and Min Woo Lee will both feature when the Men’s Competition tees off at Le Golf National.

Min Woo will be the first of the Australians in action in Paris when he begins Round One  at 5:33pm AEST with Jason to follow just two groups later at 5:55pm.

Ranked number 36 in the world, Min Woo has been drawn to play with world number.38 Corey Conners from Canada and South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout, the world number 46.

Australia’s highest-ranked male player at number 29, Jason has been paired with world number 20 Tom Kim (Korea) and world number 26 Sepp Straka of Austria.

The Men’s Golf Competition is played over 72 holes of strokeplay and American Xander Schauffele is the defending champion. 

Play begins at 5pm AEST.

Hockey 

Trans-Tasman rivalry will be in full force when the Kookaburras take on the Black Sticks in their fourth pool match of the Olympic hockey tournament. 

While the Hockeyroos face a fiery Argentina in their toughest match of the Games, with both teams undefeated so far in the preliminary matches.

For the Kookaburras, a win against New Zealand will avenge the pain of their loss against defending Olympic champion Belgium. They are 2-1 for the tournament after claiming the scalps of Argentina and Ireland earlier in the week.

The Kookaburras play NZL 6.30pm AEST. The Hockeyroos play Argentina at 4.15am AEST.

Rowing

Australia’s Men’s Four aim to produce a “signature” performance in their bid for an Olympic gold medal when they race in the A Final of the boat class.

The crew of Fergus Hamilton, Alex Hill, Tim Masters and Jack Robertson also hope to leave their own identity in Australia’s rich history in the boat at the Olympic Games when they race the last event of Day Six at the Stade Nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, east of Paris.

Also racing is Australia’s Tara Rigney in the Women’s Single Sculls Semi-Final.

Day Six is a day of destiny for the Rowsellas Men’s and Women’s Coxed Eights. Both crews will race repechages in need of a top four finish to make their A Finals on Saturday. 

The women’s eight of Hayley Verbunt (cox), Paige Barr, Sarah Hawe, Giorgia Patten, Jacqueline Swick, Georgina Rowe, Bronwyn Cox, Lucy Stephan, Katrina Werry have drawn lane three in their repechage, racing against Italy, the US, Canada and Denmark.

The men’s eight of Kendall Brodie (cox), Jack O’Brien, Angus Dawson, Alexander Purnell, Jack Hargreaves, Angus Widdicombe, Spencer Turrin, Josh Hicks and Ben Canham will race against Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Romania from lane two.

In B Finals, Amanda Bateman and Harriet Hudson in the Women’s Double Sculls, and the Women’s Four of Olympia Aldersey, Lily Alton, Molly Goodman and Jean Mitchell where a win is a realistic goal for both Australian crews.

Sailing

Day Six will see more events hit the water, including the Men and Women’s One Person Dinghy. Reigning gold medallist Matt Wearn will begin his quest to be the first back-to-back gold medallist in this event. 

The first Olympic medals will be awarded in sailing for the Men’s and Women’s Skiff, with Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine qualifying for the final, however, mathematically unable to medal. 

The Windsurfing positions for the Medal Series will also be determined following five scheduled races for their final on Friday. 

Racing is scheduled from 8 pm AEST with light winds expected in the bay.

Surfing 

Subject to the weather conditions, and the restart of competition, the Olympic Men’s Surfing will be an all-Australian quarter final with Jack Robinson and Ethan Ewing to meet in the round of eight.

Both surfers battled tough-fought heats at the Games venue of Teahupo’o on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia before competition was postponed due to the tumultuous conditions. Organisers are hoping to start the event again but are battling mother nature.

With the waves building throughout the session, Jack, from Western Australia, made a slow start, with his first waves scoring under one point. He rallied as the swell built to notch a heat high of 7.17 on his third wave.

He finished with a total of 13.94 to beat John John Florence (USA) on 9.07.

The all-Aussie quarter begins at 4.48am AEST.

Swimming 

Action on day six will see 100m Backstroke champion Kaylee McKeown back in the pool for the 200m heats and semis, with fellow Aussie Jaclyn Barclay also suiting up for the Dolphins.

Cameron McEvoy gets his first taste of competition in the heats and semis of the 50m Freestyle, while William Petric and Tommy Neill will be pushing to progress in the heats of the 200m IM.

There will be heats and finals of the women’s 4x200m Freestyle relay, with golden girls Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan both in play. 

Lizzie Dekkers and Abbey Connor will be hoping to race for medals in the final of the 200m Butterfly, as will Jenna Strauch and Ella Ramsay in the 200m Breaststroke.

Finals action starts from 4:40am AEST.

Water Polo 

Fresh from their victory over defending Olympic champion Serbia, the Sharks hope to continue their winning-run over the host nation France.

The Australian are 1-1 in their preliminary matches having lost to Spain 9-5 in their opening match to Spain.

France will be a tough opponent having beaten Japan 13-14 but fell victim to Hungary 13-12. 

With the home crowd support, they will be a tough opponent for the Australians at the Aquatic Centre starting at 11pm AEST.