Sports Mole discusses what to expect from Tuesday’s action at the 2024 Paris Olympics, including the women’s 200m final.
Day 10 of the Paris 2024 Olympics saw Great Britain put another five medals on the board, with Keely Hodgkinson ending the night on a high by securing gold in the women’s 800m final.
In equally dominant fashion, Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane claimed gold and broke the world record on three occasions as they pedalled to glory in the women’s team sprint final.
Earlier in the day, Joe Clarke won silver just five minutes after Kimberley Woods won bronze in an enthralling kayak cross event, while Team GB quartet Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Samuel Dickinson and Beth Potter all picked up a bronze medal in a dramatic triathlon mixed team relay after initially being announced as silver medallists following a photo finish.
Elsewhere, USA’s Simone Biles concluded her Olympics in Paris with a silver in the Gymnastics floor exercise final, but she was denied another medal after falling off the apparatus during the balance beam final.
Here, Sports Mole looks ahead to the must-see events in Paris on August 6, as Team GB look to add to their medal haul.
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After winning Olympic team jumping gold for Team GB, Ben Maher, Harry Charles and Scott Brash are among the top 30 riders who will battle it out for medals in the showjumping individual final, with the former seeking to retain the gold medal he won in Tokyo.
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Three years on from becoming Great Britain’s youngest-ever Olympic medallist by winning bronze in the inaugural Women’s Park contest, Sky Brown – now aged 16 – is eyeing up a gold medal in Tuesday’s final in Paris after being given the all-clear to compete just over a week after dislocating her shoulder.
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The women’s 10m platform final will see Team GB’s Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix – who recently earned a bronze medal in the 10m synchro – test her mettle against China’s 10m synchro champions Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi. The former finished top in qualifying with 421.25 points, while the latter was second with 382.15.
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The semi-finals of the women’s football tournament take place this evening with the USA – bronze medallist at Tokyo 2020 – locking horns with Germany, before Brazil do battle with Spain, the latter of whom are seeking to replicate the men’s team by reaching the final in Paris.
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The semi-finals of the men’s Hockey will also take place today with the Netherlands squaring off against Spain five hours before Germany take on India, bronze medallists from Tokyo 2020 who beat Great Britain on penalties to reach the last four in Paris.
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Ed Lowe, Hamish Turnbull and Jack Carlin will line up for Team GB in the men’s team sprint final after claiming the second-fastest time in qualifying behind the Netherlands, who broke their own Olympic record from Tokyo 2020 with the fastest time of 41.279.
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The men’s 1500m final will see Team GB’s Josh Kerr, the reigning world champion and bronze medallist at Tokyo 2020, and Neil Gourley test their mettle against Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who broke the European record earlier this month.
Less than an hour later, GB duo Darryl Neita and Dina Asher-Smith will compete in the women’s 200m final alongside American trio Gabby Thomas, McKenzie Long and Brittany Brown, as well as Saint Lucia star Julien Alfred who won her county’s first-ever gold at the Olympics in the women’s 100m final.
Elsewhere Jacob Fincham-Dukes will contest the men’s long jump final, while Elizabeth Bird will go in the women’s 3000m steeplechase final.
European record holder Matthew Hudson-Smith and Charlie Dobson will compete for Team GB in the men’s 400m semi-finals shortly before Jessie Knight and Lina Nielsen take part in the women’s 400m hurdles semi-finals.
What Olympic gold medals are on offer today?
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As many as 15 gold medals are on offer across eight different sports throughout today’s action.
Equestrian: Jumping individual (9am)
Sailing: Women’s dinghy (1.43pm); Men’s dinghy (2.43pm)
Diving: Women’s 10m platform (2pm)
Skateboarding: Women’s park (4.30pm)
Wrestling: Men’s Greco-Roman 60kg (from 5.15pm); Men’s Greco-Roman 130kg (from 5.15pm); Women’s freestyle 68kg (from 5.15pm)
Athletics: Women’s hammer throw (6.57pm); Men’s long jump (7.15pm); Men’s 1,500m (7.50pm); Women’s 3,000m steeplechase (8.14pm); Women’s 200m (8.40pm)
Cycling: Men’s team sprint (7.10pm)
Boxing: Women’s 60kg (10.06pm)
All times BST