THE Paris 2024 Olympics are now well underway as we head into a huge day eight.
SunSport brings you all the action taking place in the French capital on a thrilling day.
What’s on at the Olympics today?
TODAY’S BRIT MEDAL HOPES
Max Whitlock goes for an unprecedented fourth consecutive medal on the pommel horse (4.10pm)
Our dressage team can claim another gold at the equestrian (9am) after gold, silver and bronze at the last three Games.
Team GB will want to retain the 4x100m mixed relax relay (8.33pm) in the pool and Jake Jarman goes in the men’s floor gymnastics final (2.30pm).
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Tom Pidcock gets back in the saddle after his epic mountain biking gold with the men’s road race (10am).
It is the last day of rowing with GB in with a chance of more medals – especially in the men’s and women’s eights (10.10am).
GB take on Argentina in their final women’s pool game in the hockey (9am).
And Tommy Fleetwood continues his charge towards golfing gold, co-leading at -11 after a seven-under yesterday (10.44am).
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US sprinter Sha-Carri Richardson and Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson will battle it out for women’s 100m sprint gold – with Dina Asher-Smith hoping to keep pace (8.20pm).
We also get a first look in the heats at 100m men’s stars Americans Noah Lyles and Christian Coleman who will battle with Zharnel Hughes for glory (10.45am).
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Badminton often slips under the radar at the Olympics but is always incredible viewing with lightning-quick reactions.
The women’s doubles final features four of the best players in the world as Indonesia face China (3.10pm).
STATS MAD
6 – As of Saturday morning, only six athletes have won the same individual event at the Olympics four times. Katie Ledecky could join that prestigious list – which features Carl Lewis and Michael Phelps – in the 800m freestyle (8.09pm). Vincent Hancock could also do it in the skeet shooting today (2.30pm).
All times BST/ET
Archery
- 8.30am/3.30am: Women’s individual: eliminations
- 12pm/7am: Women’s individual: medal rounds
Artistic gymnastics
- 2pm/9am: Men’s floor, women’s vault, men’s pommel horse: finals
Athletics
- 9.05am/4.05am: Men’s decathlon: 110m hurdles
- 9.10am/4.10am: Men’s pole vault: qualification
- 9.35am/4.35am: Men’s 100m: prelims
- 9.55am/4.55am: Men’s decathlon: discus A
- 10.10am/5.10am: Women’s 800m: repechage
- 10.45am/5.45am: Men’s 100m: round 1
- 11am/6am: Men’s decathlon: discus B
- 12.40pm/7.40am: Men’s decathlon: pole vault
- 6.10pm/1.10pm: Men’s decathlon: javelin A
- 6.15pm/1.15pm: Men’s 1500m: repechage
- 6.35pm/1.35pm: Men’s shot put: final
- 6.50pm/1.50pm: Women’s 100m: semis
- 7.10pm/2.10pm: Men’s decathlon: javelin B
- 7.20pm/2.20pm: Women’s triple jump: final
- 7.55pm/2.55pm: Mixed 4x400m relay: final
- 8.20pm/3.20pm: Women’s 100m: final
- 8.45pm/3.45pm: Men’s decathlon: 1500m final
Badminton
- 7.30am-12pm: Women’s singles: quarter-finals
- 2pm-4.30pm: Women’s doubles: medal matches
Basketball
- 10am/5am: Men’s and women’s group phase (2 matches)
- 4.15pm/11.15am: Men’s/women’s (1 match)
- 8pm/3pm: Men’s/women’s (1 match)
Basketball 3×3
- 4.30pm/11.30am: Women’s pool round (4 matches)
- 8.30pm/3.30pm: Women’s play-in round (2 matches)
Beach volleyball
- 8am/3am: Men’s and women’s prelims (4 matches)
- 3pm/10am: Men’s and women’s prelims or lucky loser round (3 matches)
- 8pm/3pm: Men’s and women’s lucky loser round (3 matches)
Boxing
- 2.30pm/9.30am: Women’s 50kg, women’s 66kg, men’s 57kg, men’s 71kg: quarter-finals; women’s 60kg: semi-finals
- 7pm/2pm: Women’s 50kg, women’s 66kg, men’s 57kg, men’s 71kg: quarter-finals; women’s 60kg: semi-finals
Canoe slalom
- 2.30pm/9.30am: men’s and women’s kayak cross single: time trials and repechage rounds
Cycling (road)
- 10am/5am: Men’s road race
Equestrian
- 9am/4am: Dressage Grand Prix special team final
Fencing
- 10.30am/5.30am: Women’s sabre team: table of 64, table of 32, table of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, placement matches
- 6pm/1pm: Women’s sabre team: medal finals
Football
- 2pm/9am: Women’s quarter-finals (4 matches)
Golf
- 8am/3am: Men’s tournament: round 3
Handball
- 8am/3am: Women’s prelims (2 matches)
- 1pm/8am: Women’s prelims (2 matches)
- 6pm/1pm: Women’s prelims (2 matches)
Hockey
- 9am/4am: Women’s pool stage (2 matches)
- 11.45am/6.45am: Women’s pool stage (2 matches)
- 4pm/11am: Women’s pool stage (1 match)
- 6.45pm/1.45pm: Women’s pool stage (1 match)
Judo
- 7am/2am: Mixed team: elimination rounds, repechage, semi-finals
- 3pm/10am: Mixed team: medal rounds
Rowing
- 8.30am/3.30am: Women’s single sculls, men’s single sculls: finals C/B and medal final; women’s eight, men’s eight: medal finals
Sailing
- 10am/5am: Men’s, women’s and mixed dinghy; mixed multihull
Shooting
- 8.30am/3.30am: Women’s 25m pistol: finals
- 8am/3am: Women’s skeet: qualification day 1; Men’s skeet: qualification day 2 and finals
Swimming
- 10am/5am: Women’s 50m free, men’s 1500m free, men’s 4x100m medley relay, women’s 4x100m medley relay: heats
- 7.30pm/2.30pm: Men’s 100m fly: final; women’s 50m free: semi-finals; women’s 200m individual medley: final, women 800m free: final, mixed 4x100m medley relay: final
Table tennis
- 12.30pm/: 7.30amWomen’s singles: medal finals
Tennis
- 11am/6am: Men’s singles: bronze medal final; women’s singles, men’s doubles: gold medal finals
Volleyball
- 8am/3am: Women’s prelims
- 12pm/7am: Women’s prelims
- 4pm/11am: Men’s prelims
- 8pm/3pm: Men’s prelims
Water polo
- 9.30am/4.30am: Men’s prelims (2 matches)
- 2pm/10am: Men’s prelims (2 matches)
- 6.30pm/1.30pm: Men’s prelims (2 matches)
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How to watch the Paris 2024 Olympics
Discovery+ is the main rights holder for the Paris 2024 Olympics and will provide “wall-to-wall linear coverage on its Eurosport channels (1 and 2), along with seven dedicated Olympic ‘pop-up’ channels”.
A special Olympics offer is available for £3.99 per month, which will grant you access to the discovery+ streaming service.
You can access discovery+ by downloading the app onto your smartphone/tablet or by visiting discovery+.com.
The BBC will be broadcasting any events with British interest and major competitions across all of their channels, app, website and on iPlayer for FREE, providing you have a valid TV license.
BBC One and Two will air the biggest events from the 33rd Olympic Games and will provide an Olympics Extra channel available on iPlayer, Red Button and online.
However, the BBC can only show two events happening at any moment live at the same time due to discovery+ being the main European rights holder.
In the US, you can watch the Paris Olympics on NBC and the USA Network.
Live streaming is available via Peacock and the NBC Sports app.
