THE Paris 2024 Olympics are now into the home straight – with day 14 promising yet more drama.
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
Katarina Johnson-Thompson will go for her first Olympic medal as the heptathlon concludes with the 800m (7.25pm).
Toby Roberts has a great chance of a podium finish in the men’s boulder and lead sport climbing final (9.15am).
Jack Carlin could grab a medal in the men’s sprint in the velodrome, too (5pm).
BRITS TO WATCH
Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe go in the artistic swimming, starting with their duet technical routine (6.30pm).
An early start for 10km marathon swimmers Tobias Patrick Robinson and Hector Pardoe (6.30am).
Amber Anning is in the women’s 400m final on the track (7pm) while Yasmin Harper and Grace Reid go in the 3m springboard diving final (2pm).
GLOBAL STARS TODAY
There is a blockbuster men’s football final as Spain take on Thierry Henry’s France at PSG’s Parc des Princes (5pm).
The 4x100m relay finals will be stacked full of the best sprinters in the world – including Americans Sha’carri Richardson and Christian Coleman (6.30pm).
Imane Khelif goes for boxing gold in the 66kg final against Yang Liu of China (9.50pm).
FANCY SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
The modern pentathlon is the very definition of something different with a superb, eclectic and chaotic collection of event.
The activities include show jumping, fencing, a 200m swim and a laser run, where athletes combine a run with shooting.
STATS MAD
2/54 – The Dutch women’s hockey team have lost just two of their last 54 matches stretching back to December 2022 and are in a sixth straight Olympic final. Can China cause a major shock and deny the Netherlands a fifth gold? Find out at 7pm.
Day 14 (Friday, August 9)
All times BST/ET
Artistic swimming
6.30pm-8.30pm/1.30pm-3.30pm: Duet: technical routine
Athletics
- 9.05am/4.05am: Women’s heptathlon: long jump
- 9.40am/4.40am: Women’s 4x400m relay: round 1
- 10.05am/5.05am: Men’s 4x400m relay: round 1
- 10.20am/5.20am: Women’s heptathlon: javelin throw A
- 10.30am/5.30am: Men’s 800m: semi-finals
- 11.05am/6.05am: Women’s 100m hurdles: semi-finals
- 11.30am/6.30am: Women’s heptathlon: javelin throw B
- 6.30pm/1.30pm: Women’s 4x100m relay: final
- 6.40pm/1.40pm: Women’s shot put: final
- 6.45pm/1.45pm: Men’s 4x100m relay: final
- 7pm/2pm: Women’s 400m: final
- 7.10pm/2.10pm: Men’s triple jump: final
- 7.15pm/2.15pm: Women’s heptathlon: 800m final
- 7.55pm/2.55pm: Women’s 10,000m: final
- 8.45pm/3.45pm: Men’s 400m hurdles: final
Basketball
- 4.30pm-6.30pm/11.30am-1.30pm: Women’s semi-finals
- 8pm-10pm/3pm-5pm: Women’s semi-finals
Beach volleyball
- 8pm-11pm/3pm-6pm: Men’s or women’s medal finals (2 matches)
Boxing
- 8.30pm-10.30pm/3.30pm-5.30pm: Women’s 50kg, women’s 66kg, men’s 71kg, men’s 92kg: finals
Breaking
- 3pm-5pm/10am-12pm: Women’s individual: qualifying
- 7pm-9pm/2pm-4pm: Women’s individual: final
Canoe sprint
- 9.30am-1.40pm/4.30am-8.40am: Men’s K2 500m, women’s C1 200m, women’s K2 500m: semi-finals and finals
Cycling (track)
- 1pm-2.45pm/8am-9.45am: Men’s sprint: semi-finals; women’s sprint: qualifying, early rounds and repechage
- 5pm-6.55pm/12pm-1.55pm: Men’s sprint: medal finals; women’s madison: final; women’s sprint: early rounds and repechage
Diving
- 9am-11am/4am-6am: Men’s 10m platform: prelims
- 2pm-4pm/9am-11am: Women’s 3m springboard: final
Football
- 2pm-5pm/9am-12pm: Women’s bronze-medal game
- 5pm-8.30pm/12pm-3.30pm: Men’s gold-medal game
Golf
- 8am-5pm/3am-12pm: Women’s tournament: round 3
Handball
- 3.30pm-5.30pm/10.30am-12.30pm: Men’s semi-finals
- 8.30pm-10.30pm/3.30am-5.30am: Men’s semi-finals
Hockey
- 1pm-3pm/8am-10am: Women’s bronze-medal game
- 7pm-9.30pm/2pm-4.30pm: Women’s gold-medal game
Modern pentathlon
- 12pm-6pm/7am-1pm: Men’s semi-final 1 and semi-final 2
Rhythmic gymnastics
- 9am-11.30am/4am-6.30am: Group all-around: qualification
- 1.30pm-4pm/8.30am-11am: Individual all-around: final
Sport climbing
- 9am-12.20pm/4am-7.30am: Men’s boulder/lead: medal final
Swimming
- 6.30am-9.30am/1.30am-4.30am: Men’s 10km marathon: final
Table tennis
- 9am-12pm/4am-7am: Men’s team: bronze medal final
- 2pm-5.30pm/9am-12.30pm: Men’s team: gold medal final
Taekwondo
- 8am-11.30am/3am-6.30am: Men’s 80kg, women’s 67kg: qualification round
- 1.30pm-4.30pm/8.30am-11.30am: Men’s 80kg, women’s 67kg quarter-finals, semi-finals
- 6.30pm-10pm/1.30pm-5pm: Men’s 80kg, women’s 67kg: repechage, medal finals
Volleyball
- 3pm-5.30pm/10am-12.30pm: Men’s bronze-medal game
Water polo
- 12pm-3pm/7am-10am: Men’s classification matches and semi-finals (2 matches)
- 5pm-8pm/12pm-3pm: Men’s classification matches and semi-finals (2 matches)
Weightlifting
- 2pm-4.30pm/9am-11.30am: Men’s 89kg: final
- 6.30pm-9pm/1.30pm-4pm: Women’s 71kg: final
Wrestling
- 10am-12.30pm/5am-7.30am: Men’s freestyle 57kg, men’s freestyle 86kg, women’s freestyle 57kg: repechage; men’s freestyle 74kg, men’s freestyle 125kg, women’s freestyle 62kg: round of 16 and quarter-finals
- 5.15pm-9pm: Men’s freestyle 74kg, men’s freestyle 125kg, women’s freestyle 62kg: semi-finals; men’s freestyle 57kg, men’s freestyle 86kg, women’s freestyle 57kg: medal finals
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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.