Team GB continue their hunt for more medals at the Olympics on a super Saturday as Paris 2024 rolls on with another hectic schedule in the French capital.
Saturday’s highlights
The fastest women in the world take centre stage at the Stade de France as Sha’Carri Richardson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Dina Asher-Smith and the rest vie for 100 metres glory (8.20pm BST). Asher-Smith’s hopes of a first individual Olympic podium finish have been boosted by the withdrawal of Shericka Jackson, but look out for Julien Alfred, who could win St Lucia’s first medal in history.
Team GB’s Max Whitlock will bid for history as he seeks an unprecedented fourth consecutive medal on the pommel horse at 4.10pm BST, with Simone Biles also in action, looking to continue to vault herself into the record books from 3.20pm.
The final day of rowing at Vaires-sur-Marne with the men’s and women’s eights the last boats in the water— can the British men’s crew (10.10am) return to the top of the podium after missing out in Tokyo?
Over at La Defense Arena, meanwhile, Katie Ledecky is all but certain to win Olympic gold number nine in the 800 metres freestyle, a distance she has dominated for so long, but the mixed medley relay (8.33pm) could be a cracker, particularly if Great Britain can call upon Adam Peaty.
And the men’s road race (10am) will see the peloton test themselves on a tricky course weaving around Paris. The lumps, bumps, cobbles and climbs could favour home home Julian Alaphilippe or dynamite Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel — though Tom Pidcock can’t be ruled out as he swaps disciplines after mountain bike success.
Here are the day’s top picks for Team GB and a full rundown from around Paris:
Team GB medal watch
Equestrian: Team dressage (Becky Moody, Carl Hester, Charlotte Fry) - 9am
Rowing: Women’s eight (Heidi Long, Roan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Eve Stewart, Hattie Taylor, Annie Campbell-Orde, Henry Fieldman [cox])- 9.50am
Rowing: Men’s eight (Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin, Tom Ford, Harry Brightmore [cox]) - 10.10am
Cycling: Men’s road race (Tom Pidcock, Stevie Williams, Fred Wright, Josh Tarling) - start 10am, finish est. 5.15pm
Sailing: Women’s windsurfing (Emma Wilson) - event delayed from Friday and due to start 11.13am if conditions allow
Gymnastics: Men’s floor (Jake Jarman, Luke Whitehouse) - 2.30pm
Gymnastics: Men’s pommel horse (Max Whitlock) - 4.16pm
Athletics: 4x400m mixed relay - 7.55pm
Swimming: Women’s 200m individual medley (Abbie Wood) - 8.08pm
Athletics: Women’s 100m (Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita) - semi-finals 6.50pm, final 8.20pm
Swimming: 4x100m mixed medley relay - 8.58pm
Day 8 (Saturday August 3) - 28 gold medal events
Archery
Artistic gymnastics
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Basketball 3x3
Beach volleyball
Boxing
Canoe slalom
Cycling (road)
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Golf
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Table tennis
Tennis
Volleyball
Water polo