Today at the Olympics: Tuesday’s schedule as Simone Biles goes for gold and swimming continues at Paris 2024

30 Jul 2024 • 11:22 PM MYT
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Tuesday’s highlights and stars to watch

Simone Biles will bid for her first medal of the Games as she and the rest of Team USA’s gymnasts go for gold in the women’s team final. Led by a spectacular showing from Biles, the Americans topped the standings in qualifying and are firm favourites, while Team GB will hope to be in the medal mix with an improved outing.

After the men’s triathlon was postponed, there will be no problems with the quality of the water at La Defense Arena as a packed programme of swimming continues. Team GB’s fab four (Duncan Scott, Matt Richards, James Guy and Tom Dean) defend their men’s 4x200m freestyle relay crown at 9.01pm BST, with Richards and Scott looking to get over disappointment in the individual event with another group gold. Daniel Wiffen, meanwhile, is a good contender to continue Ireland’s success in the pool after Mona McSharry’s bronze last night — he swims in the 800m freestyle.

And over at the Stade de France, the rugby sevens concludes with the women’s medal matches. An impressive Australia have lived up to their billing as pre-tournament favourites, but New Zealand could well stand in their way in the final. Canada and the USA are their respective semi-final opponents.

Team GB today (all times BST)

Medal final in bold

07:00 Triathlon - Men's Olympic Distance (Alex Yee, Samuel Dickinson)

08:00 Shooting - Men's Trap Qualification - Day 2 (Matthew Coward-Holley, Nathan Hales)

08:00 Shooting - Women's Trap Qualification - Day 1 (Lucy Hall)

09:30 Judo - Women's 63kg Last 32 through to final (Lucy Renshall)

09:50 Rowing - Women's Double Sculls Semifinal A/B (Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne, Rebecca Wilde)

10:00 Equestrian - Dressage Individual and Team Grand Prix qualifying (Carl Hester, Becky Moody, Lottie Fry)

10:15 Swimming - Men's 100m Freestyle Heats (Matt Richards, Jacob Whittle)

11:00 Tennis Men's Singles Round 2 (Jack Draper)

11:00 Tennis Women's Doubles Round 1 (Katie Boulter, Heather Watson)

11:00 Tennis Mixed Doubles Round 1 (Heather Watson, J oe Salisbury)

11:00 Archery Men's Recurve Individual 1/32 Final (Tom Hall, Conor Hall, Alex Wise)

11:13 Sailing Women's iQFOiL Races 6-10 (Emma Wilson)

11:26 Archery Women's Recurve Individual 1/32 Final (Bryony Pitman, Penny Healey, Megan Havers)

11:39 Swimming - Women's 100m Freestyle Heats (Anna Hopkin)

11:45 Hockey Men Preliminary Round - Pool A: Great Britain v Netherlands

12:08 Swimming Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Heats

12:25 BMX Freestyle Women's Park Seeding (Charlotte Worthington)

13:17 Sailing Men's iQFOiL Races 6-10 (Samuel Sills)

14:00 Canoe Slalom Women's C1 Heats - Run 1 (Mallory Franklin)

14:11 BMX Freestyle Men's Park Seeding (Kieran Reilly)

14:30 Men’s trap final (Matthew Coward-Holley, Nathan Hales if qualified in morning)

14:45 Sailing Women's 49er FX Race 7-9 (Freya Black, Saskia Tidey)

15:00 Canoe Slalom Men's K1 Heats - Run 1 (Joe Clarke)

15:35 Sailing Men's 49er Races 7-9 (James Peters, Fynn Sterritt)

16:10 Canoe Slalom Women's C1 Heats - Run 2 (Mallory Franklin)

16:30 Gymnastics Women’s team final (Becky Downie, Alice Kinsella, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Ruby Evans and Abi Martin)

17:00 Tennis Men’s Doubles Round 2 (Dan Evans, Andy Murray)

17:10 Canoe Slalom Men's K1 Heats - Run 2 (Joseph Clarke)

18:30 Badminton Women's Singles Group Stage - Group N (Kirsty Gilmour)

19:30 Swimming evening session - semi-finals and finals (variety of Brits)

Day 4 (Tuesday July 30) - 14 gold medal events

Archery

Artistic gymnastics

Badminton

Basketball

Basketball 3x3

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Canoe slalom

Cycling (BMX freestyle)

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

Handball

Hockey

Judo

Rowing

Rugby sevens

Sailing

Shooting

Surfing

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water polo