Recap of Day 6 and looking forward to Day 7
Good morning and welcome to the official Paris 2024 Live Blog! We’ve reached Friday 2 August – Day 7 of the Games – which mean’s it’s already been one week since that fantastic Opening Ceremony.
In case you missed it, here were the big stories of Day 6:
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Zheng shocks Swiatek as Djokovic and Alcaraz close in on dream final
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Canada’s Summer McIntosh wins 200m butterfly for second Olympic gold
And here is what you can look forward to on Day 7:
Sha’Carri Richardson‘s Olympic debut will occur in the morning as the U.S. sprinter takes to the track for the women’s 100m heats (from 11:50am).
There’s just one athletics final in the evening in the men’s 10,000m (9:20pm), one of a whopping 23 gold-medal events taking place a week into the Games.
Meanwhile, tennis reaches the medal rounds with bronze medals set to be awarded in women’s singles and men’s doubles (from 12pm), as well as all three medals in mixed doubles (final from 7pm), while the table tennis singles events reach the semi-final stage.
Here are some of the day’s other top events:
Judo – Teddy Riner looks to regain individual gold
In what could possibly be his final Olympic Games, the 35-year-old Teddy Riner will be in action in the men’s +100kg judo weight class (medal contests from 5:49pm) on Day 7 in front of a vocal home crowd.
The Frenchman won gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016 in this event, but ended up with bronze at Tokyo 2020 – the same medal he also won in 2008. As the individual events come to a close in Paris, there would be no more popular winner than the Guadeloupe native.
Swimming – Kaylee McKeown targets another backstroke double
The current world record holder in the women’s 200m backstroke, Australia’s Kaylee McKeown, will be hoping to complete a second straight backstroke double after winning both the 100m and 200m back events in Tokyo.
On 2 August, the Aussie will expect to be in the final (8:36pm) of the 200m back for the second of potentially five finals she could swim in at the Paris La DĂ©fense Arena. She’ll also expect to return later in the evening for the women’s 200m individual medley semi-finals (9:22pm), if she makes it out of the morning’s heats.
France’s Léon Marchand, meanwhile, goes for his fourth gold medal of the meet in the men’s 200m individual medley final (8:43pm).
Medal events
Archery
16:24–17:02: Mixed team medal matches
Athletics (track and field)
21:20–21:50: M 10,000m final
Badminton
15:00–17:10: Mixed doubles medal matches
Cycling (BMX racing)
21:35–21:45: M final; 21:50–22:00: W final
Diving
11:00–11:50: M synchronised 3m springboard final
Equestrian
14:00–16:00: Jumping team final
Fencing
19:30–21:20: M épée team medal matches
Judo
17:18–17:48: W +78kg medal contests; 17:49–18:19: M +100kg medal contests
Rowing
11:30–11:42: M pair final A; 11:42–11:54: W pair final A; 12:02–12:14: M lightweight double sculls final A; 12:22–12:35: W lightweight double sculls final A
Sailing
12:13–12:28: W skiff medal race; 13:13–13:28: M skiff medal race; 15:30–15:50: W windsurfing final, M windsurfing final
Subject to wind conditions
Shooting
09:30–10:30: W 50m rifle 3 positions final
Swimming
20:30:Â M 50m freestyle final;Â 20:39:Â W 200m backstroke final;Â 20:49:Â M 200m individual medley final
Tennis
From 12:00: W singles bronze medal match (second on Court Philippe Chatrier), Mixed doubles bronze medal match (third on Court Suzanne Lenglen);Â from 19:00:Â Mixed doubles gold medal match (fourth on Court Philippe Chatrier)
Trampoline
13:50–14:20: W final; 19:45–20:15: M final