Day 8 preview

Day 8 at Paris 2024 preview

Thanks for joining us today on the official live blog.

Here’s what to expect tomorrow – bearing in mind we are due to hear an update on the scheduling for the surfing in Tahiti in around four hours.

It is a packed day of action on Day 8, with the women’s 100m final in track and field athletics (9:20pm) and the swimming women’s 800m freestyle final (9:09pm) both scheduled to take place.

Also in athletics, Ryan Crouser will have his sights set on both breaking his own world record again in the men’s shot put final (7:35pm) as well as becoming the first man to win the title three times in a row.

There are a total of 31 gold medals to be awarded on 3 August, including in the rowing eights, judo mixed team, and tennis women’s singles, and here are some of the day’s top highlights:

Athletics (track and field) – Richardson vs Alfred, Fraser-Pryce the rest

All eyes at the Stade de France will be on the women’s blue riband event: the women’s 100m final, likely to feature Sha’Carri Richardson and Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce as well as St Lucia’s Julien Alfred among the medal favourites.

Swimming – Ledecky to continue 800m dominance?

Ledecky owns the 16 fastest women’s 800m freestyle times in history, and has won the event at every Olympic Games since London 2012.

However, maybe her stranglehold isn’t what it once was? In February, she was beaten in an 800 free race by Canada’s McIntosh, who became the first swimmer to beat Ledecky in the event in 13 years, although the latter won’t be racing the endurance distance in Paris.

But surely the likes of Australia’s Ariarne Titmus, the Tokyo silver medallist behind Ledecky, will have taken note: Ledecky is not infallible.

Medal events

Archery
14:33–14:59: W individual medal matches

Artistic gymnastics
15:30–16:10: M floor exercise final; 16:20–17:00: W vault final; 17:16–17:56: M pommel horse final

Athletics (track and field)
19:35: M shot put final; 20:20: W triple jump final; 20:55: Mixed 4x400m relay final; 21:20: W 100m final; 21:45: M decathlon 1500m

Badminton
15:00–17:10: W doubles medal matches

Boxing
17:38 and 22:08: Women’s 60kg semi-finals (losing semi-finalists win bronze)

Cycling (road)
11:00–18:15: M road race

Equestrian
10:00–16:00: Dressage team Grand Prix Special

Fencing
19:00–20:50: W sabre team medal matches

Judo
16:00–19:00: Mixed team medal rounds

Rowing
10:18–10:30: W single sculls final A; 10:30–10:42: M single sculls final A; 10:50–11:02: W eight final A; 11:10–11:22: M eight final A

Sailing
From 13:05: W windsurfing final, M winsurfing final
Subject to wind conditions

Shooting
09:30–10:30: W 25m pistol final; 15:30–16:45: M skeet final

Surfing
21:24–22:30: M medal matches; 22:36–23:42: W medal matches
Subject to surf conditions

Swimming
20:30: M 100m butterfly final; 21:08: W 200m individual medley final; 21:28: W 800m freestyle final; 21:58: Mixed 4x100m medley relay final

Table tennis
13:30–15:30: W singles medal matches

Tennis
From 12:00: M doubles gold medal match, M doubles bronze medal match, W singles gold medal match, M singles bronze medal match

_Full daily schedule here._