Paris 2024 day-by-day highlights: When to catch the top moments from the Olympic Games

It's been three years since the Olympic Cauldron was extinguished in Tokyo. Now, after a shortened cycle, the world's top athletes are back on the Olympic Games stage, set to gather in the French capital Paris for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

During the 17 days of the Games and two additional days of competition before the day of the Opening Ceremony, they will show the world the fruits of their hard work over the last three years, showcasing the best of friendship, excellence, and respect.

But what are the top picks you can look forward to from each sport on each day? Olympics.com has picked out the best events – key highlights and a schedule of medal events – to watch on a daily basis.

All times below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2), except surfing events which are listed in Tahiti Time (UTC-10, 12 hours behind Paris). Schedule details are subject to change at short notice. Please check Olympics.com for the latest schedules.

Paris 2024 highlights, Wednesday 24 July 2024 (Day -2)

Competition begins two days prior to the Opening Ceremony as men's football and rugby sevens competitions begin across France and at the Stade de France respectively.

Football

15:00–23:00: Men's (M) group stage

The 16 men's football teams will begin their campaigns with the first matches in the group stage. Uzbekistan and Spain get proceedings underway at the Parc des Princes, home to Paris Saint-Germain, in the French capital (3pm) while Argentina face Morocco at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne at the same time. Hosts France start against the United States at the Marseille Stadium (9pm).

Rugby sevens

15:30–22:00: M preliminary phase

Meanwhile, the first pool games in the men's rugby sevens competition will start at the Stade de France. Defending champions Fiji are in the same pool as the hosts France, setting up a potentially mouth watering opening day clash featuring the French union-turned-sevens star Antoine Dupont. Each of the 12 teams will play twice on Day -2.

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Thursday 25 July 2024 (Day -1)

The day before the Opening Ceremony sees action in four sports, and here's what is on tap for the day:

Archery

09:30–12:30: Women's (W) individual ranking round; 14:15–17:15: M individual ranking round

The archery competition begins with the ranking rounds taking place at the Invalides. This will set the knockout brackets for the individual and team events.

Football

17:00–23:00: W group stage

The world's best national teams are in action on the first day of women's football action. Defending champions Canada start at Saint-Étienne's Stade Geoffroy-Guichard against New Zealand (5pm), while hosts France play at the Lyon Stadium against Colombia (9pm). The USWNT begins against Zambia at the Nice Stadium (also 9pm; 3pm Eastern time).

Handball

09:00–22:30: W group stage

The fourth sport to begin before the Opening Ceremony is handball, which sees the women begin the programme in Paris with group-stage games. This is a sport which will attract vast attention in the host nation, with France being defending champions in both the men's and women's events. Les Bleues begin their campaign at the South Paris Arena against Hungary (7pm), but there's a full slate of games scheduled on Day -1.

Rugby sevens

14:00–17:00: M preliminary phase; 20:00–21:00: M placing 9–12; 21:00–23:00: M quarter-finals

The preliminary phase of the men's rugby sevens competition will end with the third and last pool games in the first part of the day, before the knockout rounds begin. None of the teams will be eliminated from competition fully yet, as a placement round will take place for the four teams that miss out on the quarter-finals.

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Friday 26 July 2024 (Day 0)

No competition is scheduled on Day 0, with the Opening Ceremony beginning at 8:24pm local time at the Trocadéro, the key focus of the day.

The Parade of Nations, set to take place on 94 boats sailing along the Seine, will begin from the Pont d'Austerlitz at 7:30pm.

Paris 2024 highlights, Saturday 27 July 2024 (Day 1)

The first set of medals of the Games will be awarded in shooting, as has been the case at every summer Olympic Games since Munich 1972; in Paris it will be awarded in the mixed team 10m air rifle event at the Châteauroux Shooting Centre. There are a total of 14 medal events on the first full day of competition, including the conclusion of the men's rugby sevens tournament which began on Day -2. Surfing is due to begin (7am local, 7pm in Paris) should wave conditions allow. Here are some events to watch:

Basketball - All eyes on hosts France

The men's basketball competition begins at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille on Day 1, and the hosts France – silver medallists last time out in Tokyo behind the USA – are in action.

At 5:15pm, they face Brazil as they begin their search of what would be a popular gold medal.

Also in action are Australia, Germany, Japan, and Canada, plus two other qualifiers – but not the U.S., who don't start until Day 2.

Diving - People's Republic of China begin hunt for gold sweep

In Tokyo, the People's Republic of China won seven out of the eight gold medals available in diving, with Tom Daley and Matty Lee's 10m platform synchro win for Team GB ending the attempted sweep.

The Chinese quest to win all eight gold medals in the sport begins on Day 1 with the women's 3m springboard synchro (11am), an event in which Shi Tingmao and Wang Han won gold in Tokyo. This year, the reigning world champions Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen will look to claim their first Olympic title.

Skateboarding - Horigome goes for back-to-back golds

It was a challenge, but Horigome Yuto, the defending champion in men's street skateboarding, eked through to qualify for Paris 2024 by winning the last Olympic Qualifier Series event in Budapest. It means he gets a shot at remaining the only man to have won gold in his event on Day 1 (semi-finals at 12pm, final at 5pm).

He comes up against the likes of his 14-year-old teammate Onodera Ginwoo and the U.S. stars Jagger Eaton and Nyjah Huston, among others; the home French charge will be led by Aurélien Giraud, Joseph Garbaccio, and Vincent Milou.

Medal events

Cycling (road)
14:30–16:04: W individual time trial; 16:30–18:00: M individual time trial

Diving
11:00–11:50: W synchronised 3m springboard final

Fencing
20:40–22:20: W épée individual medal bouts, M sabre individual medal bouts

Judo
17:18–17:48: W -48kg medal contests; 17:49–18:19: M -60kg medal contests

Rugby sevens
19:00–20:15: M medal matches

Shooting
10:30–11:30: Mixed team 10m air rifle medal finals

Skateboarding
17:00–18:30: M street final

Swimming
20:42: M 400m freestyle final; 20:55: W 400m freestyle final; 21:37: W 4x100m freestyle relay final; 21:50: M 4x100m freestyle relay final

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Sunday 28 July 2024 (Day 2)

Another 13 sets of medals are due to be handed out on Day 2 of Paris 2024, including in women's street skateboarding where Brazil's Rayssa Leal is defending champion. Which ones will you be looking forward to? Don't miss our selection of the day's events:

Artistic gymnastics - Simone Biles returns to the Olympic Games

Three years after she withdrew from the women's team all-around final at Tokyo 2020 due to the twisties, Simone Biles is back competing in artistic gymnastics at an Olympic Games.

She is in action as the women's artistic gymnatics programme begins with qualification at the Bercy Arena (Subdivision 1 from 9:30am), with an eye on qualifying for the individual all-around as well as apparatus finals.

Basketball - South Sudan make historic bow

Barely seven years after playing their first official match, South Sudan's men's basketball team will make their Olympic debut on Day 2 when they face Puerto Rico (11am).

It's been a remarkable journey for the team representing the world's newest independent state, who earned their spot in Paris by finishing as the best African team at the 2023 FIBA Men's Basketball World Cup.

Team USA also begins its campaign, taking on Serbia (5:15pm; 11:15am Eastern time).

Swimming - Can Marchand end French drought in pool?

Hosts France haven't won gold in a swimming event in 12 years since French swimmers won four events at London 2012. On Day 2, one of the nation's biggest hopes this summer, world record holder Léon Marchand, will look to end the drought.

If he qualifies from the morning heats (11am), Marchand will take part in his pet event, the men's 400m individual medley final (8:30pm), which happens to be the night's first swimming final and could set the tone for the rest of the evening for the home crowd.

There's also the men's 100m breaststroke final (9:54pm), where Adam Peaty will hope to defend his Olympic title after having taken time off from the sport.

Medal events

Archery
16:48–17:34: W team medal matches

Canoe slalom
17:45–18:30: W K-1 final

Cycling (mountain bike)
14:10–15:30: W cross-country

Fencing
20:50–22:40: W foil individual medal bouts; M épée individual medal bouts

Judo
17:18–17:48: M -66kg medal contests; 17:49–18:19: W -52kg medal contests

Shooting
09:30–10:15: M 10m air pistol final; 12:00–12:45: W 10m air pistol final

Skateboarding
17:00–18:30: W street final

Swimming
20:30: M 400m individual medley final; 20:45: W 100m butterfly final; 21:54: M 100m breaststroke final

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Monday 29 July 2024 (Day 3)

A bumper day of medal action awaits with no fewer than 18 medal events taking place, including a busy evening in the pool with five swimming finals. Equestrian events are taking place in the shadow of the historic Château de Versailles, and Day 3 will see the first two sets of medals awarded in the sport as the individual and team eventing finals take place (11am). Elsewhere, table tennis mixed doubles – the only event in which Chinese paddlers didn't win gold at Tokyo 2020 – reaches its semi-final round.

There's lots more too, of which we've picked out a few of the day's events not to be missed:

Cycling (mountain bike) - Pidcock goes for repeat in Van der Poel's absence

The men's cross-country mountain bike cycling race takes place on Day 3 at Élancourt Hill (2:10pm), with defending champion Tom Pidcock of Great Britain among the favourites.

His expected main challenger was to have been Dutch star Mathieu van der Poel, who crashed out of the same race at Tokyo 2020 which Pidcock won, but Van der Poel has opted not to take part to focus on the road race.

Instead, Switzerland's veteran Nino Schurter, aged 38, could be Pidcock's greatest stumbling block. Schurter, one of the greatest competitive mountain bike cross-country riders of all time with 10 world titles and three Olympic medals (including gold in 2016) in the event, is set for his potential Olympic swansong.

Swimming - McIntosh targets double triumph

If she makes both finals, Canada's Summer McIntosh could be involved in two races for gold on the third night of competition. The 17-year-old is qualified in no fewer than five different events in Paris, and will already have competed in the 400m free on the opening day.

On Day 3, it's the turn of the women's 400m individual medley (8:30pm) – in which McIntosh is the world record holder at 4:24.38 – and the women's 200m freestyle (9:48pm), the first and last finals of the night respectively. McIntosh also happens to hold the world junior record in the latter event.

Medal events

Archery
16:48–17:34: M team medal matches

Artistic gymnastics
17:30–20:15: M team all-around final

Canoe slalom
17:20–18:00: M C-1 final

Cycling (mountain bike)
14:10–15:30: M cross-country

Diving
11:00–11:50: M synchronised 10m platform final

Equestrian
11:00–16:00: Eventing team jumping final, Eventing individual jumping final

Fencing
20:50–22:40: W sabre individual medal bouts, M foil individual medal bouts

Judo
17:18–17:48: W -57kg medal contests; 17:49–18:19: M -73kg medal contests

Shooting
09:30–10:15: W 10m air rifle final; 12:00–12:45: M 10m air rifle final

Swimming
20:30: W 400m individual medley final; 20:43: M 200m freestyle final; 21:22: M 100m backstroke final; 21:32: W 100m breaststroke final; 21:48: W 200m freestyle final

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Tuesday 30 July 2024 (Day 4)

There are 14 sets of medals to be awarded on Day 4, including – should the weather and wave conditions allow – in surfing at Teahupo‘o in Tahiti (medal rounds from 2:12pm local time, 2:12am on 31 July in Paris). Meanwhile, the 3X3 basketball competitions will begin at the La Concorde Urban Park (from 5:30pm). And Biles will be searching for her first Olympic gold since Rio 2016 in the women's team all-around final in artistic gymnastics (6:15pm).

Here are the day's other selected events:

Judo - French hopes on Clarisse Agbegnenou

The hosts have arguably one of the strongest judo teams in the world behind Japan, the traditional home of the sport. After all, French athletes won eight medals in the sport's 15 events in Tokyo.

On Day 4, the sole French individual champion from Tokyo 2020, Clarisse Agbegnenou, attempts to defend her Olympic title in the women's -63kg weight class (from 10am; medal bouts from 5:49pm) at the Champ-de-Mars Arena.

While Agbegnenou is by no means France's only hope in the sport, there will no doubt be a little extra attention on her as the only defending champion returning from Tokyo.

Swimming - Irish history in the pool?

Ireland have only ever won four medals in swimming, all coming from Michelle Smith de Bruin at the Atlanta 1996 Games. That could change on Day 4, when Daniel Wiffen, the world short-course record holder in the event and reigning world long-course champion, competes in the men's 800m freestyle final (9:03pm) if he qualifies.

But Wiffen, who is also the world champ over 1500m, will have his work cut out for him. Men's distance swimming is stacked with talent, and the likes of reigning champion Bobby Finke, Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri, and Ukraine's Mykhailo Romanchuk are all regular medallists on the world stage.

Table tennis - Men's and women's world no. 1 paddler team up

The mixed doubles was the only table tennis event in which Chinese athletes did not win gold at Tokyo 2020, with Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen taking silver in the inaugural running of the event.

To set out to correct that this year, China is sparing no efforts to complete a table tennis sweep: the men's world number one singles player, Wang Chuqin, is paired with the world's best women's singles paddler, Sun Yingsha.

They are heavily favoured to be in action in the mixed doubles gold medal final (2:30pm) at the South Paris Arena, hoping to claim gold in the only table tennis event in which Chinese athletes have not won an Olympic title.

Medal events

Artistic gymnastics
18:15–20:15: W team all-around final

Fencing
19:30–21:20: W épée team medal matches

Judo
17:18–17:48: M -81kg medal contests; 17:49–18:19: W -63kg medal contests

Rugby sevens
19:00–20:15: W medal matches

Shooting
09:30–10:30: Mixed team 10m air pistol medal matches; 15:30–16:45: M trap final

Surfing
14:12–16:10 local (02:12–04:10 on 31 July in Paris): M medal matches; 14:53–16:50 local (02:53–04:50 on 31 July in Paris): W medal matches
Subject to surf conditions

Swimming
20:57: W 100m backstroke final; 21:03: M 800m freestyle final; 21:59: M 4x200m freestyle relay final

Table tennis
13:30–15:30: Mixed doubles medal matches

Triathlon
08:00–10:00: M individual

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Wednesday 31 July 2024 (Day 5)

There are a total of 17 medal events taking place on the fifth full day of competition at Paris 2024, not including the two surfing finals that conclude in the early hours (Paris time) of 31 July in Tahiti.

Katie Ledecky's dominance in the women's 1500m free looks to continue in the pool as the U.S. swimmer looks for her second straight gold medal (9:04pm) in this still relatively new event at the Olympic level – she owns the 19 fastest times of all-time, and could make the top 20 entirely her own in Paris.

That's one of just five finals in swimming on an exciting night at the Paris La Défense Arena.

Here are the day's other top picks:

Artistic gymnastics - Hashimoto and Zhang renew head-to-head in men's final

For the first time at an Olympic Games, Hashimoto Daiki of Japan and Chinese gymnast Zhang Boheng will get to face off against each other in the men's individual all-around final (from 5:30pm) should they both qualify.

In the last three years the pair have shared a closely fought, respectful rivalry, stretching from the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships to the World University Games and now they get to bring it to the Olympic Games.

Zhang narrowly beat Hashimoto to the world title in 2021; they swapped positions in 2022 with the Japanese gymnast taking gold and Zhang silver. However, in 2023, Hashimoto withdrew from the World University Games after a hard fall on pommel horse as Zhang won; then Zhang was assigned to the Asian Games on home soil in Hangzhou which he won, while Hashimoto retained his world title the week after in Antwerp as the pair did not face each other.

Now, Zhang is set to make his Olympic debut, and this is the match-up to watch.

Swimming - 100m free finals on big night in pool

In addition to Ledecky, it's a big night at the Paris La Défense Arena as swimming's blue riband events, the women's 100m freestyle (8:30pm) and men's 100m freestyle (10:15pm), book-end the evening's finals.

The men's 100m free world record was broken in February at an out-of-season World Championships in Doha by China's Pan Zhanle, while European record holder David Popovici of Romania will want to take it back. The 2023 world champion Kyle Chalmers of Australia is also in the mix. However, reigning champion Caeleb Dressel will not take part, having finished outside the top two at the U.S. trials.

Meanwhile, Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Siobhán Haughey of Hong Kong, China and current world champion Marrit Steenbergen of Netherlands are among the top names in the women's event. The other two Tokyo medallists, Australia's Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell, have not qualified in the event this year.

Medal events

Artistic gymnastics
17:30–20:05: M individual all-around final

Canoe slalom
17:25–18:10: W C-1 final

Cycling (BMX freestyle)
13:10–14:05: W park final; 14:45–15:40: M park final

Diving
11:00–11:50: W synchronised 10m platform final

Fencing
19:30–21:20: M sabre team medal matches

Judo
17:18–17:48: W -70kg medal contests; 17:49–18:19: M -90kg medal contests

Rowing
12:26–12:38: M quadruple sculls final A; 12:38–12:50: W quadruple sculls final A

Shooting
15:30–16:45: W trap final

Swimming
20:30: W 100m freestyle final; 20:36: M 200m butterfly final; 21:04: W 1500m freestyle final; 22:08: M 200m breaststroke final; 22:15: M 100m freestyle final

Triathlon
08:00–10:00: W individual final

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Thursday 1 August 2024 (Day 6)

The athletics (track and field) programme at Paris 2024 begins on Day 6 with the men's 20km race walk (7:30am), which is one of 18 medal events taking place as the calendar flips over into August.

Down in Marseille, the first sailing medals should be awarded in the skiff races (from 11am) if wind conditions allow, while Xander Schauffele begins the defence of his men's golf Olympic title (from 9am).

Here are some of the day's other top events to keep an eye on:

Artistic gymnastics - Biles or Lee or someone else in the all-around?

The women's individual all-around final (6:15pm) will be one to watch, with the last two Olympic champions – Biles and Sunisa Lee – expected to be in action for Team USA. U.S. gymnasts have won the women's all-around title every year since 2004, and that run does not look like ending.

Notably, if either Biles or Lee clinch the title, they can each join an exclusive club of women who have won the Olympic all-around twice: Larisa Latynina (1956, 1960) and Vera Caslavska (1964, 1968) are the only ones to have done so. Lee can also join them in repeating as champion.

Or could we see a surprise? All eyes will be on Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, who would appear to have the best chance at upsetting the U.S. dominance.

Cycling (BMX racing) - Willoughby starts quest for long-awaited gold

Competition in BMX racing cycling starts on Day 6, with the three-time and current reigning women's world champion Alise Willoughby will hope to get off to a good start as she seeks to finally add Olympic gold to her career achievements.

The U.S. rider will be participating in her fourth Olympic Games, a remarkable achievement given the sport will only be making its fifth appearance after its debut in 2008. However, despite her three world titles, Willoughby has only a silver medal from Rio 2016 to show for her achievements.

She won't be the only one making their fourth appearance; three-time Olympic medallist Mariana Pajón of Colombia will also be racing in her fourth Games. They will be in quarter-final action (8:20pm, 9pm, 9:40pm) – and if necessary, the last-chance qualifier round normally seen at the World Championships will be used at an Olympic Games for the first time (10:15pm).

Medal events

Artistic gymnastics
18:15–20:15: W individual all-around final

Athletics (track and field)
07:30–09:05: M 20km race walk; 09:20–11:05: W 20km race walk

Canoe slalom
17:30–18:15: M K-1 final

Fencing
19:10–21:40: W foil team medal matches

Judo
17:18–17:48: M -100kg medal contests; 17:49–18:19: W -78kg medal contests

Rowing
11:18–11:30: W double sculls final A; 11:30–11:42: M double sculls final A; 11:50–12:02: W four final A; 12:10–12:22: M four final A

Sailing
14:40–14:55: M skiff medal race; 15:40–15:55: W skiff medal race

Shooting
09:30–10:30: M 50m rifle 3 positions final

Swimming
20:30: W 200m butterfly final; 20:37: M 200m backstroke final; 21:03: W 200m breaststroke final; 21:48: W 4x200m freestyle relay final

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Friday 2 August 2024 (Day 7)

Sha'Carri Richardson's Olympic debut will occur on the morning of Day 7 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 (8:39pm) of the 200m back for the second of potentially five finals she could swim in at the Paris La Défense Arena. She'll also expect to return later in the evening for the women's 200m individual medley semi-finals (9:34pm).

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
15:30–15:50: W windsurfing final, M windsurfing final

Shooting
09:30–10:30: W 50m rifle 3 positions final

Swimming
20:30: M 50m freestyle final; 20:39: W 200m backstroke final; 20:49: M 200m individual medley final

Tennis
From 12:00: W singles bronze medal match, M doubles bronze medal match, Mixed doubles bronze medal match (order of play to be determined); from 19:00: Mixed doubles gold medal match

Trampoline
13:50–14:20: W final; 19:45–20:15: M final

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Saturday 3 August 2024 (Day 8)

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 27 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 Jackson and 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 both Richardson and Jamaica's Shericka Jackson, the other favourite.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will also hope to be involved, as the current World Championships bronze medallist; others who could be in the mix include Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith, Côte d'Ivoire's Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith, and Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia.

This race is one of five track and field finals on the night, with France's Kevin Mayer also hoping to win men's decathlon gold in front of his home crowd (1500m at 9:45pm).

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; 17:10–17:50: 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
16:00–18:10: 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

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

Swimming
20:30: M 100m butterfly final; 20:59: W 200m individual medley final; 21:09: W 800m freestyle final; 21:33: Mixed 4x100m medley relay final

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

Tennis
From 12:00: M singles bronze medal match, W singles gold medal match, M doubles gold medal match (order of play to be determined)

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Sunday 4 August 2024 (Day 9)

The second half of the Games begin on Day 9 as the swimming action concludes and the men's athletics 100m final (9:55pm) takes centre stage. Fresh off the back of their own 100m final, the women sprinters will also begin their 200m campaigns (heats from 10:55am).

A total of 20 gold medal events will take place on 4 August, including potential interest for India's Chiraj Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, who will hope to be in the badminton men's doubles final (4:10pm).

The men's golf competition also comes to a close with the fourth and final round (begins 9am), while there will be a new men's singles Olympic champion in table tennis (2:30pm), with the two-time reigning champion Ma Long not selected for the singles competition in Paris. Tennis also concludes with the men's singles and women's doubles finals (from 12pm).

Here are the day's top picks:

Athletics (track and field) - Can anyone stop Lyles' treble hunt?

There are three athletics finals on Day 9 at the Stade de France, but undoubtedly the one that will attract the most attention is the men's 100m final (9:55pm).

Marcell Jacobs of Italy is the defending champion, but he has had three injury-hit years since winning shock gold at Tokyo 2020. So attention will turn to the USA's Noah Lyles, the world champion, who will be going for at least a treble of sprint golds in the 100, 200, and 4x100 relay.

Assuming they come through the semi-finals (8pm), don't count out other hopes such as Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala, Great Britain's Zharnel Hughes, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, and Lyles' U.S. compatriots Kenny Bednarek and Fred Kerley, who won silver behind Jacobs in Tokyo.

Cycling (road) - Chaos or normalcy?

What makes the Olympic road races so different from a regular one-day race on the UCI World Tour is that teams and riders are not permitted to use race radios. At Tokyo 2020 in 2021, that allowed Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer to break away and score a shock victory as the heavily favoured Dutch riders failed to realise Kiesenhofer was up the road.

With that memory no doubt fresh in their minds, the usual favourites – the Dutch, including London 2012 champion Marianne Vos; but also Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma; Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini; Belgium's Lotte Kopecky; Australia's Grace Brown; Great Britain's Lizzie Deignan; and others – will seek to prevent a repeat.

Kiesenhofer is also set to take part, although it would appear her chances of pulling off a repeat are slim, with the peloton now wise to the danger.

Medal events

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

Artistic gymnastics
15:00–15:30: M rings final; 15:40–16:20: W uneven bars final; 16:25–17:00: M vault final

Athletics
19:50: W high jump final; 20:30: M hammer throw final; 21:55: M 100m final

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

Boxing
12:04 and 16:34: W 54kg semi-finals; 12:20 and 16:50: M 51kg semi-finals; 12:36 and 17:06: M 63.5kg semi-finals; 12:52 and 17:22: M 80kg semi-finals; 13:08 and 17:38: M 92kg semi-finals (losing semi-finalists win bronze)

Cycling (road)
14:00–18:15: W road race

Equestrian
10:00–13:30: Dressage individual Grand Prix Freesyle

Fencing
19:10–21:40: M foil team medal matches

Golf
09:00–18:00: M round 4

Shooting
15:30–16:45: W skeet final

Swimming
18:30: W 50m freestyle final; 18:36: M 1500m freestyle final; 19:12: M 4x100m medley relay final; 19:35: W 4x100m medley relay final

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

Tennis
From 12:00: W doubles bronze medal match, M singles gold medal match, W doubles gold medal match (order of play to be determined)

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Monday 5 August 2024 (Day 10)

Competition begins on Day 10 in sports such as artistic swimming, track cycling, sport climbing, and wrestling, while the badminton, basketball 3X3, canoe slalom, artistic gymnastics, shooting, and triathlon programmes end.

A total of 18 medal events are on tap on 5 August, including the men's pole vault final (7pm) in athletics, where Mondo Duplantis will not just attempt to defend his Olympic title, but also go for a new world record.

The first of the urban sports to award medals at La Concorde will be basketball 3X3 (finals from 9pm), while there will be first-ever medals handed out in the new kayak cross events (4:55pm). Speaking of new events, the men's Boulder & Lead combined (10am) and women's speed (1pm) sport climbing will each begin, having been split out from the combined event in Tokyo which saw all three disciplines of climbing in one.

Meanwhile, the men's football tournament reaches its semi-final stage, with Marseille and Lyon playing host to the four teams trying to guarantee themselves a medal.

Here are the day's top picks:

Athletics (track and field) - World record watch for Mondo

Is it a foregone conclusion that Duplantis will win the men's pole vault? After all, in 2024 only two men have cleared a height of 6m or higher: the Swede, and USA's Chris Nilsen.

But they're not in the same league. No one is. For Duplantis' world lead is 6.24m, the world record, which he set at the Xiamen Diamond League. Nilsen's best this year is 6.00m flat, with the Philippines' E.J. Obiena third on the yearly list at 5.97m.

Last year, just four men hit the 6m mark or better, with Duplantis at 6.23m – the previous world record, obviously – and the next-closest man KC Lightfoot, who did not qualify for Paris at the U.S. Trials, on 6.07m.

Therefore it appears that the real contest will be between Duplantis and the bar; between Duplantis and the forces of gravity. Can the Louisiana-born Swede go to 6.25 in Paris?

Badminton - Intrigue in finals

Both the women's singles (10:55am) and men's singles (3:40pm) conclude on Day 10, but there's lots of intrigue: who will be crowned the Olympic champions?

On the women's side, after being forced to miss Tokyo 2020 through injury, the Rio 2016 champion Carolina Marín of Spain is back – and she has performed at the highest level this season, winning three titles including the prestigious All England Championships.

But Republic of Korea's An Seyoung appears unbeatable at the moment. She is the reigning world champion, and also won Asian Games gold in October against the defending Olympic champion, Chen Yufei.

All three of them are in the medal mix, as are Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-ying and Japan's Yamaguchi Akane.

On the men's side, Viktor Axelsen's two-and-a-half-year reign as world number one was recently ended by China's Shi Yuqi, who figures to be the biggest challenger to Axelsen's Olympic title, too.

But Indonesia will want to return to the men's singles podium for the first time in 20 years, with Jonatan Christie heading the charge. Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia is also peaking at the right time, having enjoyed a season of moderate success after suffering with inconsistency through 2022 and 2023.

Or will there be a surprise, as we've seen in the World Championships through Loh Kean Yew in 2021 and Kunlavut Vitidsarn in 2023?

Medal events

Artistic gymnastics
11:45–12:25: M parallel bars final; 12:36–13:16: W balance beam final; 13:31–14:06: M horizontal bar final; 14:20–15:00: W floor exercise final

Athletics (track and field)
19:00: M pole vault final; 20:30: W discus throw final; 21:10: W 5000m final; 21:45: W 800m final

Badminton
09:45–11:55: W singles medal matches; 14:30–16:40: M singles medal matches

Basketball 3X3
21:00–22:35: W medal games; 21:30–23:05: M medal games

Canoe slalom
16:55–17:00: W kayak cross final; 17:00–17:05: M kayak cross final

Cycling (track)
19:53–20:03: W team sprint finals

Shooting
09:30–10:30: M 25m rapid fire pistol final; 15:00–16:15: Mixed team skeet medal matches

Triathlon
08:00–09:40: Mixed relay

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Tuesday 6 August 2024 (Day 11)

The men's basketball competition reaches the quarter-final stage (from 11am), with the top eight teams from the groups going head-to-head on Day 11 as the competition switches from Lille to the Bercy Arena in Paris. Men's hockey is also reaching its conclusion, reaching the last four, as is women's football.

Elsewhere, the first gold medal will be awarded in boxing at the historic Roland-Garros Stadium, while the canoe sprint events begin at the Nautical Stadium in Vaires-sur-Marne.

There are just 15 gold medal events on 6 August, but they include the second half of the women's sprint double in athletics, which is one of our selected highlights of the day:

Athletics (track and field) - Jackson looks to claim 200m crown in Thompson-Herah's absence

The reigning women's 200m Olympic champion, Elaine Thompson-Herah, won't be in Paris after missing the Jamaican championships and trials.

That puts Jackson, the fastest living woman whose 21.41s time to win last year's World Championships is the second-quickest 200m in history, in pole position as favourite – something she will be keen to do if she makes the final (9:40pm), given what happened three years ago in Tokyo.

Back then, in the heats, Jackson missed out on even qualifying for the semis in a photo-finish after easing up too early. Now, she is a two-time world champion in the event and has Florence Griffith-Joyner's world record clearly in her sights.

Her biggest challenger will be the U.S. champion, Gabby Thomas, the bronze medallist in Tokyo. Thomas is fourth all-time behind Flo-Jo, Jackson, and Thompson-Herah, and this is set to be a blockbuster matchup.

Skateboarding - Sky Brown goes for gold

The women's park skateboarding event takes place today (prelims 12:30pm, final 5:30pm), which – as it did three years ago – could produce one of the youngest podiums of the entire Olympic Games.

All three medallists from Tokyo – Yosozumi Sakura, now 22; Hiraki Cocona, now 15; and Sky Brown, also 15 – are back, and they're joined by the likes of 14-year-old Australian Arisa Trew and 16-year-old Kusaki Hinano, among others.

Yosozumi, the defending champion, nearly didn't qualify – Brown's final run at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest salvaged the day for her best friend, who now has a shot at retaining her title.

But in the face of the young guns, that's by no means guaranteed.

Medal events

Athletics (track and field)
20:00: W hammer throw final; 20:20: M long jump final; 20:50: M 1500m final; 21:10: W 3000m steeplechase final; 21:40: W 200m final

Boxing
21:30–22:01: M 71kg semi-finals; 22:02–22:33: W 50kg semi-finals; 22:34–23:05: W 66kg semi-finals (losing semi-finalists win bronze); 23:06–23:22: W 60kg final

Cycling (track)
20:02–20:12: M team sprint finals

Diving
15:00–16:40: W 10m platform final

Equestrian
10:00–12:00: Jumping individual final

Sailing
14:40–15:20: W one-person dinghy medal race; 15:40–16:22: M one-person dinghy medal race

Skateboarding
17:30–18:30: W park final

Wrestling
19:30–20:05: M Greco-Roman 60kg medal finals; 20:05–20:40: M Greco-Roman 130kg medal finals; 20:50–21:25: W freestyle 68kg medal finals

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Wednesday 7 August 2024 (Day 12)

History could be made on 7 August as the artistic swimming team acrobatic routine (7:30pm) takes place.

For the first time at an Olympic Games, men can compete in the sport in the team event – which means this will be the day where a man might, for the first time, win an Olympic medal in artistic swimming (formerly known as synchronised swimming).

That is one of 21 gold medal events taking place on Day 12 of the Games as Paris 2024 kicks into high gear down the stretch.

Another first on the day will be the new mixed marathon race walk relay in the morning (7:30am), which replaces the men's 50km race walk. Teams of one man and one woman will take on two legs of varying lengths, eventually covering a distance of 42.195km, while never running. And the first ever mixed two-person dinghy medals are due to be awarded in sailing.

In the evening, there are also semi-finals in the men's 200m (from 8:02pm) as Lyles aims to continue his medal hunt.

Still stuck for ideas on what to watch? Here are a few events you could pay attention to today:

Athletics (track and field) - Will Kennedy and Moon be separated in Paris?

The last time Nina Kennedy and Katie Moon went head-to-head in a major championships, nothing could separate them.

At the Budapest 2023 World Championships, the Aussie and U.S. pole vaulters tied for gold – calling to mind a similar situation between Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim in the men's high jump at Tokyo 2020. Now, they will renew their friendship and rivalry in the women's pole vault final (7pm).

Moon is the defending Olympic champion in addition to her world titles from 2022 and 2023, making her an easy favourite in Paris. But she doesn't own the world lead this year: Great Britain's Molly Caudery does, at 4.92m – a British national record she set in June. Indeed, Moon is second on the season's best list (4.85m), with Kennedy down in eighth (4.80m).

However, at the Olympic Games, anything could happen. Maybe even another tie?

Cycling (track) - Ganna and co. look to lower world record again

There is a remarkable stat in the men's team pursuit track cycling race: the world record in the event has been broken at each of the last six Olympic Games, going back to Sydney 2000. Atlanta 1996 was the last time the world record didn't fall in the Olympic Games men's team pursuit.

Defending champions Italy, featuring Filippo Ganna – who also holds the world records in the 4000m individual pursuit and the UCI hour record and will likely have raced on Day 1 in the road time trial – will look to best their time of 3:42.032 set at Tokyo 2020.

That time has not been lowered in the three years since, but the Italians – as well as previous Olympic champions Great Britain and current world champions Denmark – will all be eager to keep the record streak alive.

Medal events

Artistic swimming
19:30–21:00: Team acrobatic routine

Athletics (track and field)
07:30–10:50: Mixed marathon race walk relay; 19:00: W pole vault final; 20:25: M discus throw final; 21:20: M 400m final; 21:40: M 3000m steeplechase final

Boxing
21:30–22:01: W 57kg semi-finals; 22:02–22:33: M +92kg semi-finals (losing semi-finalists win bronze); 22:34–22:50: M 63.5kg final; 22:51–23:06: M 80kg final

Cycling (track)
18:25–18:41: M team pursuit finals; 19:19–19:37: W team pursuit finals

Sailing
14:40–15:00: Mixed multihull medal race; 15:40–16:07: Mixed two-person dinghy medal race

Skateboarding
17:30–18:30: M park final

Sport climbing
12:55–13:00: W speed finals

Taekwondo
20:19–21:33: W -49kg medal contests; 20:35–21:52: M -58kg medal contests

Weightlifting
15:00–17:08: M 61kg; 19:30–21:38: W 49kg

Wrestling
19:30–20:05: M Greco-Roman 77kg medal finals; 20:05–20:40: M Greco-Roman 97kg medal finals; 20:50–21:25: W freestyle 50kg final

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Thursday 8 August 2024 (Day 13)

There's a big night in track and field athletics on Day 13 of the Games, which sees five finals among the 25 gold medal events on 8 August.

The men's basketball competition reaches the semi-final stage (5:30pm, 9pm), with Team USA, France, and Spain all expecting to still be involved in the tournament at this point, while the men's football bronze medallists will be decided (5pm) and the men's hockey tournament concludes (2pm, 7pm), with Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, Argentina and India all hoping to be in contention in the medal rounds. Continuing the theme in team sports, women's volleyball is also in its last four stage.

And will the world record fall in men's speed climbing as that competition concludes (12:28pm)? At the Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest, Wu Peng came within 0.04 seconds of Samuel Watson's mark of 4.79s. But Watson himself has posted a training video of him completing the 15m-high wall even quicker than his official record. That time could certainly fall today.

Here are some interesting things to watch out for today:

Athletics (track and field) - Chopra, Lyles, McLaughlin-Levrone set to shine

Lyles will aim to complete the second leg of a potential treble on 8 August as the men's 200m final (8:30pm) takes place. The U.S. national record holder has made no secret of the fact he wants to take down Usain Bolt's world record, and his personal best is just 0.12 seconds away from Bolt's mark.

Meanwhile, India will be targeting a second athletics Olympic gold medal as defending champion Neeraj Chopra goes in the men's javelin throw final (8:25pm). In Tokyo, Chopra became India's first individual Olympic champion since 2008 and the first in track and field. However, competition will be fierce as ever from the likes of Jakub Vadlejch, while Germany will have two medal candidates in Julian Weber and new-kid-on-the-block Max Dehning, the 19-year-old who is the world leader at 90.20m.

And then there's Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the woman seemingly no one can beat. Having set a new world record (pending ratification) of 50.65 at the U.S. Trials, and with no-one else close, she is the runaway favourite in the women's 400m hurdles final (9:25pm).

Will Singapore get second Olympic champion?

The small Southeast Asian island state of Singapore has only had one Olympic champion in history, when Joseph Schooling won swimming gold at Rio 2016. That could change on Day 13 at the Marseille Marina, as sailing gets set to crown its first kiteboarding champions in this new event (from 3:40pm if conditions allow).

That's thanks to Max Maeder, the 17-year-old who is already two-time reigning world champion despite his young age, in addition to silver in 2022 and three Youth World Championships titles. He also won gold at the Asian Games last year to add to a growing list of achievements.

Sailing can be unpredictable, but the odds are stacked in Maeder's favour.

Medal events

Athletics (track and field)
20:00: W long jump final; 20:25: M javelin throw final; 20:30: M 200m final; 21:25: W 400m hurdles final; 21:45: M 110m hurdles final

Boxing
21:30–22:01: M 57kg semi-finals; 22:02–22:33: W 75kg semi-finals (losing semi-finalists win bronze); 22:34–22:50: M 51kg final; 22:51–23:06: W 54kg final

Canoe sprint
13:30–13:40: M C-2 500m final A; 13:40–13:50: W K-4 500m final A; 13:50–14:00: M K-4 500m final A

Cycling (track)
19:11–19:17: W keirin final; 19:27–20:00: M omnium points race

Diving
15:00–16:40: M 3m springboard final

Football
17:00–20:00: M bronze medal match

Hockey
14:00–15:45: M bronze medal match; 19:00–20:45: M gold medal match

Marathon swimming
07:30–10:00: W 10km open water

Sailing
15:40–16:10: M kiteboarding final; 16:40–17:10: W kiteboarding final

Sport climbing
12:55–13:00: M speed finals

Taekwondo
20:19–21:33: M -68kg medal contests; 20:35–21:52: W -57kg medal contests

Weightlifting
15:00–17:08: W 59kg; 19:30–21:38: M 73kg

Wrestling
19:30–20:05: M Greco-Roman 67kg medal finals; 20:05–20:40: M Greco-Roman 87kg medal finals; 20:50–21:25: W freestyle 53kg final

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Friday 9 August 2024 (Day 14)

With just three days left in the Games, medal action ramps up, with a total of 34 gold medal events on offer on Day 14.

They include the 4x100m relay finals in athletics, while Karsten Warholm will look to defend his men's 400m hurdles title (9:45pm) against a strong chasing pack including Alison dos Santos and Rai Benjamin, with potentially the world record on the line.

Elsewhere, women's beach volleyball holds its medal matches (9pm, 10:30pm) in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower at the Eiffel Tower Stadium, sure to leave a lasting impression on both players and fans. And the men's football competition concludes (6pm) at the Parc des Princes, home to Paris Saint-Germain, with Argentina hoping to claim gold under coach Javier Mascherano, himself a two-time gold medallist as a player.

Breaking - First Olympic medallists to be decided

For the first time, there will be Olympic medals awarded in the sport of breaking. The B-Girls competition will take place on 9 August, with the qualified athletes battling it out at the La Concorde Urban Park from 4pm.

Japan's B-Girl Ayumi will be looking to become the Olympic champion at age 41 – more than double the age of some of her opponents. And she has a good chance, too, after finishing first and second at the two Olympic Qualifier Series events.

Indeed, a Japanese one-two may be on the cards: B-Girl Ami finished second and first in those same qualifiers.

Table tennis - Ma Long ready to bow out

There's a changing of the guard in table tennis. The two-time defending singles champion Ma Long hasn't been selected for the singles event this time, and as the legend – and arguably the sport's greatest of all time – prepares to wind down his career, this could be his last Olympic Games final.

The men's team gold medal match (3pm) should, barring a wholly unexpected and earth-shattering surprise, feature China, which has dominated Olympic table tennis. And Ma remains the figurehead of the team, even as he has been overtaken in the world (and domestic) ranks by Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong, his teammates.

With Ma already announcing that the 2024 World Championships would be his last, will this be his final Olympic appearance too?

Medal events

Athletics (track and field)
19:30: W 4x100m relay final; 19:40: W shot put final; 19:45: M 4x100m relay final; 20:00: W 400m final; 20:10: M triple jump final; 20:15: W heptathlon 800m; 20:55: W 10,000m final; 21:45: M 400m hurdles final

Beach volleyball
21:00–22:00: W bronze medal match; 22:30–23:30: W gold medal match

Boxing
21:30–21:46: M 71kg final; 21:47–22:03: W 50kg final; 22:34–22:50: M 92kg final; 22:51–23:06: W 66kg final

Breaking
21:14–21:30: B-Girls bronze medal battle, gold medal battle

Canoe sprint
12:50–13:00: W C-2 500m final A; 13:10–13:20: W K-2 500m final A; 13:30–13:40: M K-2 500m final A; 13:50–14:00: M C-1 1000m final A

Cycling (track)
18:00–19:09: M sprint finals race 1, race 2; 18:09–18:49: W Madison final; 19:38–19:43: M sprint finals decider if required

Diving
15:00–16:40: W 3m springboard final

Football
15:00–18:00: W bronze medal match; 18:00–21:00: M gold medal match

Hockey
14:00–15:45: W bronze medal match; 20:00–21:45: W gold medal match

Marathon swimming
07:30–10:00: M 10km open water

Rhythmic gymnastics
14:30–16:50: Individual all-around final

Sport climbing
10:15–13:14: M Boulder & Lead final

Table tennis
10:00–13:00: M team bronze medal match; 15:00–18:00: M team gold medal match

Taekwondo
20:19–21:33: W -67kg medal contests; 20:35–21:52: M -80kg medal contests

Volleyball
16:00–18:30: M bronze medal match

Weightlifting
15:00–17:08: M 89kg; 19:30–21:38: W 71kg

Wrestling
19:30–20:05: M freestyle 57kg medal finals; 20:05–20:40: M freestyle 86kg medal finals; 20:50–21:25: W freestyle 57kg final

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Saturday 10 August 2024 (Day 15)

It's the penultimate day of action at Paris 2024 with a bumper 39 gold medal events on offer, including what used to be the traditional curtain-closer in athletics: the men's marathon (8am), which is swapping positions with the women's race to showcase performances by female athletes in the first gender-equal Olympic Games.

The in-stadium programme in track and field will conclude with 8 finals, including in the men's high jump (7:10pm), the event in which Tamberi and Barshim tied for gold in Tokyo.

A bunch of team sports tournaments will also conclude, including in men's basketball, women's football, women's handball, men's volleyball, and women's water polo.

Here are our picks of the day:

Athletics (track and field) - Kipchoge goes for unprecedented three-peat

The men's marathon (8am) could produce the first ever three-time Olympic champion in history, as Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge attempts to become the first marathoner to win three consecutive Olympic golds.

Only Abebe Bikila (1960, 1964) and Waldemar Cierpinski (1976, 1980) stand alongside Kipchoge (2016, 2020) as the only two-time winners.

All eyes will be on Kipchoge to see if he can write history, while at the same time there will be a feeling of "what might have been", with the late world record holder Kelvin Kiptum having lost his life in a road accident before the Games.

Basketball - Will USA "Dream Team" repeat again, or can hosts spring an upset?

The Tokyo 2020 men's basketball final came down to Team USA and France, with the U.S. winning.

Given the strength of the U.S. team drawn from NBA stars including LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and Joel Embiid, they are – as they always are – favourites to win gold again.

But hosts France will have every intention of playing spoiler on home soil, cheered on by a loud Bercy Arena crowd. They will also have their own firepower in Victor Wembanyana and Rudy Gobert, although losing Embiid to the U.S. was a sour point. Can they spring a shock to take what would be a famous gold medal?

Football - USWNT aim to return to the top

The United States women's national team hasn't won a major international title since the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, and Olympic gold since London 2012.

That is a run that has gone on too long in the eyes of the USWNT's fans. Last time out in Tokyo, a disappointing semi-final exit to eventual champions Canada ended their hopes, although they did go on to pick up bronze.

This year, the USWNT has won the W Gold Cup and SheBelieves Cup, and heads into the Paris Games in good form.

Medal events

Artistic swimming
19:30–21:45: Duet free routine

Athletics (track and field)
08:00–11:00: M marathon; 19:10: M high jump final; 19:25: M 800m final; 19:40: W javelin throw final; 19:45: W 100m hurdles final; 20:00: M 5000m final; 20:25: W 1500m final; 21:12: M 4x400m relay final; 21:22: W 4x400m relay final

Basketball
11:00–13:00: M bronze medal game; 21:30–23:30: M gold medal game

Beach volleyball
21:00–22:00: M bronze medal match; 22:30–23:30: M gold medal match

Boxing
21:30–21:46: W 57kg final; 21:47–22:03: M 57kg final; 22:34–22:50: W 75kg final; 22:51–23:06: M +92kg final

Breaking
21:14–21:30: B-Boys bronze medal battle, B-Boys gold medal battle

Canoe sprint
13:00–13:10: W K-1 500m final A; 13:20–13:30: M K-1 1000m final A; 13:50–14:00: W C-1 200m final A

Cycling (track)
17:59–18:53: M Madison final

Diving
15:00–16:40: M 10m platform final

Football
17:00–20:00: W gold medal match

Golf
09:00–18:00: W round 4

Handball
10:00–12:00: W bronze medal match; 15:00–17:00: W gold medal match

Modern pentathlon
19:10–19:30: M final laser run

Rhythmic gymnastics
14:00–15:30: Group all-around final

Sport climbing
10:15–13:14: W Boulder & Lead final

Taekwondo
20:19–21:33: M +80kg medal contests; 20:35–21:52: W +67kg medal contests

Volleyball
13:00–15:30: M gold medal match; 17:15–19:45: W bronze medal match

Water polo
10:35–12:05: W bronze medal match; 15:35–17:05: W gold medal match

Weightlifting
11:30–13:38: M 102kg; 16:00–18:08: W 81kg; 20:30–22:38: M +102kg

Wrestling
19:30–20:05: M freestyle 74kg medal finals; 20:05–20:40: M freestyle 125kg medal finals; 20:50–21:25: W freestyle 62kg final

Full daily schedule here.

Paris 2024 highlights, Sunday 11 August 2024 (Day 16)

After over two weeks of competition, the last 13 gold medals will be awarded on the final day of the Games, before the Closing Ceremony in the evening at the Stade de France.

The women's marathon (8am) concludes the athletics programme, a traditional end to that sport but with a twist, celebrating women in honour of the Women's March on Versailles, a historic event in French history. Also, the public will have had a chance to run along the course at the Marathon Pour Tous, which takes place overnight from 10-11 August.

At the Bercy Arena, the women's basketball final (3:30pm) will be the final event of the entire Games. Team USA will be expected to win their eighth straight title.

Cycling (track) - Jason Kenny's successor to be anointed

At the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome, the last three track cycling finals will take place, including in the men's keirin (1:32pm).

The two-time defending champion, Jason Kenny, has retired from the sport, meaning there will be a new champion in the event. British riders have won gold at this event since Beijing 2008, with Chris Hoy winning the two before Kenny.

Those are big shoes for Jack Carlin or Hamish Turnbull to fill. Colombia's Kevin Quintero, who is one of his country's Opening Ceremony flag-bearers, is the reigning world champion and will attempt to win the first Colombian track cycling gold.

Closing Ceremony brings curtain down

After all the events are done, it is time to finally celebrate the previous 16 days. The Stade de France will host the Closing Ceremony (9pm), a chance for the athletes to mingle amongst themselves and reflect on another Olympic Games.

Plus there will be the much-anticipated handover from Paris 2024 to Los Angeles 2028.

And as the Olympic Cauldron is extinguished, attention will turn towards the Paralympic Games, which open on 28 August, and Milano Cortina 2026, the next Olympic Winter Games, in barely a year and a half.

Medal events

Athletics (track and field)
08:00–11:30: W marathon

Basketball
11:30–13:30: W bronze medal game; 15:30–17:30: W gold medal game

Cycling (track)
12:45–13:21: W sprint finals race 1, race 2; 13:32–13:38: M keirin final; 13:44–13:46: W sprint finals decider if required; 13:56–14:25: W omnium points race

Handball
09:00–11:00: M bronze medal match; 13:30–15:30: M gold medal match

Modern pentathlon
12:40–13:00: W final laser run

Volleyball
13:00–15:30: W gold medal match

Water polo
10:35–12:05: M bronze medal match; 14:00–15:30: M gold medal match

Weightlifting
11:30–13:38: W +81kg

Wrestling
12:00–12:35: M freestyle 65kg medal finals; 12:35–13:20: M freestyle 97kg medal finals; 13:20–13:55: W freestyle 76kg final

• 21:00–23:15: Closing Ceremony

Full daily schedule here.