Australia’s Paris 2024 Olympics medal events schedule today, August 6: Arisa Trew chases history

By Utathya Nag
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Arisa Trew
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Teenager Arisa Trew will be chasing history at the Paris 2024 Olympics when she competes in the women’s park skateboarding event on Tuesday.

Set to be just 14 years and 86 days old when she makes her Olympic debut, Trew will have the opportunity to become the youngest Australian to win an Olympic medal if she can make the podium on Tuesday.

Swimmer Sandra Morgan currently holds the tag of the youngest Australian Olympic medallist in history. She was 14 years and 184 days old when she won the gold medal in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay event at Melbourne 1956 alongside Dawn Fraser, Faith Leech and Lorraine Crapp.

Ruby Trew, 15, will be the other Aussie in the event as the duo seeks to end the Japanese dominance in the event.

Skateboarding made its first Olympic appearance at the Olympics at Tokyo 2020 and Japan’s Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki took the gold and silver, respectively, in Japan with Great Britain’s Sky Brown taking bronze.

All three Tokyo medallists, however, are returning for Paris 2024 and will look to deny the Aussies a spot on the podium.

Melissa Wu will be in action in the women’s 10m platform final with compatriot Ellie Cole. Wu had won the bronze in the event at Tokyo 2020.

Matt Wearn will also have an opportunity to add to Australia’s Paris 2024 Olympics medal tally when he competes in the men’s dinghy final.

Australian athletes will be involved in four medal events at Paris 2024 on Tuesday.

Australia’s Paris 2024 Olympics medal events schedule on August 6, Tuesday

Live start times, all in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

Cycling track

  • Men’s team sprint first round (Team Australia) - 2:59 AM (August 7, Wednesday)
  • Medal event: Men’s team sprint finals for bronze medal (if qualified) - 4:02 AM (August 7, Wednesday)
  • Medal event: Men’s team sprint finals for gold medal (if qualified) - 4:07 AM (August 7, Wednesday)

Diving

  • Medal event: Women’s 10m platform final (Melissa Wu, Ellie Cole) - 11:00 PM

Sailing

  • Medal event: Men’s dinghy medal race (Matt Wearn) - 8:00 PM onwards

Skateboarding

  • Women’s park prelims (Arisa Trew, Ruby Trew) - 8:30 PM
  • Medal event: Women’s park final (if qualified) - 1:30 AM (August 7, Wednesday)
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