Paris 2024 Olympics Australia schedule today, July 29: Ariarne Titmus vs Mollie O’Callaghan duel for 200m fly title, hockey teams and Opals in action

Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus will be eyeing to complete a rare double successful Olympic title defence when she lines up for the women’s 200m freestyle final at Paris 2024 on Monday, July 29.

The ace Dolphin successfully defended her women’s 400m butterfly title on Saturday and will back herself to add to Australia’s Paris 2024 Olympics medal tally at the Paris La Defense Arena on Monday as well.

Though her arch-rival, USA’s Katie Ledecky, won’t be a part of the medal race, Titmus’ biggest threat will possibly come from closer to home, in fellow Dolphin Mollie O’Callaghan.

O’Callaghan, just 20, is a rising star and already has four Olympic medals, including three golds, to her name but all of them have come in relay events, including a top podium finish in the 4x100m women’s freestyle relay at Paris 2024.

Trust the youngster to go all out for a maiden individual swimming medal on Monday and give her senior compatriot a tough run for her title. O'Callaghan famously beat Titmus to become world champion in the event last year.

Kaylee McKeown and Ella Ramsey are also set to begin their Paris 2024 campaigns on Monday.

The Kookaburras and Hockeyroos will also be in action when they take on Ireland and Great Britain, respectively. The Opals also begin their quest to end a 12-year-long medal drought and take on Nigeria in their opening match.

Set to play the quarter-finals, the Australian rugby sevens team will also be eyeing to confirm a medal match for themselves.

Australian tennis star Alex de Minaur, who pulled out of the singles competition, is set for his Olympic debut when he takes to the clay courts of the Roland Garros with childhood friend Alexei Popyrin. The duo takes on fourth-seeded Americans Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram in the opening round.

Paris 2024 Olympics Australia schedule today: 29 July, Monday

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

Badminton

• Women’s doubles Group C: Setyana Mapasa/Angela Yu vs KIM So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong (Republic of Korea) - 6:10 PM
• Women’s singles Group K: Tiffany Ho vs Thuy Linh Nguyen (Vietnam) - 5:10 AM

Basketball (women)

• Group B: Nigeria vs Australia - 7:00 PM

Beach volleyball

• Men’s Pool A: Mark Nicolaidis/Izac Carracher vs Samuele Cottafava/Paolo Nicolai (ITA) - 5:00 PM
• Women’s Pool B: Taliqua Clancy/Mariafe Solar vs Kirsten Nuss/Taryn Kloth (USA) - 6:00 AM

Boxing

• Women’s 60kg round of 16: Tyla McDonald vs Maria Jose Palacios (Ecuador) - 7:32 PM
• Men’s 63.5kg round of 16: Harry Garside vs Richard Kovacs (Hungary) - 8:20 PM
• Men’s +92kg round of 16: Teremoana vs Dmytro Lovchynskyi (Ukraine) - 12:50 AM

Canoe slalom

• Men’s canoe single semi-final (Tristan Carter) - 11:30 PM
• Medal event: Men’s canoe single final (if qualified) - 1:20 AM

Diving

• Medal event: Men’s synchronised 10m platform final (Domonic Bedggood/Cassiel Rousseau) - 7:00 PM

Equestrian

• Eventing individual jumping qualifier (Chris Burton, Shane Rose) - 7:00 PM
• Medal event: Eventing team jumping final (Chris Burton, Shane Rose) - 7:00 PM
• Medal event: Eventing individual jumping final (Chris Burton, Shane Rose, Kevin McNab) - 11:00 PM

Hockey (men)

• Pool B: Ireland vs Australia - 6:00 PM

Hockey (women)

• Pool B: Great Britain vs Australia - 1:00 AM

Rowing

• Men’s pair repechage 1 (Patrick Holt/Simon Keenan) - 6:20 PM
• Women’s quadruple sculls repechage 1 (Caitlin Cronin/Laura Gourley/Rowena Meredith/Ria Thompson) - 7:30 PM
• Men’s eight heat 2 (Team Australia) - 7:50 PM
• Women’s eight heat 1 (Team Australia) - 8:00 PM

Rugby sevens (women)

• Pool B: Australia vs Ireland - 10:30 PM
• Women’s quarter-finals (if qualified) - 5:00 AM onwards

Sailing

• Women’s skiff races 4 to 6 (Oliva Price/Evie Haseldine) - 8:15 PM onwards
• Men’s skiff races 4 to 6 (Jim Colley/Shaun Connor) - 10:05 PM onwards
• Men’s windsurfing races 5 to 8 (Grae Morris) - 12:01 AM onwards

Shooting

• Trap men’s qualification Day 1 (James Willett, Mitchell Iles) - 5:30 PM

Skateboarding

• Men’s street prelims (Shane O’Neill) - 8:00 PM
• Medal event: Men’s street final (if qualified) - 1:00 AM

Surfing

• Men’s round 2 heat 7: Jack Robinson vs Lucca Mesinas (Peru) - 11:24 AM

Swimming

• Women’s 400m individual medley (Jenna Forrester, Ella Ramsay) - 7:06 PM
• Women’s 100m backstroke (Kaylee McKeown, Iona Anderson) - 7:21 PM
• Men’s 800m freestyle (Elijah Winnington, Samuel Short) - 7:58 PM
• Medal event: Women’s 400m individual medley final (if qualified) - 4:30 AM
• Medal event: Men’s 200m freestyle final (Maximillian Giuliani) - 4:43 AM
• Women’s 100m backstroke semi-finals (if qualified) - 5:00 AM
• Medal event: Women’s 200m freestyle final (Mollie O’Callaghan, Ariarne Titmus) - 5:48 AM

Table tennis

• Women’s singles round of 64: Minhyung Jee vs Nina Mittelham (Germany) - 6:00 PM
• Women’s singles round of 64: Melissa Tapper vs Shin Yubin (Republic of Korea) - 7:00 PM
• Men’s singles round of 64: Nicholas Lum vs Vitor Ishiy (Brazil) - 7:00 PM

Tennis

• Men’s doubles first round: Alex de Minar/Alexei Popyrin vs Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram (USA) - 8:00 PM onwards
• Mixed doubles first round: Matthew Ebden/Ellen Perez vs Sara Sorribes/Marcel Granollers (Spain) - 8:00 PM onwards