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Olympic Games: Australians in action on day three in Paris

Olympic Games: Australians in action on day three in Paris

Australia swimmers Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan will go head-to-head in the women’s 200m freestyle final, while Kaylee McKeown starts the defence of her Tokyo Olympics crown in the women’s 100m backstroke heats.

The Opals kick off their women’s basketball campaign with high hopes, and the Kookaburras and Hockeyroos will both see action in the hockey.

Here are the Australians to watch on day three at Paris 2024 – all times AEST:

Badminton

  • 4:30pm: Women’s doubles – Group C: Angela Yu and Setyana Mapasa v So Yeong Kim and Hee Yong Kong

  • 3:30am: Women’s singles – Group K: Tiffany Ho v Thuy Linh Nguyen

Basketball

Beach volleyball

  • 5pm: Men’s preliminary – Pool A: Izac Carracher and Mark Nicolaidis v Samuele Cottafava and Paolo Nicolai

  • 6am: Women’s preliminary – Pool B: Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar v Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth

Boxing

  • 7.32pm: Women’s 60kg prelims – round of 16: Tyla McDonald v Maria Jose Palacios Espinoza

  • 8.20pm: Men’s 63.5kg prelims – round of 16: Harry Garside v Richard Kovacs

  • 12.50am: Men’s +92kg prelims – round of 16: Teremoana Teremoana v Dmytro Lovchynskyi

Canoe slalom

Diving

Hockey

Rowing

  • 6.20pm: Men’s pair repechages: Patrick Holt and Simon Keenan

  • 7.30pm: Women’s quadruple sculls repechages: Ria Thompson, Rowena Meredith, Laura Gourley and Caitlin Cronin

  • 7.40pm: Men’s eight heats: Ben Canham, Joshua Hicks, Spencer Turrin, Angus Widdicombe, Jack Hargreaves, Alex Purnell, Angus Dawson, Jack O’Brien And Kendall Brodie

  • 8pm: Women’s eight heats: Katrina Werry, Lucy Stephan, Bronwyn Cox, Georgie Rowe, Jacqui Swick, Giorgia Patten, Sarah Hawe, Paige Barr And Hayley Verbunt

Rugby sevens

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Sailing

  • 8.05pm: Men’s skiff: Jim Colley and Shaun Connor

  • 8.15pm: Women’s skiff: Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine

  • 8.23pm: Men’s windsurfing: Grae Morris

Shooting

Skateboarding

Surfing

  • 3am: Men’s round three: Ethan Ewing, Jack Robinson

  • 7.48am: Women’s round three: Molly Picklum, Tyler Wright

Swimming

  • 7pm: Women’s 400m individual medley heats: Jenna Forrester, Ella Ramsay

  • 7.13pm: Women’s 100m backstroke heats: Kaylee McKeown, Iona Anderson

  • 7.28pm: Men’s 800m freestyle heats: Sam Short, Elijah Winnington

  • 4.30am: Women’s 400m individual medley final: Jenna Forrester, Ella Ramsay (TBC)

  • 4.40am: Men’s 200m freestyle final: Maximillian Giuliani

  • 4.57am: Women’s 100m backstroke semi-finals: Kaylee McKeown, Iona Anderson (TBC)

  • 5.41am: Women’s 200m freestyle final: Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O’Callaghan

Table tennis

Tennis

  • 8pm: Men’s doubles first round: Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin v Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram; Matthew Ebden v Elle

  • 8pm: Mixed doubles first round: Ellen Perez and Matthew Ebden v Sara Sorribes Tormo and Marcel Granollers