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Olympic Games: Australians in action on day six in Paris

Olympic Games: Australians in action on day six in Paris

Australia will chase more Olympic medals in the pool with Mollie O’Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus leading an all-star women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team, while Kaylee McKeown is back in action in the 200m backstroke.

Rowing finals are under way with Australia looking to defend their title in the men’s four, as Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine eye a sailing podium place in the women’s skiff medal race.

The Kookaburras and Hockeyroos are both playing in hockey with the men’s side needing a win to get their Paris 2024 campaign back on track.

BMX racing kicks off with Australia having three strong contenders including Saya Sakakibara, while Min Woo Lee and Jason Day play the first round in men’s golf.

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

3×3 basketball

Archery

Artistic gymnastics

2.15am: Women’s all-round final: Ruby Pass

Athletics

  • 3.30pm Men’s 20km race walk: Rhydian Cowley, Kyle Swan, Declan Tingay

  • 5.20pm Women’s 20km race walk: Rebecca Henderson, Jemima Montag, Olivia Sandery

Basketball

Beach volleyball

  • 5pm: Men’s preliminary – Pool C: Thomas Hodges and Zachary Schubert v Nils Ehlers and Clemens Wickler

  • 6pm: Men’s preliminary – Pool A: Izac Carracher and Mark Nicolaidis v Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan

  • 12am: Women’s preliminary – Pool B: Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar v Heather Bansley and Sophie Bukovec

Boxing

Canoe slalom

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Cycling BMX racing

  • 4am: Men’s quarter-finals: Izaac Kennedy

  • 4.20am: Women’s quarter-finals: Saya Sakakibara, Lauren Reynolds

  • 6.05am: Men’s last chance race: Izaac Kennedy (TBC)

  • 6.15am: Women’s last chance race: Saya Sakakibara, Lauren Reynolds (TBC)

Equestrian

Golf

Hockey

Rowing

  • 5.30pm Women’s single sculls semi-finals: Tara Rigney

  • 6.10pm: Women’s eight repechages: Katrina Werry, Lucy Stephan, Bronwyn Cox, Georgie Rowe, Jacqui Swick, Giorgia Patten, Sarah Hawe, Paige Barr and Hayley Verbunt

  • 6.20pm: Men’s eight repechages: Ben Canham, Joshua Hicks, Spencer Turrin, Angus Widdicombe, Jack Hargreaves, Alex Purnell, Angus Dawson, Jack O’Brien and Kendall Brodie

  • 6.30pm: Women’s double sculls final B: Amanda Bateman, Harriet Hudson

  • 6.54pm: Women’s four final B: Olympia Aldersey, Jean Mitchell, Lily Alton and Molly Goodman

  • 8.10pm: Men’s four final A: Timothy Masters, Jack Robertson, Fergus Hamilton and Alex Hill

Sailing

  • 8.03pm, 3.30am: Men’s windsurfing: Grae Morris

  • 8.15pm: Men’s dinghy: Matt Wearn

  • 11.35pm: Women’s dinghy: Zoe Thomson

  • 11.43pm: Women’s skiff medal race: Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine

Surfing

Swimming

  • 7pm: Women’s 200m backstroke heats: Kaylee McKeown, Jaclyn Barclay

  • 7.18pm: Men’s 50m freestyle heats: Cameron McEvoy, Ben Armbruster

  • 7.47pm: Men’s 200m individual medley heats: William Petric, Tommy Neill

  • 8.05pm: Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay heats: Brianna Throssell, Jamie Perkins, Lani Pallister and Shayna Jack

  • 4.30am: Women’s 200m butterfly final: Abbey Lee Connor, Elizabeth Dekkers

  • 4.46pm: Men’s 50m freestyle semi-finals: Cameron McEvoy, Ben Armbruster

  • 5.19am: Women’s 200m backstroke semi-finals: Kaylee McKeown

  • 5.47am: Men’s 200m individual medley semi-finals: William Petric, Tommy Neill

  • 6.03am: Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay final: Australia

Water polo