Here’s your curated Olympics schedule for Day 5 if you’re wanting to watch Australians. After four days of Olympic action, Australia is sitting in fourth on the Olympic medal tally.
Wednesday 31 July (All times in AEST)
🏃🏽 4:00pm, Women’s Triathlon (Medal Event 🥇)
Australians Natalie Van Coevorden and Sophie Linn are competing in this event right now after athletes were given the all-clear to swim in the Seine earlier today. They are both making their Olympic debut.
🏃🏽6:45pm, Men’s Triathlon (Medal Event 🥇)
This event features Aussies Matt Hauser and Luke Willian. Hauser has improved since finishing 24th in Tokyo as a 23-year-old and is now ranked 3rd in the world. Willian is making his Olympic debut.
🏊♀️ 7:00pm, Swimming (Heats)
The morning session in Paris will feature Australians Ella Ramsey and Jenna Strautch (200m Breaststroke), Bradley Woodward and Se-Bom Lee (200m Backstroke), Lizzie Dekkers and Abbey Connor (200m Butterfly).
🚣♂️ 7:04pm, Rowing: Women’s Pair (Semi-Final)
Jess Morrison and Annabelle McIntyre won gold in Tokyo in the women’s four. They are now one of the favourites for the women’s pair in Paris. The top three crews in this semi-final go through to the A final.
🎾8:00pm, Tennis: Men’s Singles (Third Round)
Alexei Popyrin, the last Aussie in either the men’s or women’s singles, will play Germany’s Alexander Zverev.
🚲From 9:10pm, BMX Freestyle: Men’s and Women’s Final (Medal Event 🥇)
Aussie Logan Martin was the third highest qualifier through to the final of the men’s event where he will seek to defend his Olympic title from Tokyo. Natalya Diehm was the eighth highest qualifier through to the final in the women’s event. She will be seeking an Olympic medal after finishing fifth in Tokyo.
🏑 9:15pm, Women’s Hockey: Australia v United States (Group Game)
The Hockeyroos are two from two in Paris and will be looking to continue their unbeaten run against the U.S. who have drawn one (Spain) and lost one (Argentina).
🏐10:00pm, Women’s Water Polo: Australia v Netherlands (Group Game)
The Stingers won their first game against China. The Netherlands have already played two games, beating Hungary and China.
🛶 11:30pm, Women’s Canoe Slalom: C1 Final (Medal Event🥇)
Jess Fox is contending for her second gold medal in Paris. She is also the defending Olympic champion in this event. The semi-final begins at 11:30pm with the final to follow at 1:25am (AEST).
Thursday 1 August (All times in AEST)
🤸 1:30am, Gymnastics: Men’s Artistic Individual All- Around Final (Medal Event🥇)
21-year-old South Australian Jesse Moore will compete in this event. Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto is the defending Olympic champion and is competing in the final.
⚽ 3:00am, Women’s Football: Australia v United States (Group Game)
The Matildas can guarantee themselves a spot in the quarter-final if they either win or draw this match. They can still advance if they lose but it will depend on results from other games. Australia lost 4-3 to the U.S. in the bronze-medal match at Tokyo 2020.
Then, it’s time for swimming finals…
🏊♀️ 4:30am, Women’s 100m Freestyle (Final 🥇)
Mollie O’Callaghan and Shayna Jack will represent Australia in this final. O’Callaghan won her semi-final in 52.75 and Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey (52.64) won the other semi with Jack hot on her tail (52.72). This race is stacked, anything could happen.
🏊♀️ 4:37am, Men’s 200m Butterfly (Final 🥇)
No Aussies in this event but it’s set to be a great race. The fastest time in the semi-final was set by Hungary’s Kristóf Milák, the defending Olympic champion and World Record holder. He will be challenged by France’s Léon Marchand who is seeking his second individual gold in front of a home crowd after winning the 400m individual medley.
🏊♀️ 5:47am, Women’s 1500m Freestyle (Final 🥇)
Aussie Moesha Johnson is racing in Lane 2. Katie Ledecky is the overwhelming favourite and defending Olympic champion.
🏊♀️ 6:31am, Men’s 200m Breastroke (Final 🥇)
Aussie Zac Stubblety-Cook won his semi in 2:08.57. He is the reigning Olympic champion from Tokyo and will be looking to defend his title. Frenchman Léon Marchand won the other semi in 2:08.11. Notably, Marchand is also swimming the 200m butterfly final two hours before this event. Stubblety-Cook is joined by fellow Aussie Joshua Yong.
🏊♀️ 6:39am, Men’s 100m Freestyle (Final 🥇)
Kyle Chalmers won his semi in 47.58. China’s Pan Zhanle, the world record-holder, won the other semi in 47.21. In this event, Chalmers won gold in Rio and silver in Tokyo.
For a full Olympic schedule for day 5, head here.
