That’s it for Day 3! Here’s a preview of Day 4 of Paris 2024
Now, with women’s surfing cancelled today, this marks the end of all competition on the third day of Paris 2024.
The men’s final is scheduled for tomorrow, but it remains to be seen what the weather will be like and how the women’s competition will be rescheduled.
Thanks for joining us for our blog on Day 3. Here’s what else we have planned for Day 4 (July 30th):
The 3×3 basketball events will begin at La Concorde Urban Park (5.30pm). Simone Biles will be aiming for the Olympics’ first gold medal since Rio 2016 in the women’s gymnastics team all-around final (6.15pm). The men’s triathlon is also scheduled for 8am, pending final water quality tests of the Seine in the morning.
Judo – France counts on Clarice Agbeninou
The host nation’s team is probably one of the strongest in the world after Japan, the sport’s traditional birthplace: after all, French athletes won eight medals out of 15 judo events in Tokyo.
On the fourth day, Clarisse Agbenou, the only French individual champion at Tokyo 2020, will defend her Olympic title in the women’s 63 kg category at the Champ de Mars Arena (10 am, medal fight at 5.49 pm).
Agbenoun is not France’s only hope in the sport, but as the only defending champion returning from Tokyo, there will certainly be some extra attention on her.
Swimming – Learning Irish history in the pool?
Ireland have only ever won five medals in swimming – four by Michelle Smith de Bruyne at the 1996 Atlanta Games and one by Mona McSharry today, on day three.
But on day four, Daniel Wiffen, the short-course world record holder in the event and current world long-distance champion, will compete in the 800m freestyle final (9.02pm) and have the chance to become Ireland’s first men’s Olympic swimming champion. And records may also be broken.
Table Tennis – World No. 1 ranked men’s and women’s paddlers aim for gold
Mixed doubles was the only table tennis event where a Chinese player failed to win a gold medal at Tokyo 2020, with Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen winning silver in the tournament’s inaugural edition.
This year, China is trying its best to rectify that by dominating table tennis with the pairing of Wang Chuqin, the world’s No. 1 men’s singles player, and Sun Yingsha, the world’s best paddler in women’s singles.
The pair are dominant contenders in the mixed doubles gold medal final at the South Paris Arena (2.30pm) as they seek to win gold in table tennis, the only sport in which China has yet to win an Olympic title, against Ri Jeong-sik and Kim Kum-yong of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Medal Events
Gymnastics
18:15～20:15: Double Team Final
fencing
19:30–21:20: Medal match for the Wipe team
judo
17:18–17:48: Men’s -81kg Medal Competition; 17:49–18:19: Women’s -63kg Medal Competition
Rugby Sevens
19:00～20:15: Double Medal Match
photograph
09:30-10:30: Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol Medal Match; 15:30-16:45: M Trap Final
surfing
14:12-16:10 (local time July 31, 02:12-04:10): M Medal Match
Depends on surf conditions
swimming
20:56: Women’s 100m Backstroke Final; 21:02: Men’s 800m Freestyle Final; 22:01: Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final
Table tennis
13:30-15:30: Mixed Doubles Medal Match
triathlon
08:00～10:00: MIndividual
Depends on water quality conditions
See here for details of the daily schedule.
