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Olympic Games: Australians in action on day three in Paris
By Guardian sport,
10 hours ago
Australia’s Mollie O’Callaghan will chase an Olympic swimming medal on day three at Paris 2024 with the Opals and Kookaburras also in action. Photograph: François-Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images
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
7pm: Women’s – Group B: Australia Opals v Nigeria
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
11.30pm: Men’s canoe single semi-final: Tristan Carter
6pm: Men’s – Pool B: Australia Kookaburras v Ireland
1am: Women’s – Pool B: Australia Hockeyroos v Great Britain
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
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