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The first full day of Olympic competition finally begins in Paris

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Saturday brings the first full day of Olympics competition, with a huge programme of events set to take place across Paris.

Saturday highlights and stars to watch

The first gold medals of the summer will be handed out before lunch, with the mixed 10m air rifle finals taking place at 09:30 BST. The reigning Olympic champions, Chinese duo Haoran Yang and Qian Yang, are not competing, leaving the door wide open for Team GB pair Michael Bargeron and Seonaid McIntosh to bring home the first medals of the summer.

The shooting finals will be closely followed by the women’s 3m synchronised diving final, where the British duo of Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen, who have competed together since 2023, will both look to bring home their first medals.

Perhaps the biggest event of the day at Paris 2024 will be taking place in the pool at the Paris La Defense Arena, with a range of swimming disciplines making their first appearance. The day will include semi-finals in women’s 100m butterfly and 400m freestyle as well as men’s 100m breaststroke, with the day culminating in both the men’s and women’s 400m freestyle and 4x100m freestyle relay finals.

Several Team GB hopefuls will compete in each discipline, including Adam Peaty trying to reach the final in the men’s 100m breaststroke as he goes for a historic third straight gold, while America’s seven-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky is set to compete in the women’s 400m freestyle, along with Australia’s Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus and Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh.

Ariarne Titmus dominated in Tokyo and is back for more in Paris (Getty Images)

Other medals available to Team GB on Saturday will come in road cycling, where Anna Henderson and Josh Tarling will compete in the individual time trial event. The men’s street skateboarding finals will also take place in the evening.

The rugby sevens gold medal match will take place in the evening. Participants are yet to be confirmed, but the morning’s semi final matches will take the form of South Africa vs France and Fiji vs Australia. The first of the fencing will be completed on Saturday as well with gold medal bouts in women’s individual epee and men’s individual sabre, though Team GB will not compete, extending the 68-year wait for a fencing gold medal.

Football group stage matches will also continue, with tournament hosts France set to confirm progression from the group stage should they secure a win over Guinea. Spain will have the same opportunity as they face the Dominican Republic, while Argentina will have the opportunity to right the ship with a win over Iraq following a controversial opening-day loss to Morocco, which manager Javier Mascherano described as a chaotic “scandal” after the game was delayed when fans invaded the pitch.

Britons Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie, Daniel Evans, and Katie Boulter will all take to the clay at Roland Garros to embark on their tennis singles campaigns, while the storied doubles team of 2024 Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz and 22-time grand slam winner Rafael Nadal will face Argentina’s Maximo Gonzalez and Molteni Andres.

Team GB today

Medal final in bold

8:30am: Equestrian - Eventing; Individual and Team

9:00am: Men’s hockey; Great Britain v Spain

9:10am: Badminton; men’s doubles (B. Lane, S. Vendy)

10:00am: Diving; Women’s 3m Springboard Synchro (Y. Harper and S. Mew Jensen)

10:00am: Gymnastics - Artistic; Men’s Floor Exercise, Men’s Horizontal Bar, Men’s Individual All-Around, Men’s Parallel Bars, Men’s Pommel Horse, Men’s Rings, Men’s Team, Men’s Vault - Qualification

10:00am: Swimming; Women’s 100m butterfly (K. MacInnes)

10:30am: Swimming; Men’s 100m breaststroke (A. Peaty)

10:45am: Swimming; Men’s 400m freestyle (K. Bird)

11:00am: Rowing; Women’s Double Sculls, heats (M. Hodgkins-Byrne, R. Wilde)

11:00am: Tennis; Men’s singles (D. Evans, J. Draper, C. Norrie)

11:10am: Tennis; Women’s singles (K. Boulter)

11:15am: Swimming; Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay

11:26am: Swimming; Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay

11:30am: Rowing; Men’s Quadruple Sculls, heats (T. Barras, C. Dixon, M. Haywood, G. Thomas)

11:50am: Rowing; Women’s Quadruple Sculls, heats (L. Henry, H. Scott, L. Anderson, G Brayshaw)

1:30pm: Cycling - Road; Women’s Individual Time Trial (A. Henderson)

2:00pm: Canoe Slalom; Men’s C1, heats, run one (A. Burgess)

3:00pm: Canoe Slalom; Women’s K1, heats, run one (K. Woods)

3:32pm: Cycling - Road; Men’s Individual Time Trial (J. Tarling)

4:10pm: Canoe Slalom; Men’s C1, heats, run two (A. Burgess)

5:10pm: Canoe Slalom; Women’s K1, heats, run two (K. Woods)

7:00pm: Boxing; women’s 54kg, last 32 (C. Davison)

Paris 2024 Day 1 (Saturday July 27) Schedule in Full

Artistic gymnastics

10am-12.30pm: Men’s qualification
2.30pm-5pm: Men’s qualification
7pm-9.30pm: Men’s qualification

Badminton

7.30am-11am: Men’s and women’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles: group stage
1pm-4.30pm: Men’s and women’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles: group stage
6.30pm-10pm: Men’s and women’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles: group stage

Basketball (men’s)

10am: Australia vs Spain
12:30pm: Germany vs Japan
4:15pm: France vs Brazil
8:00pm: Greece vs Canada

Beach volleyball

1pm-3pm: Men’s or women’s prelims (x2 matches)
5pm-7pm: Men’s or women’s prelims (x2 matches)
9pm-11pm: Men’s or women’s prelims (x2 matches)

Boxing

2.30pm-4.55pm: Women’s 54kg and 60kg, men’s 63.5kg and 80kg: round of 16 or 32
7pm-9.55pm: Women’s 54kg and 60kg, men’s 63.5kg and 80kg: round of 16 or 32

Canoe slalom

2pm-6.10pm: Men’s C1 and women’s K1 heats

Cycling (road)

1.30pm-5.30pm: Men’s and women’s individual time trial ????

Diving

10am-11am: Women’s 3m synchro: final ????

Equestrian

8.30am-5.30pm: Eventing dressage: team and individual day 1

Fencing

9am-3.40pm: Women’s individual epee and men’s individual sabre: table of 64, table of 32, table of 16, quarter-finals
6pm-9.50pm: Women’s individual epee and men’s individual sabre: semi-finals, bronze medal bout, gold medal bout ????

Football

2:00pm: Argentina vs Iraq (Lyon Stadium)
2:00pm: Dominican Republic vs Spain (Bordeaux Stadium)
4:00pm: Ukraine vs Morocco (Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium, Saint-Ettiene)
4:00pm: Uzbekistan vs Egypt (La Beaujoire Stadium, Nantes)
6:00pm: New Zealand vs United States (Marseille Stadium)
6:00pm: Israel vs Paraguay (Parc de Princes, Paris)
8:00pm: France vs Guinea (Nice Stadium)
8:00pm: Japan vs Mali (Bordeaux Stadium)

Handball (men’s)

8:00am: Spain vs Slovenia
10:00am: Hungary vs Egypt
1:00pm: Croatia vs Japan
3:00pm: Norway vs Argentina
6:00pm: Germany vs Sweden
8:00pm: Denmark vs France

Hockey

9:00am: Great Britain vs Spain (Men’s)
9:30am: Belgium vs Ireland (Men’s)
11:45am: Netherlands vs South Africa (Men’s)
12:15pm: Australia vs Argentina (Men’s)
4:00pm: Germany vs France (Men’s)
4:30pm: India vs New Zealand (Men’s)
6:45pm: Argentina vs United States (Women’s)
7:15pm: Netherlands vs France (Women’s)

Judo

9am-1pm: Women’s -48kg and men’s -60kg: elimination rounds
3pm-6pm: Women’s -48kg and men’s -60kg: medal rounds ????

Rowing

8am-12:10pm: Men’s and women’s single sculls, men’s and women’s double sculls, men’s and women’s quadruple sculls: heats

Rugby sevens

1:30pm: New Zealand vs Argentina (Men’s Placing 5-8) (M25)
2:00pm: Ireland vs United States (Men’s Placing 5-8) (M26)
2:30pm: South Africa vs France (Men’s Semi-final) (M27)
3:00pm: Fiji vs Australia (Men’s Semi-final) (M28)
3:30pm: Japan vs Uruguay (Men’s Placing 11-12) (M29)
4:00pm: Samoa vs Kenya (Men’s Placing 9-10) (M30)
5:00pm: Loser M25 vs Loser M26 (Men’s Placing 7-8) (M31)
5:30pm: Winner M25 vs Winner M26 (Men’s Placing 5-6) (M32)
6:00pm: Loser M27 vs Loser M28 (Men’s Bronze Medal Match) (M33) ????
6:45pm: Winner M27 vs Winner M28 (Men’s Gold Medal Match) (M34) ????

Shooting

8am-12.45pm: Men’s and women’s 10m air pistol, mixed team 10m air rifle: qualification
9.30am-10.50am: Mixed team 10m air rifle: final ????

Skateboarding

11am-2.30pm: Men’s street prelims
4pm-6pm: Men’s street final ????

Surfing

6pm-3.30am: Men’s and women’s round 1

Swimming

10am-12pm: Women’s 100m butterfly, women’s 400m freestyle, men’s 100m breaststroke, men’s 400m freestyle, women’s 4x100m freestyle relay, men’s 4x100m freestyle relay: heats
7.30pm-9.30pm: Women’s 100m butterfly: semi-finals; men’s and women’s 400m freestyle: finals; men’s 100m breaststroke: semi-finals; women’s and men’s 4x100m freestyle relay: finals ????