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Sha’Carri Richardson, Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky compete for gold

PARIS (AP) — Simon Biles will once again be a front-runner for the 2024 Olympics on Saturday as he looks to secure a diving victory for his third gold medal in Paris.

Sha’Carri Richardson will be trying to win her first Olympic medal in the women’s 100-meter race, while in the pool, Katie Ledecky is aiming to add another gold to her collection in the women’s 800-meter freestyle.

The U.S. women’s soccer team will face Japan, while the U.S. men’s basketball team will face Puerto Rico.

Check out the full schedule of events and learn more about what to watch below:

Simone Biles back on the field

Biles, who won gold in the individual all-around and helped cement her legacy with a dominant U.S. finish in the team all-around, will be looking to win her third gold medal in the vaulting final at these Games.

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Gold medalist Simone Biles celebrates after competing in the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Overall Final on day six of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France on August 1, 2024. (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Biles is again among the favorites, but is expected to face a tough opponent in this tournament’s reigning Olympic champion, Brazilian Rebeca Andrade.

A medal for Sha’Carri Richardson?

Richardson was unable to compete in the Tokyo Games after testing positive for marijuana at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, but will now have a chance to medal in the women’s 100 meters.

Richardson is the world champion in the event, which could also feature Jamaican triple Olympic gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

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Sha’Carri Richardson competes in the women’s 100 metres heats of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 2, 2024. (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Tokyo gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah will miss the Paris Games due to injury, while Jamaican teammate Shericka Jackson has announced she will not be competing in the event.

Katie Ledecky is looking for another gold

With her victory in the women’s 800-meter freestyle, Ledecky joined American Michael Phelps as the only swimmers (of any gender and from any country) to win four gold medals in the same event.

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Katie Ledecky celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Women’s 1500m Freestyle Final on day five of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, France on July 31, 2024. (Photo: Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Ledecky will be the overwhelming favorite. She holds the world record for the distance with a time of 8:04.79.

Boxing debate

Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori is scheduled to face Algerian Imane Khelif in the women’s boxing quarter-finals, but the Hungarian Boxing Federation announced that it has sent letters of protest to the International Olympic Committee and the Hungarian Olympic Committee.

Khelif and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting were disqualified from the 2023 world championships because they had previously competed. The IBA ruled that Khelif and Lin had failed unspecified gender eligibility tests but had not submitted any documentation. Each fighter had competed in IBA events for several years.