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Track and field events continue as Team USA pursues gold

Track and field events continue as Team USA pursues gold

Good morning! Day 12 of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here’s what you need to pay attention to today.

Today, 23 medals are presented, five of which AthleticsAnd weight lifting And skate boarding finals are also held.

There are a handful Athletics Today is the finals. Women’s pole vault, Katie Moon Hoping to bring home the gold medal Team USAand this finale takes place at 12:15 pm ET and 6:15 pm local time. Separately, men’s discus throw At 14:25 Turkish time and 20:25 local time; Quincy Hall of America will compete men’s 400m final 3:20 p.m. ET and 9:20 p.m. local time; and men’s 3,000m steeplechase At 15:43 GMT and 21:43 local time. Mixed relay race marathon walk starts the day and is already on his way.

In non-medal events, USA women’s basketball The team will aim to extend its streak to eight consecutive gold medals, having won the event at every Games since Atlanta 1996. The American team Nigeria in the quarterfinal match at 3:30 p.m. ET and 9:30 p.m. local time. The winner, Serbia or Australiathose who played early in the day.

Inside Beach volleyball, America’s last couple standing Miles Partisan And Andy Benes face Qatar’s Ahmed Tijan And Sharif Yunus in the quarterfinals at 4 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. local time. USA men (off the beach) volleyball The team is taking over Poland in the semifinals at 10 a.m. ET and 4 p.m. local time. And women’s golf is currently ongoing, Nelly Korda He hopes to defend his gold medal.

Back to the medals, men park skateboard The final begins at 11:30 a.m. ET and 5:30 p.m. local time. Top finishers last time Australia And BrazilHowever Team USA three Californians, Tate Carew, Gavin Bottger And Tom Schaar will want to change that. Carew and Bottger are 19 and 17 years old respectively, and the 51-year-old Andy MacDonald He will play in the Olympics for the first time Great Britain.

Here are the remaining medal events:

Sailing — Women’s boat at 6:13 a.m. and 12:13 p.m. local time; men’s boat at 7:13 a.m. and 1:13 p.m. local time; mixed multihull boat at 8:43 a.m. and 2:43 p.m. local time; mixed boat at 9:43 a.m. and 3:43 p.m. local time.

Sport Climbing — Women’s Speed ​​final at 06:54 CET and 12:54 local time.

Weight lifting — Men’s (61 kg/134 lbs.) race at 09:00 CET and 15:00 local time; women’s (49 kg/108 lbs.) race at 13:30 CET and 19:30 local time.

Cycling — The men’s team pursuit race starts at 12:23 p.m. (GMT+3) and 6:23 p.m. (local time); the women’s team pursuit race starts at 13:17 p.m. (GMT+3) and 7:17 p.m. (local time).

Artistic Swimming — Team competitions will take place at 13:30 CET and 19:30 local time.

Wrestle — Greco-Roman (77 kg/169 lbs) at 13:30 CET and 19:30 local time; Greco-Roman (97 kg/213 lbs) at 14:05 CET and 20:05 local time; women’s freestyle (50 kg/110 lbs) at 14:50 CET and 20:50 local time.

Tae-kwon-do — Women’s Olympic flyweight (49 kg/108 lbs) at 14:19 CET and 20:19 local time; Men’s Olympic flyweight (58 kg/128 lbs) at 14:34 CET and 20:34 local time.

Boxing — Men’s lightweight (63.5 kg/139 lbs) at 16:34 GMT, 22:34 local time; men’s middleweight (80 kg/176 lbs) at 16:51 GMT, 22:51 local time.