IT’S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE Olympics for Australia so far, with the nation already claiming its best-ever gold medal haul. The Games aren’t over yet, though. There’s still one weekend’s worth of events remaining and plenty of chances for Aussie athletes to extend their record-breaking tally.
We’re only about halfway through the athletics events, while track cycling and canoe sprint still have a handful of medals to hand out, diving has a few finals left, breaking is about to announce itself to the world, and of course, there’s the ultimate closer, the Olympic marathon.
As you can see, there’s a lot on. But the Olympic schedule was clearly not catered to Australian time zones. For that reason, selecting which events you’re going to watch is an important task. You don’t want to commit to staying up past 12am or waking up at 4am unless it’s going to be worth it, but you also don’t want to risk missing out on a magical moment.
To put your mind at ease, we’ve hand-picked this week’s highlights, so you can focus on the events that matter. All dates and times are in AEST.
Friday night, August 9th
Swimming, men’s 10km – 3:30pm
Canoe sprint, women’s kayak double 500m final – 9:10pm
Aussie duo Aly Bull and Ella Beere will fancy themselves a chance at a medal here.
Canoe sprint, men’s kayak double 500m final – 9:50pm
Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen, gold medal winners in Tokyo, looking to win another Olympic title, albeit over a different distance.
Cycling, men’s sprint semifinals – 10:41pm
Aussie Matthew Richardson is still alive in the semifinals, with a gold medal looking like a real possibility.
Diving, women’s 3m springboard final – 11:00pm
Maddison Keeney has qualified for the final and despite specialising in synchronised events for most of her career, she has a chance at a medal.
INSTAGRAM | @matty_richo
Saturday morning, August 10th
Women’s basketball semifinal, Australia vs USA – 1:30am
A win would guarantee the Opals their first medal since London 2012, but team USA will be hard to beat.
Cycling, men’s sprint final – 2:00am
Should he win his semifinal, Matthew Richardson will race for gold here.
Men’s football gold medal match, France vs Spain – 2:00am
Two titans of the sport go head-to-head for the ultimate prize.
Cycling, women’s Madison final – 2:09am
Athletics, women’s 4x100m relay final – 3:30am
Athletics, men’s 4x100m relay final – 3:47am
Athletics, women’s 400m final – 4:00am
Athletics, women’s 10,000m final – 4:57am
Women’s beach volleyball bronze medal match, Australia vs Switzerland
Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar can add another medal to their tally after previously winning silver in Tokyo.
Women’s breaking final – 5:19am
Athletics, men’s 400m hurdles final – 5:45am
Saturday night, August 10th
Athletics, men’s marathon – 4:00pm
Golf, women’s individual final round – 5:00pm
Sport climbing, final lead – 8:35pm
Australian Oceana Mackenzie has qualified for the final round.
Diving, men’s 10m platform final – 11:00pm
Cassiel Rousseau might be Australia’s best remaining chance at a gold medal, as the reigning world champion in this event.
Women’s water polo gold medal match, Australia vs Spain – 11:35pm
The Stingers have defied the odds to reach only the second Olympic gold medal match in their history.
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Sunday morning, August 11th
Women’s football gold medal match, USA vs Brazil – 1:00pm
Athletics, men’s 800m final – 3:05am
Athletics, women’s javelin final – 3:30am
Aussies Mackenzie Little and Kathryn Mitchell have both qualified for the final.
Athletics, women’s 100m hurdles final – 3:35am
Athletics, men’s 5,000m final – 3:50am
Stewart McSweyn has qualified in an incredible effort, but don’t count on a medal here.
Athletics, women’s 1500m final – 4:15am
Jess Hull made it through the semifinals with the second fastest time. She’s a strong chance of a medal, maybe even gold.
Breaking, men’s final – 5:19am
Men’s basketball gold medal game, France vs USA – 5:30am
INSTAGRAM | @kingjames
Sunday night, August 11th
Women’s marathon – 4:00pm
Sinead Diver finished tenth in this event at Tokyo 2020 at age 44, becoming Australia’s oldest athletics competitor. Now 47, she’ll extend her record.
Cycling, men’s keirin finals – 9:23pm
Women’s basketball gold medal game – 11:30pm
Hopefully the Opals are in this one. The last event on the program.
Monday morning, August 12th
Closing ceremony – 5:00am
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