Tokyo 2020 women’s beach volleyball silver medalists Tariqua Clancy and Mariafe Altacho del Solar of Australia will have the chance to add to their bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday.
Clancy and del Solar, who won Australia’s first Olympic medal in beach volleyball at Tokyo 2020, lost in the semi-finals to Brazil’s Ana Patricia Silva Ramos and Eduarda Santos Lisboa, also known as Duda, to advance to the finals for the second consecutive tournament. I missed it.
However, the Australian team will be aiming for the bronze medal by facing the Swiss team of Tanya Ueberg and Nina Brunner.
Meanwhile, Tokyo 2020 men’s kayak double 1000m champions Jan van der Westhuizen and Thomas Green will aim to win gold in the reclassified kayak double 500m canoe sprint event at the 2024 Paris Games.
Meanwhile, Jaden Lawrence won the repechage and will be challenging for the bronze medal in the men’s 86kg wrestling category.
Rachel Gunn, also known as B-Girl Ray Gunn, will make history as the first Australian breakdancer to compete in the Olympics. B-Girl’s event in Paris 2024 will be held on Thursday.
Diver Madison Keeney will compete in the women’s 3m springboard final, aiming for a bronze medal in the 3m synchro at Rio 2016.
Australian athletes will also have the chance to add to Australia’s 2024 Paris Olympic medal tally in track and field, track cycling, marathon swimming, taekwondo and weightlifting.
Australian athletes will compete in 14 medal events at the 2024 Paris Games on Friday.
Australia’s 2024 Paris Olympics medal events schedule for Friday 9 August
All live start times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).
athletics
Medal Event: Men’s Triple Jump Final (Connor Murphy) – 4:13 a.m. Medal Event: Women’s Heptathlon 800 Meters (Camryn Newton-Smith) – 4:25 a.m. Medal Event: Women’s 10,000 Meter Final (Lauren Ryan) – 4:57am
beach volleyball
Medal Event: Women’s Bronze Medal Match: Tariqua Clancy/Mariafe Altacho del Solar vs. Tanya Ueberg/Nina Brunner (Switzerland) – 5:00 a.m.
braking
B-Girls Event (Rachel Gunn) – After 12:00 AM (Medal Match Saturday, August 10th at 5:14 AM)
canoe sprint
Men’s Kayak Double 500m Semi-Final 2 (Jan van der Westhuizen/Tom Green) – 7:20pm Medal Events: Men’s Kayak Double 500m Final A (if eligible) – 9:30pm
cycling course
Men’s Sprint Semi-Finals (Matthew Richardson) – 10:41pm onwards Medal Events: Men’s Sprint Finals (if eligible) – 2am onwards Medal Events: Women’s Madison Finals (Alexandra Manley/Georgia Baker) – 2:09am
diving
Medal Event: Women’s 3-meter Springboard Final (Madison Keeney) – 11:00 p.m.
marathon swimming
Medal Event: Men’s 10k (Kyle Lee, Nick Sloman) – 3:30 p.m.
taekwondo
Medal event Men’s 80kg class (Leon Sejuranovic) 5:10pm – (Medal match from 4:30am on Saturday, August 10th)
weightlifting
Medal Event: Men’s 89kg (Kyle Bruce) – 11pm Medal Event: Women’s 71kg (Jacqueline Nichelle) – 3:30am
wrestling
Men’s 86kg Repechage: Jaden Lawrence vs. Dauren Kruguliev (Greece) – 7:00pm onwards Medal Event: Men’s 86kg Bronze Medal Match (if eligible) – 4:05am
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