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The gold medals keep coming in Paris, with 18 on offer on Day 5 of the 2024 Olympic Games.
From triathlon to rowing, diving to swimming, there are a host of serious British contenders ready to show what they can do.
But there will be no shortage of global superstars strutting their stuff, too.
LeBron James and his all-star USA basketball team are back in action, while Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz take to the tennis court once more.
But the raucous La Defense Arena could be the place to be once again ahead of another night of scintillating swimming action.
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The 18 gold medals up for grabs on Wednesday will come across nine disciplines: artistic gymnastics, BMX freestyle, fencing, canoe slalom, diving, rowing, judo, swimming, shooting and triathlon.
Read on for the answers to those questions and more.
The schedule ON Day 5
The full list of medal events is as follows: BMX freestyle (men’s and women’s), artistic gymnastics (men’s individual all-round), canoe slalom (women’s C1), diving (women’s synchro 10m platform), fencing (men’s sabre team), judo (women’s -70kg, men’s -90kg), rowing (men’s quadruple sculls, women’s quadruple sculls), shooting (women’s trap), swimming (women’s 100m free, men’s 200m fly, women’s 1500m free, men’s 200m breast, men’s 100m free), triathlon (women’s and men’s individual).
In the swimming pool, American stars Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky will be on the hunt for medals, as will Romanian rising star David Popovici.
LeBron’s USA side, featuring fellow NBA stars like Steph Curry and Kevin Durant, are up against debutants South Sudan in the men’s basketball, while the men’s third round and women’s quarter-final tennis will feature big names like Djokovic, Alcaraz and Swiatek.
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Japan’s defending champion Daiki Hashimoti will be the favourite in the men’s gymnastics all-around final, while Spain‘s World Cup-winning women’s football team are in action against Brazil and hosts France face New Zealand as the group stage continues.
The triathlon will be worth a watch, as long as it goes ahead, and French hopes will rest on Cassandre Beaugrand and Emma Lombardi.
Brit watch
Before then, world champion Beth Potter, Tokyo silver medallist Georgia Taylor-Brown and Kate Waugh will be in action in the women’s triathlon.
In the pool, Duncan Scott and Matt Richards will go in the men’s 100m freestyle, while Anna Hopkin is in women’s 100m freestyle action and James Wilby in the men’s 200m breaststroke.
Rowing has historically been a reliable source of medals for the Brits, and the world champion women’s team and world silver men’s team will be looking to top the podium in the quadruple sculls finals.
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Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix will be hunting medals from the diving board when they compete in the women’s 10m synchro.
Jake Jarman and Joe Fraser are in action when the men’s all-around gymnastics final gets underway in the afternoon.
Tokyo silver medallist Mallory Franklin will be aiming for a medal in the C1 women’s canoe slalom final, while Lucy Hall will look to emulate Nathan Hales’ golden success in the women’s trap final.
Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown fights in the -70kg judo category, while the GB women’s hockey team are up against South Africa.
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How to watch the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
discovery+, the Streaming Home of the Olympics, will give fans access to all 10,500 athletes and 329 medal moments, with 3,800 hours of live coverage via an extensive network of 55+ live channel feeds, delivering the most comprehensive Olympics broadcast offer across the UK & Ireland. Fans will also be able to follow all their local heroes via a dedicated Team GB Hub, featuring live and catch-up content from all events and competitions.
On linear TV, Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 will broadcast wall-to-wall action across every day of competition, with live coverage from 7am -10.30pm daily, totalling 350 live hours, with highlights and replays available through the night. Both Eurosport 1 and 2 will be available on discovery+. These dedicated Olympic channels will also be available on a variety of Warner Bros. Discovery partner TV and streaming platforms.
KEY EVENTS ON Day 5 – wednesday 31 July
- Women’s Individual Triathlon: 07:00 – 09:40
- Men’s Individual Triathlon: 09:45 – 12:30
- Men’s and Women’s Quadruple Sculls: 08:30 – 12:10
- Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform: 10:00 – 11:00
- Men’s and Women’s BMX Freestyle Park final: 12:10 – 15:30
- Women’s Canoe Semi-finals and final: 14:30 – 17:30
- Men’s All-Around Artistic Gymnastics Final: 16:30 – 19:15
- Swimming Women’s 100m Freestyle, Men’s 200m Butterfly, Women’s 1500m Freestyle, Men’s 200m Breaststroke, Men’s 100m Freestyle: 19:30 – 21:30
- Swimming Heats (Including 200m women’s fly): 10:00 – 12:00
- Tennis Men’s Singles Third Round and Women’s Singles Quarterfinals: 11:00 – 18:00
- Football Women’s Group stages Brazil v Spain: 16:00 – 18:00 & 18:00 – 22:00
- Football Women’s Group stages Australia v USA: 18:00 – 20:00