Olympic Games: Australians in action on day one in Paris

Australia will be out to make an immediate impact at Paris 2024 with medal hopes in swimming, cycling, diving and rugby sevens – all times AEST

The Paris Olympics are under way and Australia will be out to start with a bang as Ariarne Titmus, Sam Short and Elijah Winnington are among those to chase swimming medals. The Dolphins’ men and women will also renew each of their rivalries in the 4x100m freestyle relay events.

Grace Brown will hope to go at least one better after finishing fourth in the women’s individual time trial in Tokyo, while the Boomers face familiar foes Spain in their men’s basketball campaign and the Kookaburras kickstart their men’s hockey campaign.

11.30pm: Men’s qualification: Jesse Moore

3.30am: Women’s singles: Tiffany Ho v Beiwen Zhang

4.20am: Women’s doubles: Angela Yu and Setyana Mapasa v Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida

7pm: Men’s – Group A: Australia Boomers v Spain

11pm: Men’s preliminary – Pool A: Izac Carracher and Mark Nicolaidis v David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig

2am: Women’s preliminary – Pool B: Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar v Chen Xue and Xinyi Xia

11pm, 1.10am: Men’s canoe single heats: Tristan Carter

12am, 2.10am: Women’s kayak single heats: Jessica Fox

10.30pm: Women’s individual time trial: Grace Brown

12.32am: Men’s individual time trial: Lucas Plapp

7pm: Women’s synchronised 3m springboard final: Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith

5.30pm: Eventing team dressage: Australia

5.30pm: Eventing individual dressage: Shane Rose, Kevin McNab, Christopher Burton

9.15pm: Men’s – Pool B: Australia Kookaburras v Argentina

6pm: Men’s -60 kg elimination round of 32: Joshua Katz v Andrea Carlino

6.12pm: Women’s single sculls heats: Tara Rigney

8pm: Women’s double sculls heats: Amanda Bateman and Harriet Hudson

8.50pm: Women’s quadruple sculls heats: Caitlin Cronin, Laura Gourley, Rowena Meredith and Ria Thompson

12pm: Men’s semi-final: Australia v Fiji

8.30pm: Women’s 10m air pistol qualification: Elena Galiabovitch

8pm: Men’s street preliminaries: Shane O’Neill

1am: Men’s street final: Shane O’Neill (TBC)

3am: Men’s round one: Ethan Ewing, Jack Robinson

7.48am: Women’s round one: Molly Picklum, Tyler Wright

7pm: Women’s 100m butterfly heats: Emma McKeon, Alexandria Perkins

7.12pm: Women’s 400m freestyle heats: Jamie Perkins, Ariarne Titmus

7.30pm: Men’s 100m breaststroke heats: Sam Williamson, Josh Yong

7.45pm: Men’s 400m freestyle heats: Sam Short, Elijah Winnington

8.15pm: Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay heats: Australia

8.26pm: Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay heats: Australia

4.30am: Women’s 100m butterfly semi-finals: Emma McKeon, Alexandria Perkins (TBC)

4.42am: Men’s 400m freestyle final: Sam Short, Elijah Winnington (TBC)

4.52am: Women’s 400m freestyle final: Jamie Perkins, Ariarne Titmus (TBC)

5.12am: Men’s 100m breaststroke semi-final: Sam Williamson, Josh Yong (TBC)

5.34am: Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay final: Australia (TBC)

5.44am: Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final: Australia (TBC)

12.30am: Mixed doubles round of 16: Nicholas Lum and Minhyung Jee v Ovidiu Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs

6.15am: Men’s singles round of 64: Finn Luu v Alberto Mino

8pm: Women’s singles first round: Daria Saville v Zheng Qinwen

From 8pm: Men’s singles first round: Matthew Ebden v Novak Djokovic, Rinky Hijikata v Daniil Medvedev

From 8pm: Women’s doubles first round: Daria Saville and Ellen Perez v Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula

4.05am: Women’s preliminary round – Group A: Australia Stingers v China

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Carl Lewis, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams endure rocky Seine boat ride with Olympic flame

  • Nadia Comăneci keeps balance during choppy journey
  • Sporting greats were part of Paris Olympic ceremony

Carl Lewis, as a nine-time Olympic champion and the IOC’s sportsman of the 20th century, has faced down some formidable foes over the years. But at Friday’s opening ceremony for the Paris Games he nearly came unstuck against his toughest opponent yet: a rocking boat.

The former sprinter joined fellow gold medalists Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal and Nadia Comăneci on a boat that roared down the Seine carrying the Olympic flame to the traditional cauldron lighting ceremony.

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