On August 6, the Paris 2024 Olympics enter their 11th day of competition post-opening ceremony, with a total of 15 gold medals to be awarded across diving, skateboarding, boxing, wrestling, hammer throw, long jump, and more. The women’s volleyball and table tennis team events will also continue with elimination rounds.
Today’s Highlights
The Olympic women’s volleyball competition will feature quarterfinal matches today, with the Chinese team advancing as group leaders after winning all three of their group stage matches. At 3 PM, the Chinese women’s volleyball team will face Turkey. Let’s cheer them on!
In diving, the women’s 10-meter platform champion will be decided tonight. Chinese divers Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi advanced to the final in first and second place respectively from the semifinals. Additionally, at 5 PM, the men’s 3-meter springboard preliminaries will take place, featuring Chinese competitors Xie Sifeng and Wang Zongyuan.
Boxing semi-finals and finals will take place in the early hours of tomorrow morning. Yang Wenlu will compete for the gold medal in the women’s 60 kg category, while Wu Yu and Chen Nianqin will participate in the women’s 50 kg and 66 kg semi-finals.
The men’s table tennis team event continues today, with the Chinese men’s team facing India at 4 PM.
Athletics will award medals in events including the women’s hammer throw (with Zhang Jie competing), the men’s long jump (with Wang Jianan and Zhang Mingkun), and the 1500 meters.
In skateboarding, 12-year-old Zheng Haohao, the youngest member of the Chinese delegation at these Games, is expected to appear in the women’s park final.
The women’s football semi-finals will feature USA vs Germany and Brazil vs Spain.
Key Schedule for Today
(All times are approximate and subject to change)
3:00 PM – Women’s Volleyball Quarterfinals: China vs Turkey
4:00 PM – Individual Show Jumping Final
4:00 PM – Men’s Table Tennis Team Round of 16: China vs India
4:00 PM – Men’s 3m Springboard Diving Preliminaries: Xie Sifeng, Wang Zongyuan
4:00 PM – Women’s Sport Climbing Bouldering and Lead Semifinals: Zhang Yueting, Luo Zhilu
9:00 PM – Women’s 10m Platform Diving Final: Quan Hongchan, Chen Yuxi
11:30 PM – Women’s Skateboarding Park Final: Zheng Haohao expected to compete
Midnight – Women’s Football Semi-final: USA vs Germany
1:30 AM – Synchronized Swimming Team Free Routine: China competes
1:33 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling 60kg Final
1:55 AM – Women’s Hammer Throw Final: Zhang Jie
2:10 AM – Men’s Team Sprint Cycling Gold Medal Race
2:15 AM – Men’s Long Jump Final: Wang Jianan, Zhang Mingkun
2:30 AM – Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling 130kg Final
2:50 AM – Men’s 1500m Final
3:00 AM – Women’s Football Semi-final: Brazil vs Spain
3:30 AM – Men’s Basketball Quarterfinals: Brazil vs USA
3:40 AM – Women’s 200m Final
4:02 AM – Boxing Women’s 50kg Semifinal: Wu Yu (China) vs Kizabe
4:50 AM – Boxing Women’s 66kg Semifinal: Chen Nianqin (Chinese Taipei) vs Yang Liu (China)
5:06 AM – Boxing Women’s 60kg Final: Yang Wenlu (China) vs Harrington
Medal Stand