On Thursday, Simone Biles can twist and twirl to another medal at the 2024 Paris Games.
Biles will compete in the women’s gymnastics all-around final where she earned gold in Rio eight years ago. Her fellow teammate and defending gold medalist in the competition, Suni Lee, will also be looking for another medal. Biles and Lee were key members of the U.S. group that won gold in the women’s team final.
The U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team continues group play with a matchup against Belgium. Team USA handled Japan in its first matchup of these Olympics, winning 102-76 behind 24 points from A’ja Wilson and 22 from Breanna Stewart.
A handful of swimming heats and finals are set to take place, including the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay. Most notably, Caeleb Dressel returns to action in the men’s 50m freestyle.
Golf makes its 2024 Olympics debut in individual stroke play. Players such as Scottie Scheffler and reigning gold medalist and Open Championship winner Xander Schauffele are set to tee off early in Paris.
Here’s what to look for on Thursday.
Top events to watch
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3 a.m. ET: Golf — Men’s individual stroke play Round 1
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4:30 a.m. ET: Water polo — U.S. men vs. Greece
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5 a.m. ET: Swimming heats — Women’s 200m backstroke, men’s 50m free, men’s 200m individual medley, women’s 4x200m free relay
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6 a.m. ET: Tennis — Women’s singles semifinals (Iga Swiatek vs. Qinwen Zheng), men’s singles quarterfinals (Carlos Alcaraz vs. Tommy Paul)
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12:15 a.m. ET: Gymnastics — Women’s all-around final
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1 p.m. ET: Tennis — Men’s singles quarterfinals (Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas)
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2:30 p.m. ET: Swimming — Women’s 200m butterfly final, men’s 200m backstroke final, men’s 50m free semifinals, women’s 200m breaststroke final, women’s 200m backstroke semifinals, men’s 200m individual medley semifinals, women’s 4x200m free relay final
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2:45 p.m. ET: Basketball — U.S. women vs. Belgium
A full list of Thursday’s schedule can be found here.
