Preview of Day 15 at Paris 2024
It’s been a busy day of action in Paris and would you believe it, there are just two more days to go.
Thanks for joining us for all the live coverage from every medal today, and we’ll be back for more tomorrow.
Here’s what you can expect from Day 15 on 10 August.
It’s the penultimate day of action at Paris 2024 with a bumper 39 gold medal events on offer, including what used to be the traditional curtain-closer in athletics: the men’s marathon (8am), which is swapping positions with the women’s race to showcase performances by female athletes in the first gender-equal Olympic Games.
The in-stadium programme in track and field will conclude with 8 finals, including in the men’s high jump (7:10pm), the event in which Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim tied for gold in Tokyo – both have made the final this year too, but are each battling injury or illness.
A bunch of team sports tournaments will also conclude, including in men’s basketball, women’s football, women’s handball, men’s volleyball, and women’s water polo.
Athletics (track and field) – Kipchoge goes for unprecedented three-peat
The men’s marathon (8am) could produce the first ever three-time Olympic champion in history, as Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge attempts to become the first marathoner to win three consecutive Olympic golds.
Only Abebe Bikila (1960, 1964) and Waldemar Cierpinski (1976, 1980) stand alongside Kipchoge (2016, 2020) as the only two-time winners.
All eyes will be on Kipchoge to see if he can write history, while at the same time there will be a feeling of “what might have been”, with the late world record holder Kelvin Kiptum having lost his life in a road accident before the Games.
Basketball – Will USA “Dream Team” repeat again, or can hosts spring an upset?
The Tokyo 2020 men’s basketball final came down to Team USA and France, with the U.S. winning. This year, there’ll be a repeat.
Given the strength of the U.S. team drawn from NBA stars including LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and Joel Embiid, they are – as they always are – favourites to win gold again.
But hosts France will have every intention of playing spoiler on home soil, cheered on by a loud Bercy Arena crowd. They will also have their own firepower in Victor Wembanyana and Rudy Gobert, although losing Embiid to the U.S. was a sour point and he will no doubt receive a hot reception from the crowd.
Can they spring a shock to take what would be a famous gold medal?
Football – USWNT aim to return to the top
The United States women’s national team hasn’t won a major international title since the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and Olympic gold since London 2012.
That is a run that has gone on too long in the eyes of the USWNT’s fans. Last time out in Tokyo, a disappointing semi-final exit to eventual champions Canada ended their hopes, although they did go on to pick up bronze.
This year, the USWNT has won the W Gold Cup and SheBelieves Cup, while they will come up against Brazil, who will have Marta back from suspension and potentiall playing her farewell game if she sticks to her plan to retire following Paris 2024.
Medal events
Artistic swimming
19:30–21:45: Duet free routine
Athletics (track and field)
08:00–11:00: M marathon; 19:10: M high jump final; 19:15: M 800m final; 19:30: W javelin throw final; 19:35: W 100m hurdles final; 19:50: M 5000m final; 20:15: W 1500m final; 21:00: M 4x400m relay final; 21:14: W 4x400m relay final
Basketball
11:00–13:00: M bronze medal game; 21:30–23:30: M gold medal game
Beach volleyball
21:00–22:00: M bronze medal match; 22:30–23:30: M gold medal match
Boxing
21:30–21:46: W 57kg final; 21:47–22:03: M 57kg final; 22:34–22:50: W 75kg final; 22:51–23:06: M +92kg final
Breaking
21:19–21:40: B-Boys bronze medal battle, B-Boys gold medal battle
Canoe sprint
13:00–13:10: W K-1 500m final A; 13:20–13:30: M K-1 1000m final A; 13:50–14:00: W C-1 200m final A
Cycling (track)
17:59–18:53: M Madison final
Diving
15:00–16:40: M 10m platform final
Football
17:00–20:00: W gold medal match
Golf
09:00–18:00: W round 4
Handball
10:00–12:00: W bronze medal match; 15:00–17:00: W gold medal match
Modern pentathlon
19:10–19:30: M final laser run
Rhythmic gymnastics
14:00–15:30: Group all-around final
Sport climbing
10:15–13:14: W Boulder & Lead final
Table tennis
10:00–13:00: W team bronze-medal match; 15:00–18:00: W team gold-medal match
Taekwondo
20:19–21:33: M +80kg medal contests; 20:35–21:52: W +67kg medal contests
Volleyball
13:00–15:30: M gold medal match; 17:15–19:45: W bronze medal match
Water polo
10:35–12:05: W bronze medal match; 15:35–17:05: W gold medal match
Weightlifting
11:30–13:38: M 102kg; 16:00–18:08: W 81kg; 20:30–22:38: M +102kg
Wrestling
19:30–20:05: M freestyle 74kg medal finals; 20:05–20:40: M freestyle 125kg medal finals; 20:50–21:25: W freestyle 62kg final
Full daily schedule here.
