Paris 2024 Olympic Games: What to watch on Day 12? When is Matthew Hudson-Smith in action? When is the team pursuit?
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Updated 06/08/2024 at 22:59 GMT+1
There are 21 gold medals on offer on Day 12 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Here, we guide you through the main events of the day and the major hopes for Team GB, including Matthew Hudson-Smith's bid for 400m glory and more chances for success in the velodrome when the team pursuit finals take place. So what should you watch on Day 12 and when do the key events take place? Read on to find out.
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Day 12 of the Olympic Games is set to be a busy one, with 21 gold medals up for grabs across a host of sports.
There will be champions crowned across 10 different disciplines in Paris, including high-profile events like the men's 400m final and the team pursuit finals in the velodrome.
Throw in medal events in skateboarding, sport climbing and artistic swimming, and you find a varied and gripping day of action in front of you.
British medal hopes can be found across the board as Team GB look to stack their medals up higher.
So how can you decide what to watch on day 12 of the Paris 2024 Olympics? Which British stars are in action? And how can you watch the Olympic Games on discovery+?
Read on for the answers to all those questions and a full schedule for day 12 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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The schedule on Day 12
The full list of medal events is as follows:
- Artistic swimming (team acrobatic routine)
- Athletics (marathon race walk mixed relay, women's pole vault, men's discus throw, men's 400m, men's 3000m steeplechase)
- Boxing (men's 63.5kg, men's 80kg)
- Sailing (mixed dinghy, mixed multihull)
- Skateboard (men's park)
- Sport climbing (women's speed)
- Taekwondo (men's 58kg, women's 49kg),
- Track cycling (men's team pursuit, women's team pursuit)
- Weightlifting (men’s 61kg, women's 49kg)
- Wrestling (men's Greco-Roman 77kg, men's Greco-Roman 97kg, women's freestyle 50kg)
Brit watch
The athletics events at the Stade de France will again be the centre of attention, with Matthew Hudson-Smith hoping to be in contention for the medals come the 400m final.
Before then, world bronze medallist Ben Pattison and Max Burgin begin their 800m bids in the first round of qualifiers.
Another thrilling night of action awaits in the velodrome, where the men's and women's team pursuit medals will be handed out.
Team GB will be hoping to put themselves in the medal mix after getting off to a stunning start in the track cycling with women's team sprint gold on Monday.
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Two-time world champions John Gimson and Anna Burnet will go for gold in the Nacra 17 class sailing, provided conditions allow, while Chris Grube and Vita Heathcote lead British hopes in the 470 mixed dinghy class.
There is more park skateboarding to look forward to as 51-year-old British hope Andy Macdonald aims to show what he can do.
And after a thrilling men's event, the women's golf gets underway with Georgia Hall and Charley Hull representing Team GB.
How to watch the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Eurosport and discovery+ will deliver the ultimate, multi-platform Games experience with every moment of Paris 2024 available live, across all 19 days of competition.
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.
discovery+ will be available for just £3.99 per month with a unique Olympics offer*, giving new customers access to the Standard Plan at the discounted price for the rest of the year. The offer will be available via discoveryplus.com from 17 July – 11 August 2024. Offers will also be available via other select subscriptions providers.
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 12 - wednesday, 7 August
06:30: Athletics - Marathon race walk relay mixed
08:00: Golf - Women's individual stroke play round 1
11:54: Sport Climbing - Women's speed final
13:43: Sailing - Mixed multihull medal race
14:00: Weighlifting - Men's 61kg
14:43: Sailing - Mixed dinghy medal race
16:30: Skateboarding - Men's park final
17:15: Athletics - Women's pole vault final
17:04: Track Cycling - Men's team pursuit finals
17:15: Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman 77kg and 97kg medal matches, women's freestyle 50kg medal matches
17:57: Track Cycling - Women's team pursuit finals
18:30: Artistic Swimming - Team acrobatic routine
18:30: Weighlifting - Women's 49kg
19:25: Athletics: Men's discus throw final
20:19: Taekwondo - Women -49kg gold medal contest
20:20: Athletics - Men's 400m final
20:37: Taekwondo - Men -58kg gold medal contest
20:43: Athletics - Men's 3000m steeplechase final
21:34: Boxing - Men's 63.5kg final
21:51: Boxing - Men's 80kg final
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