Road cycling and swimming are set to represent Team GB’s strongest chances of medal glory as part of the 14 golds that are up for grabs on the second day of Rio 2016, live across the BBC on Sunday.
After a thrilling men’s race on the opening day, the women take centre stage on day two with British world champion Lizzie Armitstead aiming to improve on the silver she won at London 2012.
She will be be looking to put her pre-Games controversy behind her and prove her critics wrong, having been cleared to ride after one of three missed tests was declared void by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Armitstead will, however, face strong competition from the Netherlands, with the mighty Marianne Vos and Anna van der Breggen also firm favourites to take the title.
In the pool, Britain’s Adam Peaty is tipped to challenge for gold in the 100m breaststroke, provided he qualifies for the final, although this looks a formality for the three-time world champion after he broke the world record for the event in the heats on day one.
He should joined by Scottish team-mate and 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Ross Murdoch, who finished third behind Peaty in the same event at the last year’s World Championships.
Another significant headline from the pool looks set to be the return of the most decorated Olympian of all time in America’s Michael Phelps, with the 18-time Olympic gold medallist in line to compete in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay.
One US swimming superstar who will definitely be in action action will be 19-year-old Katie Ledecky, who is the overwhelming favourite to add the women’s 400m freestyle gold to her triumph in the 800m equivalent from London 2012, on top of her impressive nine world titles since.
Elsewhere, Helen Glover and Heather Stanning begin their defence of Olympic women’s pairs gold in the rowing heats which start, while the men’s coxless four, an event won by Great Britain at the last four Olympics, also gets underway.
In team sports, GB’s women’s rugby sevens side take on Canada, before the knockout stages begin later in the day, and Britain’s men’s hockey team play New Zealand.
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13:00-18:00 |
ROWING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING & ROAD CYCLING Presenter: Hazel Irvine |
Hazel Irvine presents BBC One’s opening coverage of day two in Rio, featuring rowing, artistic gymnastics, road cycling and swimming.
The first port of call is rowing at the Lagoa Stadium, beginning with live coverage from 2.00pm of the heats of the women’s pairs, women’s lightweight double sculls, men’s lightweight double sculls and men’s fours.
Artistic gymnastics at Rio Olympic Arena features the women’s team and individual qualifiers, while the women’s cycling road race gets under way at Fort Copacabana, with Lizzie Armitstead leading the British charge.
The programme concludes at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium with the heats of the women’s 100m backstroke at 5.00pm and the men’s 200m freestyle at 5.20pm.
Coverage switches to BBC Two from 6.00pm to 7.30pm (scroll down for more details).
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19:30-22:00 |
ROAD CYCLING & RUGBY SEVENS Presenter: Clare Balding |
Day two in Rio continues with the conclusion of the women’s cycling road race at Fort Copacabana and the women’s rugby sevens quarter-finals at the Deodoro Stadium.
Selection this year for the cycling places in Team GB has proven somewhat controversial, but the squad of Lizzie Armitstead, Emma Pooley and Nikki Harris is one of the most experienced ones at the Games, and Armitstead will be hoping to go one better than at London 2012, when she finished second behind Marianne Vos.
Only four sides were eliminated at the group stage of the women’s rugby, so Great Britain will expect to be involved, but picking a winner of the tournament is difficult, as the sport of rugby returns to the Olympic fold for the first time since 1924.
Plus, a round-up of the rest of the day’s action, including the women’s artistic gymnastics qualifiers
Coverage switches to BBC Two from 10.00pm to 11.15pm (scroll down for more details).
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23:15-00:00 |
DAY 2 ROUND-UP SO FAR Presenter: Clare Balding & Mark Chapman |
A round-up day two so far in Rio, including action from the women’s artistic gymnastics qualifiers at the Rio Olympic Arena.
The successful individual gymnasts will have another week to prepare for the finals of each discipline, while the team final will take place on Tuesday.
Other sports continuing today include the women’s rugby sevens and the latest hockey group matches.
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00:00-04:00 |
SWIMMING & GYMNASTICS Presenter: Jason Mohammad |
Jason Mohammad takes over at midnight for the concluding live coverage on day two of the Games in Rio, beginning with the women’s artistic gymnastics qualifiers at the Rio Olympic Arena.
Then the attention switches to the Olympic Aquatics Stadium for another packed programme in the pool featuring four finals, including the men’s 100m breaststroke where Britain’s Adam Peaty, who broke the world record in the heats, is set to feature.
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09:15-13:00 |
DAY 1 REPLAY Presenter: Jason Mohammad |
Jason Mohammad introduces highlights of the opening day of the Olympic Games from Rio, where medals were decided in swimming, road cycling and judo.
The first gold medallist of the Games would come in the women’s 10m air rifle discipline, but much of the focus would have been on Fort Copacabana, where the men’s cycling road race took place, plus action from the opening finals in the swimming.
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18:00-19:30 |
ROAD CYCLING & SWIMMING Presenter: Hazel Irvine |
As BBC One takes an early-evening break from the Olympics action, BBC Two steps in with a 90-minute show featuring the latest swimming heats at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium and the women’s cycling road race from Fort Copacabana.
The cycling is heading towards a conclusion, while the swimming includes the heats of the men’s 100m backstroke at 18.17 and women’s 400m freestyle at 18.37, which will feature American star Katie Ledecky.
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22:00-23:15 |
ROAD CYCLING & SWIMMING Presenter: Clare Balding |
There’s more live day 2 action later on BBC Two with the men’s hockey group match between Great Britain and New Zealand at the Olympic Hockey Centre and the quarter-finals of the women’s rugby sevens at the Deodoro Stadium.
This is the second match of the hockey group stage for both sides, and Britain will be confident of gaining one of the victories they need to boost their chances of reaching the quarter-finals.
13:00-19:00 |
GYMNASTICS, TENNIS, BEACH VOLLEYBALL Presenter: Ore Oduba |
Ore Oduba presents the start of BBC Four’s coverage of the second day of the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Among the highlights include the preliminaries from the Beach Volleyball Arena on the famous Copacabana Beach from 2.00pm, plus there is artistic gymnastics with Great Britain in action in the women’s individual qualifying sessions at the Rio Olympic Arena.
Men’s and women’s singles matches in the tennis continue at the Olympic Tennis Centre from 3.00pm, with Britain’s defending champion Andy Murray set to be inaction.
Later on, the women’s road cycling race gets under way at Fort Copacabana at 4.30pm, with the British squad of Lizzie Armitstead, Emma Pooley and Nikki Harris hoping for strong performances.
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19:00-02:00 |
SWIMMING, DIVING, HOCKEY Presenter: Rishi Persad |
Rishi Persad presents further action from day two in Rio, featuring continued coverage of the men’s and women’s tennis singles at the Olympic Tennis Centre, plus table tennis from Riocentro.
Swimming from the Olympic Aquatics Stadium features the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay heats, while diving includes the women’s 3m synchronised springboard final at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre from 8.00pm.
Great Britain’s men take on New Zealand in the hockey at the Olympic Hockey Centre from 9.00pm, while beach volleyball preliminaries continue on the iconic Copacabana Beach.
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