The BBC has comprehensive coverage of the fifth day of action at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with strong medal prospects for Team GB athletes across a variety of sports.
CYCLING: Traditionally one of Great Britain’s strongest disciplines, today sees the road cycling time trials take to the roads of Rio with Tour de France winner Chris Froome and 2014 Commonwealth road race champion Geraint Thomas competing in the men’s event.
As with the weekend’s road road races, the time trial course is forecast to favour climbers and Froome is among the contenders for gold, with Dutchman Tom Dumoulin and Germany’s Tony Martin are expected to figure.
In the women’s race, 2008 Olympic champion Emma Pooley, who came out of retirement to compete in Rio, is Team GB’s sole representative.
SWIMMING: After two more silver medals in the pool on day four thanks to Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and the men’s freestyle relay team, Andrew Willis leads British hopes today as he goes in the 200m breaststroke, an event that has produced plenty of GB success in recent years.
Willis is fourth fastest in the world this year and beat strong competition to get to Rio, including Michael Jamieson who won silver over this distance at London 2012 but failed to qualify for Rio, while Ross Murdoch, who won the 2014 Commonwealth and 2016 European titles, also missed out after failing to qualify via the British Olympic trials.
GYMNASTICS: Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura has 10 world titles to his name, including every individual all-around gold medal since 2009, and he’s still just 27 years old.
He will be looking to retain his Olympic all-around title from London 2012 tonight, while British hopes in the event lie primarily with 2014 World Championship silver medallist Max Whitlock.
ROWING: Rowing’s first finals take place today with Great Britain represented in the men’s quadruple sculls.
Earlier, the day’s semi-finals are likely to feature the British women’s pair, men’s four and women’s lightweight double – all boats that won gold in 2012.
SHOOTING: Commonwealth champion Steve Scott – currently ranked 10th in the world, will be aiming to emulate Peter Wilson and Richard Faulds successes in London and Sydney respectively by winning shooting double trap gold.
TENNIS: Britain’s Johanna Konta faces Germany’s Australian Open champion and Wimbledon finalist Angelique Kerber in the women’s singles quarter-finals.
In the men’s event, defending champion Andy Murray is third on Centre Court to take on Italy’s Fabio Fogini in a last-16 clash, while later on, Konta and Jamie Murray are due to face Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock in the first round of the mixed doubles.
WEIGHTLIFTING: The women’s 69kg weightlifting category features one of GB’s two Rio weightlifters in Rebekah Tiler, with the European bronze medallist hoping for a top-eight finish.
Elsewhere, World bronze medallists Jack Laugher and Chris Mears are in 3m synchro diving action, while canoe slalom’s K1 final includes 23-year-old Joe Clarke who qualified in second place on his Olympic debut.
Britain’s men face a tough rugby sevens test against New Zealand before the knockout stage begins. An hour later, Britain’s women have a similarly tricky group-stage hockey tie against Argentina, before the men’s team face Australia in the early hours of Thursday morning.
You can watch all the action from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Games across BBC TV, radio and online.
BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and Red Button will have all the action covered, with multiple live streams available online, connected TVs, mobiles, tablets and the BBC Sport app.
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09:15-12:15 |
RIO REPLAY – DAY 3 Presenter: Jason Mohammad |
BBC Two starts the day with a full replay of all the overnight action from day four, featuring a repeat of the swimming finals.
There is also a round-up of the day’s rugby sevens, equestrian and gymnastics action.
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12:15-13:45 |
DAY 5 PREVIEW, ROWING, ROAD CYCLING Presenter: Hazel Irvine |
Day five coverage begins on BBC Two at the earlier time of 12.15pm with the build-up to today’s key events, plus the start of the rowing action.
The women’s rowing pair semi-finals take place at the Lagoa Stadium, with the women’s road cycling time-trial in Pontal.
Plus, further rowing semi-finals with the women’s lightweight double sculls, the men’s lightweight double sculls and the men’s four.
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning are the reigning Olympic champions in the women’s pair and start as favourites once again.
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13:45-18:00 |
ROAD CYCLING, ROWING, SWIMMING Presenter: Hazel Irvine |
The opening live coverage on BBC One features the men’s road cycling time-trial at 14.00 in Pontal, where Team GB’s Chris Froome will be hoping to emulate his countryman Bradley Wiggins’ achievement at London 2012 and win gold.
Plus, the men’s quadruple sculls rowing final at 14.20 at the Lagoa Stadium, with the women’s final at 14.40, as well as men’s and women’s eight repechages from 13.50.
The action then moves to the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, as swimming heats take place in the women’s 100m freestyle at 17.00, the men’s 200m backstroke at 17.23, and the women’s 200m breaststroke at 17.50.
18:00-19:00 |
SWIMMING Presenter: Hazel Irvine |
Live coverage switches to BBC Two at 6.00pm, including swimming from the Olympic Aquatics Stadium with the men’s 200m individual medley heats at 18.12.
American Michael Phelps has qualified for his fifth Games this year, and will be looking to extend his incredible medal tally in an event that has previously seen him collect eight golds and two silvers in Olympics, World Championships and Pan Pacific Championships combined.
19:00-22:00 |
DIVING, GYMNASTICS Presenter: Clare Balding |
The action resumes on BBC One at 7.00pm for the entire evening with Clare Balding on-site at Rio’s Olympic Park.
The men’s 3m synchronised springboard diving final gets under way at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre at 19.00, with Team GB’s Jack Laugher and Chris Mears hoping to improve upon their bronze-medal finish at the 2015 world championships.
Plus, action from the Rio Olympic Arena as the men’s artistic gymnastics individual all-around final takes place from 20.00.
The British squad of Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Nile Wilson, Brinn Bevan and Kristian Thomas will have high expectations of coming away with at least one medal from the event.
22:00-22:45 |
GYMNASTICS Presenter: Clare Balding |
Coverage switches back to BBC Two at 10.00pm with continued coverage of the men’s artistic gymnastics individual all-around final at the Rio Olympic Arena.
22:45-00:00 |
DAY 4 ROUND-UP SO FAR Presenter: Clare Balding & Mark Chapman |
Clare Balding and Mark Chapman present a round-up of all the key action so far on day five in Rio.
The main events included the men’s artistic gymnastics individual all-around final, with British interest coming in the form of Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Nile Wilson, Brinn Bevan and Kristian Thomas.
Plus, the men’s 3m synchronised springboard diving final, where Jack Laugher and Chris Mears were hoping to improve upon their bronze-medal finish at the 2015 world championships, as well as rowing finals and swimming heats.
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00:00-04:00 |
SWIMMING, HOCKEY Presenter: Jason Mohammad |
Jason Mohammad introduces the final block of live coverage on day five in Rio, which is schedule to start with Great Britain facing Australia in men’s hockey from 00.30 at the Olympic Hockey Centre.
The attention then switches to the Olympic Aquatics Stadium and the men’s 200m breaststroke swimming final at 02.03, with Andrew Willis hoping to be in contention for Team GB.
That is followed by the women’s 100m freestyle semi-finals at 02.09, the men’s 200m backstroke semi-finals at 02.25 and the women’s 200m butterfly final at 02.54, before the men’s 100m freestyle final at 03.03, the women’s 200m breaststroke semi-finals at 03.08, the men’s 200m individual medley semi-finals at 03.26 and the women’s 4x200m relay final rounding things off at 03.55.
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13:00-19:00 |
RUGBY SEVENS, HOCKEY, BEACH VOLLEYBALL Presenter: Ore Oduba |
Ore Oduba introduces the opening live BBC Four coverage on day five of the Games in Rio.
Water polo at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre, handball at the Future Arena and beach volleyball at the Beach Volleyball Arena take centre stage in the early afternoon, while the pool-stage matches of the men’s rugby sevens and men’s hockey continue from 15.00 at the Deodoro Stadium and Olympic Hockey Centre respectively.
Great Britain’s women’s hockey team take on Argentina at 17.30 at the Olympic Hockey Centre, hoping for a win that would increase their chances of reaching Monday’s quarter-finals and move them a step closer to at least equalling their third-place finish in London four years ago.
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19:00-02:00 |
SWIMMING, RUGBY SEVENS, WEIGHTLIFTING Presenter: Dan Walker |
Dan Walker takes over at 7.00pm with further live coverage from day five in Rio, as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad continue.
The early-evening action includes the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay swimming heats at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, and the men’s double trap final at the Olympic Shooting Centre.
The women’s 69kg weightlifting final takes place at Riocentro at 19.30, with men’s rugby sevens quarter-finals at the Deodoro Stadium following at 21.00.
The men’s -90kg and women’s -70kg judo finals reach their conclusion at Carioca Arena 2, with Sally Conway hoping to be in with a shot for Team GB in the women’s competition, having won gold at the Grand Slam event in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 2015.
Starting at 00.30, the women’s singles table tennis bronze-medal match and final take place at Riocentro.
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Alongside BBC TV’s main coverage on BBC One and BBC Four, you have the chance to become your own TV director and choose which event you want to watch at the touch of a button.
Full uninterrupted coverage of each individual session and event at the Rio 2016 Olympic can be accessed in a number of ways.
Selected events can be found via the BBC’s Red Button streams on TV – available via Freeview, YouView, Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media – by simply pressing the red button on your remote control.
All 24 live streams featuring access to every Rio 2016 Olympic event are available via the BBC Sport website on all devices.
For a more detailed breakdown of the BBC’s digital offering via the Red Button/Online across all platforms and how to receive them, click here.
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