The BBC has complete coverage of the sixth day of action at the 2016 Olympic Games with hopes of more medal success for Team GB after a ‘Wonderful Wednesday’ in Rio.
Joe Clarke’s kayak triumph and Jack Laugher and Chris Mears’ diving gold led a haul of six Olympic medals for Great Britain on day five in Rio, with the two golds and four bronzes in cycling, shooting, judo and gymnastics seeing GB jump to ninth in the medal table.
TRACK CYCLING: Great Britain is renowned as a track cycling powerhouse, with London 2012 providing nine British medals, and another medal rush could begin on the opening day in Rio’s velodrome, one of the last venues to be completed for the Games.
GB’s riders made up for a disappointing 2015 World Championships by topping the medal table in the same event earlier this year at London’s iconic Olympic Velodrome.
British interest in the on the first day will focus on the men’s team sprint (final at 22:21), featuring 2012 champions Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny now paired with Callum Skinner, instead of the retired and now BBC pundit Sir Chris Hoy, while wualifying in the team pursuits (women from 20:19, men from 20:00) is the night’s other attraction.
ROWING: Weather permitting on the Lagoa lake, the first batch of rowing finals are scheduled to take place following a frustrating morning yesterday when all events were cancelled due to high winds, the second day of the rowing regatta to be wiped out at these Games.
Katherine Grainger, who won gold in the double sculls with Anna Watkins at London 2012, was initially left off the GB team for Rio, but after being reinstated alongside Victoria Thornley in the same boat, the 40-year-old Scot will be going for her fifth Olympic medal, becoming Britain’s most-decorated female Olympian if it happens.
RUGBY SEVENS: Great Britain’s men advanced to the Olympic rugby sevens semi-finals after a dramatic 5-0 victory over Argentina in extra time.
After leaving the Argentines in tears on the pitch, Team GB now face South Africa for a place in the Gold Medal match at 23:00.
GOLF: For the first time in over 100 years, golf returns to the Olympics today with the start of the men’s tournament at 11:30.
Despite the sport being hit by the withdrawal of a string of the world’s top golfers, including Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, several familiar names will be in action, including major champions Danny Willett and Justin Rose, who are representing Team GB.
GYMNASTICS: The finale of the women’s all-around gymnastics contest gets under way from 20:00, with athletes winning medals based on their overall score on four apparatus – floor, vault, beam and uneven bars.
America’s Gabby Douglas edged out Russia’s Viktoria Komova for gold four years ago and is on the US team again in 2016, but all eyes will be on younger team-mate Simone Biles, who is the winner of the past three world titles and has already won gold in Rio, with the all-round title set to be her second Olympic triumph out of a potential five at these Games.
CANOE SLALOM: Following Joe Clarke’s kayak gold on day five, David Florence and Richard Hounslow will be hoping for more medal success when they compete in today’s C2 event, with the final starting at 18:15, while the women’s K1 final could potentially feature GB’s Fiona Pennie at 19:00.
TENNIS: The tennis competition resumes after a wash-out on Wednesday. In the men’s event, defending champion Andy Murray is second on Centre Court to take on Italy’s Fabio Fognini in a last-16 tie from approximately 15:00.
Following that match, Johanna Konta faces Germany’s Australian Open champion and Wimbledon finalist Angelique Kerber in the women’s singles quarter-finals.
Then 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.
Elsewhere on day six, Great Britain’s dressage team begin there individual and team competitions, while in women’s hockey Team GB continue their push for the knockout stages with their latest preliminary match against Japan.
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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09:15-13:00 |
RIO REPLAY – DAY 5 Presenter: Jason Mohammad |
BBC Two starts the day with a full replay of all the overnight action from day five, featuring a repeat of the swimming finals.
There is also another chance to see Great Britain’s men play Australia in hockey, plus an update on the day’s medal news for Team GB.
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13:00-13:45 |
DAY 6 PREVIEW, ROWING, GOLF Presenter: Hazel Irvine |
Day six coverage begins on BBC Two at 1.00pm with the build-up to today’s key events as well as the scheduled start of the rowing action.
High winds forced Wednesday’s rowing regatta at Rio 2016 to be called off, the sport’s second postponement of the Olympics so far, though weather permitting, Britain’s Heather Stanning and Helen Glover are set to go in their women’s pair semi-final at 12:30.
There is also highlights from day one of the men’s golf, which is making its return to the Olympic Games after an absence of 112 years.
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13:45-18:00 |
ROWING, CANOE SLALOM, TENNIS, SWIMMING Presenter: Hazel Irvine |
The opening live coverage on BBC One comes from the Lagoa Stadium with, weather permitting, the start of the rowing finals.
2012 Olympic champion Katherine Grainger along with her partner Vicky Thornley have qualified for the double sculls final at 15:04, and there are plenty of other British medal hopes, including the men’s quad sculls, men’s pair and lightweight men’s four.
The action then moves to the Whitewater Stadium, where the men’s C2 canoe slalom semi-final gets under way at 16.30, featuring 2012 silver medallists Richard Hounslow and David Florence.
There is an update from the Olympic Tennis Centre as Great Britain’s Andy Murray and Jo Konta hope to be in singles action, following Wednesday’s tennis wash-out in Rio.
Coverage is rounded off at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, with men’s 50m freestyle swimming heats at 17.00, and women’s 800m freestyle heats from 17.28.
18:00-19:00 |
CANOE SLALOM, SWIMMING Presenter: Hazel Irvine |
Live coverage switches to BBC Two for an hour at 6.00pm, including the men’s C2 and women’s K1 canoe slalom finals take place at the Whitewater Stadium from 18.15, with hopes for British representation in both events.
There are also swimming heats in the men’s 100m butterfly at 18.20 and women’s 200m backstroke from 18.40 at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
19:00-19:30 |
RUGBY SEVENS Presenter: Clare Balding |
The action resumes on BBC One at 7.00pm with Clare Balding presenting on-site at Rio’s Olympic Park.
Great Britain’s men’s sevens side have progressed to the semi-finals of the inaugural Olympic rugby sevens tournament and they face South Africa at 19:00 for a place in the Gold Medal Match later tonight.
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19:30-20:00 |
DAY 6 REVIEW SO FAR, EVENING PREVIEW Presenter: Clare Balding |
Live coverage switches to BBC Two at 7.30pm while Eastenders airs on BBC One, with further action from day six in Rio, including a round-up of tennis, sailing and badminton.
There is build-up to the women’s artistic gymnastics individual all-around final at the Rio Olympic Arena and cycling at the Rio Olympic Velodrome.
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20:00-22:00 |
TRACK CYCLING Presenter: Clare Balding |
Olympics action resumes on BBC One at 8.00pm with the opening day of the track cycling events from the Rio Olympic Velodrome set to dominate.
The action starts with men’s team sprint qualifying at 20.00, women’s team pursuit qualifying from 20.19, men’s team sprint semi-finals at 21.10 and men’s team pursuit qualifying from 21.23.
Great Britain men’s team sprint squad are the reigning Olympic champions, and this year’s riders are Jason Kenny, Philip Hindes and Callum Skinner.
The men’s team pursuit squad also won gold four years ago in London, and this year boast Bradley Wiggins, Owain Doull, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Mark Cavendish in their ranks.
There is also the women’s artistic gymnastics individual all-around final, which gets under way at the Rio Olympic Arena at 20.00.
22:00-22:30 |
TRACK CYCLING Presenter: Clare Balding |
Coverage switches to BBC Two at 10.00pm with continued coverage of the track cycling events, including qualifying in the men’s team pursuit and the final of the men’s team sprint.
The BBC commentary team, led by Simon Brotherton, includes London 2012 gold medal-winning British track cyclists Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton.
22:30-00:00 |
DAY 6 ROUND-UP SO FAR, RUGBY SEVENS Presenter: Clare Balding & Mark Chapman |
Clare Balding and Mark Chapman present a round-up of all the key action so far on day six in Rio.
There will be live coverage of the men’s rugby sevens medal matches from the Deodoro Stadium. The bronze-medal match is at 22:30, followed by the final at 23.00, with Great Britain hoping to be in the latter.
Live coverage of the rugby is followed by a round-up of the day’s action, as medals were decided in rowing, canoe slalom, archery, judo, artistic gymnastics and track cycling.
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00:00-04:00 |
SWIMMING, HOCKEY Presenter: Jason Mohammad |
Jason Mohammad introduces the final block of live coverage on day six in Rio, which is scheduled to start with Great Britain’s women’s hockey team facing Japan at the Olympic Hockey Centre from 00:30.
The action then switches to the Olympic Aquatics Stadium at 02.00, with the men’s 50m freestyle swimming semi-finals, women’s 200m breaststroke final, men’s 200m backstroke final, women’s 200m backstroke semi-finals, men’s 200m individual medley final, women’s 100m freestyle final and finally the men’s 100m butterfly semi-finals.
Olympic legend Michael Phelps will expect to add to his medal haul in the 200m individual medley.
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13:00-19:00 |
BADMINTON, HOCKEY, GOLF, TENNIS Presenter: Ore Oduba |
Ore Oduba introduces the opening live BBC Four coverage on day six of the Games in Rio.
The early action includes badminton with men’s and women’s singles group matches at Riocentro from 13.00, before Ireland face Canada in the men’s hockey at the Olympic Hockey Centre at 15.00.
Today marks the opening day of the men’s golf competition at the Olympic Golf Course, the first time the sport has been played at the Games since 1904 in St Louis, Missouri, and open to professional players, with 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett and 2013 US Open winner Justin Rose representing Team GB.
There will also be updates from the tennis as Andy Murray and Jo Konta play their latest singles matches, which had to be rescheduled for today following a complete wash out of all matches yesterday.
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19:00-02:00 |
GYMNASTICS, JUDO, TABLE TENNIS Presenter: Dan Walker |
Dan Walker takes over at 7.00pm with further live coverage from day six in Rio as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad continue.
One of the main attractions of the evening will be the women’s individual artistic gymnastics all-around final at the Rio Olympic Arena, starting at 20.00.
This was an event targeted by Team GB as being a realistic medal opportunity at the start of the Games, with the likes of Ellie Downie, Claudia Fragapane and Rebecca Tunney all strong contenders.
The men’s -100kg and women’s -78kg judo finals take place at Carioca Arena 2, with current Commonwealth champion Natalie Powell hoping to be in contention for Team GB in the women’s event.
The table tennis at Riocentro then takes centre stage, with the men’s bronze-medal match getting under way at 00.30, followed by the final at 01.30.
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