Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 2 on BBC & Eurosport – TV Guide

BBC Sport and Eurosport will have comprehensive round-the-clock coverage of the second day of action at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

SOTB’s Olympics TV guides will take you through all the key action and list the must-see moments every day throughout the Games.

A bumper 29 Olympic sporting disciplines are in action on Sunday with 18 gold medals set to be won. Here is a summary of the best action to look out for:

TAEKWONDO: Double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones goes for an unprecedented third consecutive gold medal in the -57kg class, having triumphed in London and Rio. There’s further British interest as Bradly Sinden competes in the men’s -68kg category.

No British woman has ever won gold medals at three separate Olympics, although three other women – Laura Kenny, Helen Glover and Charlotte Dujardin – all arrive at these Games with the chance to do the same.

ROAD CYCLING: After yesterday’s men’s road race, today it’s the turn of the women to race around the course in shadows of Mount Fuji, where Lizzie Deignan leads Great Britain’s hopes.

SWIMMING: The first medal event in the pool is men’s 400m individual medley, which features Britain’s Max Litchfield, while Adam Peaty competes in the semi-finals of the men’s 100m breaststroke. Also, Caeleb Dressel, the USA’s newest swimming superstar, competes in heats of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay.

SKATEBOARDING: One of five sports that is making its Olympic bow, one of skateboarding’s biggest names, Nyjah Huston of the United States, is expected to star in the final of the men’s street competition.

DIVING: The action in the diving pool begins with the women’s synchronised 3m springboard final, which features Britain’s Grace Reid and Katherine Torrance.

ARCHERY: Sarah Bettles, Naomi Folkard and Bryony Pitman go for women’s team gold, although the will have to get past Italy in the elimination round to progress to the quarter-finals.

GYMNASTICS: Global sporting superstar and four-time Olympic champion from Rio, Simone Biles of the United States, competes in the women’s qualifying, as she aims to become the greatest gymnast of all-time.

TENNIS: Defending double Olympic men’s singles champion Andy Murray takes on Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round, while British team-mate Liam Broady begins his campaign. In the women’s draw, Japan’s Naomi Osaka, who lit the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony, starts her quest for gold.

Scroll down for a full overview of BBC Sport and Eurosport’s TV coverage on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

For further details about UK TV coverage of the Olympics and Paralympics, visit SOTB’s dedicated Tokyo 2020 page.

BBC Sport is the home of live free-to-air coverage of all the key medal moments at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

More than 350 hours of coverage will be broadcast across network TV – BBC One and BBC Two – and via one extra live stream available on the Red Button and online via BBC iPlayer.

Eurosport is the only place to watch live coverage of every single televised Olympic event at the Tokyo Games.

The pan-European broadcaster will be running 9 dedicated Olympics TV channels, available on Sky, Virgin and BT TV, while full streaming coverage of every sport, totalling more than 3,000 hours of live action, can be found on Eurosport Player and Discovery+.

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All BBC and Eurosport timings/channels listed in below are all subject to change.

Tokyo is eight hours ahead of the UK when lining up your viewing plans, so the early action on each day’s timetable will be happen overnight and the live sporting schedule is set to run through until around 3pm UK time each day.

With focus on UK medal interest, the potential for disruption due to Covid and the high chances of inclement weather in Tokyo, there may be late changes to the main BBC network TV schedule and Eurosport 1/2 coverage throughout the Games.

Please check your electronic programme guide on the day for up-to-date listings.

WATCH LIVE OR CATCH-UP via BBC iPLAYER

00:00-04:00

LIVE SWIMMING, TAEKWONDO, SKATEBOARDING
Presenter: JJ Chalmers

British Olympic champions Adam Peaty and Jade Jones are both in action on day two, which also includes skateboarding, an exciting new addition to the games.

Reigning 100m breaststroke champion Peaty will be aiming to book his place in the final, while other swimming highlights include Japanese star Daiya Seto going for gold at his home games in the 400m individual medley.

Meanwhile, Britain’s Jade Jones begins her quest to become the first taekwondo fighter to win three Olympic gold medals. Team-mate and fellow world champion Bradly Sinden will also be competing. Two years ago, the Doncaster fighter became the first British man to win gold at the World Championships.

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04:00-09:00

LIVE GYMNASTICS, TAEKWONDO, ROAD CYCLING, ARCHERY
Presenters: Gabby Logan & Sam Quek

Multiple Olympic gold medallists Simone Biles and Jade Jones will be among the stars competing as day two gets into its stride in Tokyo.

Double Olympic taekwondo champion Jones will expect to be competing in the semi-finals, where a win would guarantee another medal, while Biles will be in action in the qualifying for the team and individual apparatus finals.

Meanwhile, Britain’s London 2012 silver medallist Lizzie Deignan will be riding in the women’s road race against the stunning backdrop of Mount Fuji.

South Korea will be hot favourites in the women’s team archery, but Britain, led by five-time Olympian Naomi Folkard, will be hoping to get in on the medals after winning bronze at the 2019 World Championships.

NOTE: Between 6am and 9am during Olympic Breakfast, there will be regular BBC national and regional news updates.

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09:00-12:00
12:00-12:15

LIVE ROAD CYCLING, SWIMMING
Presenters: Hazel Irvine

Britain’s Lizzie Deignan is hunting for a medal in the women’s road race while US star Katie Ledecky will be in action as the swimming heats continue on day two of the Olympics.

Deignan memorably won silver at London 2012 – Team GB’s first medal of those games – and the former world champion will be hoping to get on the podium again in Tokyo.

Ledecky is already a five-time Olympic champion and is set to be one of the stars of these Games. The 400m freestyle has been one of her favoured events but she will face a strong challenge from rising Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus, who sensationally beat her at the last World Championships.

NOTE: Coverage switches to BBC Two for 15 minutes at 12pm.

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12:15-15:00

LIVE TAEKWONDO, SWIMMING
Presenters: Hazel Irvine

Jade Jones will be hoping to win Olympic gold for the third time in a row while fellow British taekwondo fighter Bradly Sinden will also be aiming to be in the medal hunt.

Both Britons are looking to make history with Jones trying to become the first athlete to win three taekwondo golds, while Sinden could become Britain’s first male Olympics taekwondo champion.

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15:00-18:00

OLYMPICS 2020
Presenter: Jason Mohammad

As the live action draws to a close, there’s another chance to see extended highlights of the best action from around the Games, including the debut of men’s skateboarding, and coverage of archery, football and hockey.

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19:30-21:00

TODAY AT THE GAMES
Presenters: Clare Balding & Alex Scott

Clare Balding and Alex Scott look back over the main events of day two, in which Jade Jones and Bradly Sinden were hoping to make taekwondo history.

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21:00-22:00

OLYMPICS EXTRA
Presenter: Jeanette Kwakye

Jeanette Kwakye brings extended coverage from today’s Olympic action, including skateboarding, which is making its debut at these Games, and women’s football.

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00:25-15:00

LIVE ADDITIONAL COVERAGE

An extra stream featuring uninterrupted coverage of a selected sport will be available to watch via the Red Button or iPlayer, starting from midnight and running through until at least 3pm.

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WATCH EVERY SPORT LIVE ON EUROSPORT PLAYER

Eurosport and discovery+ is the ‘Streaming Home of the Olympics’ for Tokyo 2020.

The platform will include more than 50 live event feeds, including the main Eurosport 1 and 2 channels. Discovery+ will also stream Eurosport pop-up channels 3 to 9, as well as providing access to all the action on-demand.

If you are looking for the place to find each and every sport live and on-demand for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Eurosport and discovery+ are the only places to find this level of coverage.

Eurosport 1 will focus on more traditional Olympic sports and prospective Team GB medal events and host a daily highlights programme – Tokyo Today – at 4pm and 9pm. Eurosport 2 coverage will include new Olympic sports including skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing.

Eurosport 3 to 9 will host seven pop-up channels categorized by sport genre in HD on Sky, BT, Virgin Media and Amazon alongside a UHD/HDR channel on Virgin Media and Sky, while Sky Q customers can also access 50+ live event feeds via discovery+ subscription.

TV schedules for Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 can be found below, while the full Eurosport streaming schedule can be found via the Eurosport Player website.

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