Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 3 on BBC & Eurosport – TV Guide

Round-the-clock coverage of the third day’s action at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be broadcast across BBC Sport and Eurosport.

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

28 Olympic sporting disciplines are in action on Monday with 21 gold medals set to be won. Here is a summary of the best action to look out for:

TRIATHLON: It’s an early start to Monday’s action in Tokyo thanks to the men’s triathlon, where Jonny Brownlee and Alex Yee are Great Britain’s representatives, in a race that will start at 6.30am local time in an attempt to avoid the sweltering daytime Tokyo heat.

Team GB have won the last two Olympic men’s triathlon titles thanks to Alistair Brownlee, but he wasn’t selected for Tokyo, leaving an opportunity for younger brother Jonny, who finished second to Alistair on the podium at both London and Rio.

SWIMMING: Having broken all records and dominated the men’s 100m breaststroke since claiming gold in Rio five years ago, Adam Peaty goes for gold again at around 3am. Can he claim Team GB’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Games?

DIVING: Tom Daley starts his quest for gold in what is his fourth Olympic campaign, alongside debutant Matty Lee in the men’s 10m synchro competition. Daley won bronze with Dan Goodfellow in this event in Rio.

GYMNASTICS: Host nation Japan will be aiming to defend the men’s all-around team title they won five years ago in Rio, while Great Britain, led by two-time gold medallist Max Whitlock, will be hoping to get onto the podium, having narrowly missed out in Rio.

TAEKWONDO: After Bradly Sinden won silver for Team GB on day two, two-time European champion Lauren Williams is Britain’s representative today in the women’s -67kg class.

CANOE SLALOM: The action at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre gets underway on day three with the men’s competition. Britain’s Adam Burgess will be aiming to make it through to the final.

CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE: After the road racing around Mount Fuji, it’s the turn of the mountain bikers today as the men race for gold around the Izu MTB Course. Tom Pidcock is Britain’s sole representative.

RUGBY SEVENS: The exciting rugby sevens competition kicks off on Monday with two sessions, both featuring Great Britain’s men team. First up, they play Canada at 1.30am, followed by hosts Japan at 8.30am.

Scroll down for a full overview of BBC Sport and Eurosport’s TV coverage on day three 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

22:25 (Sun)

LIVE TRIATHLON, SWIMMING, SKATEBOARDING
Presenter: JJ Chalmers

An early start to day three with the start of the men’s triathlon on Sunday night and heading into Monday morning.

Britain has high hopes of a third consecutive gold in the men’s triathlon. Alistair Brownlee has won the last two men’s triathlon titles but didn’t qualify for Tokyo. Can brother and two-time Olympic medallist Jonny finally claim gold at his third games, or could rising star Alex Yee be the man on the top of the podium?

Then at around 3am, Adam Peaty will be expecting to claim gold in the men’s 100m breaststroke. He has been in dominant form since winning in Rio, and the world champion and world record-holder is aiming to become the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title.

Shortly after the men’s breaststroke final, American superstar Katie Ledecky will be looking for the first of a possible five golds at these games in the women’s 400m freestyle, while in skateboarding, the women’s street final takes place at 4.30am.

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04:00-09:00

LIVE DIVING, CANOE SLALOM, ARCHERY
Presenters: Dan Walker & Sam Quek

The afternoon action in Tokyo includes Tom Daley and Matty Lee on the hunt for diving medals in the men’s 10m synchro.

Daley, competing in his fourth Olympics, won bronze in this event in Rio alongside Daniel Goodfellow while he and Lee took bronze together at the 2019 World Championships.

The medals will be decided in the men’s C1 canoe slalom and archery men’s team event, while there will also be taekwondo and men’s rugby sevens action.

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
12:00-12:45

LIVE GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING
Presenters: Hazel Irvine

Max Whitlock and the GB squad hope to get on the podium in the men’s team gymnastics, while Katie Ledecky and Britain’s Freya Anderson will be competing in the pool.

Britain finished an agonising fourth in the men’s team gymnastics in Rio but will need to be at the top of their game to overhaul the likes of Russia, China and Japan in Tokyo.

The women’s 1500m freestyle is a new race at this year’s Olympics, and as the longest race in the pool, it will be a real test of endurance – but no-one will be better suited to it than Ledecky, who is the world record-holder. Meanwhile, Anderson won 200m freestyle at this year’s European Championships and is a rising star in British swimming – but the event looks to have one of the most competitive fields in Tokyo.

NOTE: Coverage switches to BBC Two for 45 minutes at 12pm.

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12:45-15:00

LIVE GYMNASTICS, TAEKWONDO
Presenters: Hazel Irvine

The men’s team gymnastics continues, with the British team, headed by Max Whitlock, having missed out on a medal in Rio five years ago, coming fourth in a competition won by Japan.

There are also finals in taekwondo, fencing and table tennis, while Britain’s women’s hockey team face South Africa in the pool stages.

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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 women’s hockey, men’s triathlon and women’s skateboarding

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19:30-21:05

TODAY AT THE GAMES
Presenters: Clare Balding & Alex Scott

Clare Balding and Alex Scott look back at the main events of day three, where Adam Peaty was hoping to retain his men’s 100m breaststroke title, one of 21 golds up for grabs.

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21:05-22:05

OLYMPICS EXTRA
Presenter: Jeanette Kwakye

Jeanette Kwakye presents extended coverage from today’s Olympics, which included the men’s triathlon and men’s gymnastics.

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00:00-15:00

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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