Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 9 on BBC & Eurosport – TV Guide

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games has reached its halfway stage and BBC Sport and Eurosport will have the usual extensive round-the-clock coverage of day nine from Japan across its platforms.

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 total of 26 Olympic sporting disciplines are in action on Sunday and 25 gold medals are set to be won. Here is a summary of the best action to look out for:

ATHLETICS: Always one of the standout highlights of any Games, today sees the fastest man on earth crowned Olympic champion in the men’s 100m final.

For the first time since Athens 2004, the final will take place without Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt, so who will step up a provide the drama?

Christian Coleman, the reigning world champion, is banned. The United States has Noah Lyles, though he may be an even better bet over 200m, where he’s world champion, while many consider Trayvon Bromell, who won US Olympic trials, to be the favourite.

Zharnel Hughes is set to lead the British bid for a medal alongside Reece Prescod and CJ Ujah.

SWIMMING: The final day in the pool sees five finals at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, the pick of which is the men’s 4x100m medley relay, which is expected to feature Great Britain’s Duncan Scott and Adam Peaty.

Before that, the men’s and women’s 50m freestyle finals see the world’s fastest sprinters go in a one-length sprint for glory. The men’s event features American superstar Caeleb Dressel, as well as GB’s Ben Proud.

CYCLING BMX FREESTYLE: One of the new disciplines introduced for these games, the Park Finals take place today at Ariake Urban Sports Park. Differing from the BMX racing events, the freestyle focuses on a minute-long series of tricks and skills.

Charlotte Worthington, a world bronze medallist in this discipline, lines up in the women’s event for Great Britain, while contending in the men’s event for GB is Declan Brooks.

GOLF: It’s the final round of the men’s golf tournament with the winning putt set to be made at around 8am UK time.

After three rounds of strokeplay at the Kasumigaseki Country Club, American Xander Schauffele leads Japanese home favourite and 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama by one shot. GB’s Paul Casey is a further shot back in a tie for third place, while Ireland’s Rory McIlroy is three shots off the lead.

GYMNASTICS: After the team events, the individual apparatus finals get underway on day nine with four medals up for grabs, including two finals where British gymnasts took gold five years ago in Rio – the men’s floor and men’s pommel horse, both won by Max Whitlock.

Whitlock is the world champion on pommel horse, while Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan won world bronze in the same event two years ago.

TENNIS: It’s the final day of action at the Ariake Tennis Park, where the men’s singles final between Germany’s Alexander Zverev and ROC’s Karen Khachanov leads a packed day of action, with the women’s doubles and mixed doubles finals also on the schedule.

HOCKEY: The men’s hockey competition reaches the quarter-final stage and Great Britain face India in their last eight encounter.

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

00:10-06:00

LIVE SWIMMING, ATHLETICS, BMX, EQUESTRIAN
Presenter: JJ Chalmers

Five medals to be decided in the pool as Team GB go for swimming gold on another busy morning of actin in Tokyo.

Great Britain’s men’s 4x100m medley team will focus on adding an Olympic gold to the World Championship title they claimed in such brilliant fashion in 2019. In the men’s 50m freestyle, Ben Proud is hopeful of a medal in an event in which US great Caeleb Dressel is the favourite.

There is also action in the Olympic Stadium as the athletics continues in earnest, with the women’s shot put medals decided. Qualifying in the women’s long jump and men’s 400m also gets underway.

Elsewhere, a new event for these Games comes to a thrilling conclusion as the BMX freestyle finals take place. Competitors such as Great Britain’s Charlotte Worthington showcase a mix of tricks and jumps over a series of ramps and large obstacles. There will also be action from equestrian’s three day eventing cross country.

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06:00-09:00

LIVE GOLF, TENNIS, SAILING, DIVING
Presenter: Sam Quek

Great Britain target medals in golf, sailing and tennis.

In 2016, Team GB’s Justin Rose created history by winning the first golf gold medal at the Olympics since 1904. Could a British golfer make it two in a row?

On the waters of Enoshima Harbour, former world champion Alison Young and teammate Elliot Hanson go for a medal in sailing’s laser radial and laser events respectively.

In the tennis, there are golds on offer in the men’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.

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

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09:00-12:05
12:05-12:20

LIVE GYMNASTICS, ATHLETICS
Presenters: Hazel Irvine & Gabby Logan

Olympic champion Max Whitlock is expected to compete for more gymnastics gold, while the fastest men on the planet aim for a place in the men’s 100m final.

Whitlock became Great Britain’s first Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics when he won gold on the floor in Rio five years ago and followed it up with the pommel horse title. He’s focused solely on the latter in the build up to Tokyo and will resume his rivalry with Ireland’s 2019 world bronze medallist Rhys McClenaghan. There’s also the women’s vault and uneven bars today.

At the athletics stadium, the men’s high jump champion is crowned, and the race to replace Usain Bolt as the 100m sprint king reaches the semi-final stage. Will there be a British finalist for the first time since 2000?

NOTE: There is a 15-minute BBC News update scheduled at 12.05pm.

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12:20-15:00

LIVE ATHLETICS
Presenters: Hazel Irvine & Gabby Logan

Live coverage of the ultimate sprint showdown: the men’s 100m final, considered the blue riband event of the Olympic Games.

A new name will be anointed successor to retired legend Usain Bolt, who became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles in 2016. US national champion Trayvon Bromell announced himself as a contender this season, while Commonwealth champion Akani Simbine and Rio 2016 bronze medallist Andre de Grasse are among the others to stake a claim in the build-up to these games.

Prior to that final, it’s the conclusion of the women’s triple jump, which promises to be another exhilarating duel between four-time world champion Yulimar Rojas and reigning Olympic gold medallist Caterine Ibarguen.

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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. Jason Mohammad guides you through the key moments from day nine, in which 25 new Olympic champions were crowned in Tokyo – including in the men’s 100m.

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19:30-21:00

TODAY AT THE GAMES
Presenters: Clare Balding & Alex Scott

Clare Balding and Alex Scott are joined by an array of guests to reflect on the day’s highlights in Tokyo, with the men’s 100m among the events to be decided across 11 sports.

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21:00-22:00

OLYMPICS EXTRA
Presenter: Nihal Arthanayake

Nihal Arthanayake takes a trip to Tokyo’s waterfront for the finals of the BMX freestyle, a new Olympic event in which riders try to impress the judges with acrobatic tricks.

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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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