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Guide: Duplantis in Pursuit of New Olympic Gold

It's time for the final of Sweden's biggest Olympic gold hope. Armand Duplantis, reigning Olympic champion, enters the pole vault final as a top favourite. Moreover, the Swedish show jumpers are on a revenge hunt after missing out on a medal in the team competition. Here is a guide to today's Olympic Games competitions in Paris.

» Updated: 19 September 2024, 16:15

» Published: 05 August 2024

Guide: Duplantis in Pursuit of New Olympic Gold
Photo: Jessica Gow/TT

TV/Radio: Channel 5, 08.55–23.00. Eurosport 1, 07.50–23.00. Radiosporten/P4, 09.00–13.30, 14.30–15.30, 16.00–23.00.

Streamed on Max and partially on Discovery+.

+ Duplantis to defend OS gold

Sweden's biggest gold hope in the Olympic Games is Armand Duplantis. The reigning Olympic champion and world record holder (6,24) is a super favorite to win the pole vault final.

It will be a completely different Olympic final than the one during the pandemic in Tokyo 2021. At the Stade de France, 80,000 spectators will follow the athletics competitions.

I think it will be like nothing I've experienced before. Eighty thousand people giving energy, it's going to be special, he said earlier.

+ The hunt for the OS final begins

The world's number one in show jumping, Henrik von Eckermann, has won both World Championship and Olympic gold in team events and World Championship gold individually. But one medal is missing: the individual Olympic medal.

Today, von Eckermann starts at King Edward in the hunt for the missing medal, as the show jumpers ride the qualification to the Olympic final.

A total of 75 riders are competing for 30 final spots. The Olympic final in show jumping will be decided on Tuesday.

+ Möregårdh back in action

Have you caught the table tennis fever after Truls Möregårdh's OS silver in the singles tournament? No worries! Today, the team events begin on both the women's and men's sides.

The Swedish women start against Hong Kong, while the men, of course with OS medalist Möregårdh in the team, face Denmark.

Today's schedule:

BADMINTON: 9.45–12.30: Singles, medal matches (women). 14.30–17.30: Singles, medal matches (men) (Paris).

BASKET 3x3: Olympic finals, women and men (Paris).

BEACH VOLLEY: men and women, round of 16. (Paris).

TABLE TENNIS: team, round of 16, men and women. Swedish participants: Linda Bergström/Filippa Bergand/Stina Källberg, Anton Källberg/Truls Möregårdh/Kristian Karlsson (from 10.00, Paris).

WRESTLING: 15.00: 60 kg, round of 16 (men), freestyle 68 kg, round of 16 (women), 130 kg, round of 16 (men). 16.20: 60 kg, quarterfinals (men), freestyle 68 kg, quarterfinals (women), 130 kg, quarterfinals (men). 21.00: 60 kg, semifinals (men). 21.20: 130 kg, semifinals (men). 21.40: freestyle 68 kg, semifinals (women) (Paris).

CYCLING: track cycling: team sprint qualification, team pursuit qualification, men. Team sprint qualification, first round, finals, women. (Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France).

FOOTBALL: men, semifinals (from 18.00).

ATHLETICS: morning: 10.05: 400 m hurdles, heats (men). 10.10: Discus, qualification group A (men). 10.40: Pole vault, qualification (women). 10.50: 400 m hurdles, repechage (women). 11.20: 400 m, repechage (men). 11.35: Discus, qualification group B (men). 11.55: 400 m, heats (women). 12.50: 200 m, repechage (women). Afternoon: 19.00: Pole vault, final (men). 19.04: 3,000 m steeplechase, heats (men). 19.55: 200 m, heats (men). 20.30: Discus, final (women). 20.45: 200 m, semifinals (women). 21.10: 5,000 m, final (women). 21.45: 800 m, final (women). Swedish participants: Carl Bengtström (400 m hurdles), Oskar Edlund (400 m hurdles), Daniel Ståhl (discus), Erik Erlandsson (200 m), Armand Duplantis (pole vault). Possibly: Vanessa Kamga (discus), Caisa-Marie Lindfors (discus), Julia Henriksson (200 m), Nora Lindahl (200 m) (Paris).

GYMNASTICS: artistic gymnastics. Apparatus finals, men and women (11.45, Paris).

CANOEING: canoe slalom, kayak cross, quarterfinals, semifinals, finals (women and men). Swedish participants, possibly: Isak Öhrström (from 15.52, Vaires-sur-Marne).

EQUESTRIAN SPORT: show jumping individual, qualification (14.00 Versailles, France).

SAILING: kiteboard, Ilca 6, Ilca 7, 470, Nacra 17. Swedish participants: Anton Dahlberg/Lovisa Karlsson (470), Josefin Olsson (Ilca 6), Emil Järudd/Hanna Jonsson (Nacra) (from 12.03, Marseille).

SWIMING: diving, 10.00: 10 meter, qualification (women). 15.00–17.00: 10 meter, semifinal (women) (Paris).

SHOOTING: rapid fire pistol 25 m, final (men). Skeet, qualification and final (mixed team). Swedish participants: Mixed team (skeet) (from 09.00, Chateauroux).

TRIATHLON: relay, final (mixed) (08.00, Paris).

TTT
By TTThis article has been altered and translated by Sweden Herald

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