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Key events to watch on Sunday, August 8 (Hong Kong time)
Athletics



Start time
Discipline
Event
Athletes to watch




6am
Men’s marathon
Final
Lawrence Cherono (Kenya)
Sisay Lemma (Ethiopia)
Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya)



Basketball



Start time
Event
Teams




10.30am
Women’s gold medal game
United States vs Japan



Boxing



Start time
Discipline
Event
Athletes




1.45pm
Women’s middle (69-75kg)
Final bout
Li Qian (China) vs Lauren Price (Great Britain)


2.15pm
Men’s super heavy (+91kg)
Final bout
Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan) vs Richard Torrez Jnr (Great Britain)



Cycling - Track



Start time
Discipline
Event
Athletes to watch




9am
Women’s omnium
Scratch race
Liu Jiali (China)


9.18am
Women’s sprint
Semi-final
Sarah Lee Wai-sze (Hong Kong)



Handball



Start time
Event
Teams




2pm
Women’s gold medal match
ROC vs France



Rhythmic Gymnastics



Start time
Discipline
Event
Teams




10am
Group all-around
Final
China
ROC



Volleyball



Start time
Event
Teams




8am
Women’s bronze medal match
South Korea vs Serbia


12.30pm
Women’s gold medal match
Brazil vs United States



Water Polo



Start time
Event
Teams




10am
Men’s classification 5th-6th
Croatia vs United States


12.40pm
Men’s bronze medal match
Hungary vs Spain


3.30pm
Men’s gold medal match
Greece vs Serbia





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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 13, 2016 Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro during their men's singles semi-final tennis match at the Olympic Tennis Centre of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. - Rafael Nadal has announced, June 17, he will not be playing at Wimbledon or the Olympic Games this year. (Photo by Luis Acosta / AFP) / XGTY

North Korea's Yun Chol Om celebrates his victory on the podium of the men's 56Kg Group weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games July 29, 2012. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SPORT WEIGHTLIFTING)

2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Final - Men's 5000m Final - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 20/08/2016. Mo Farah (GBR) of Britain poses after winning the gold. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 15: Dustin Johnson of the United States reacts as he is interviewed during the Green Jacket Ceremony after winning the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on November 15, 2020 in Augusta, Georgia. Patrick Smith/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Spain's Carolina Marin celebrates after defeating India's V. Sindhu Pusarla in the women's badminton singles gold medal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates after winning the women's singles gold medal match against Russia's Maria Sharapova at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 4, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT TENNIS)

China's Lin Dan admires his gold medal after beating Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in the Men's Singles badminton medal match at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London, on August 5, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

United States' LeBron James celebrates after winning the gold medal at the men's basketball game against Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2016 file photo China's Sun Yang celebrates winning the final of the men's 200-meter freestyle during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has been banned for eight years for breaking anti-doping rules and will miss the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

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Mack Horton, of Australia, and winner Yang Sun, of China, at the podium medal awards after the men's 400m freestyle final at the Fina World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea in 2019. Photo: EPA

OMAHA, NE - JUNE 27: Michael Phelps (R) and Ryan Lochte prepare to compete in the championship final of the Men's 200 m Freestyle during Day Three of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Trials at CenturyLink Center on June 27, 2012 in Omaha, Nebraska. Jamie Squire/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

epa03820717 Lee Chong Wei (L) of Malaysia lon his knees injured during the men's singles final match against Lin Dan of China on day seven of the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou, China 11 August 2013. EPA/MIKE PICKLES

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 1984 file photo, Mary Decker-Slaney grimaces and clutches her leg after a collision with rival Zola Budd during the women's 3,000-meter final at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Slaney almost stoically watched her career unfold in a documentary by Shola Lynch called "Runner," part of the ESPN Films Nine for IX documentary series that will air Tuesday night, Aug. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/File)

Britain's Sebastian Coe, center, crosses the finish line to win the Summer Olympic men's 1,500-meter race at Moscow's Lenin Stadium Friday, Aug. 1, 1980. Coe finished first with time of 3:38.4 to win the gold medal. East Germany's Jurgen Straub, (338), finished second with time of 3:38.8 to win silver and Britain's Steve Ovett, (279) finished third with time of 3:39.0 to win the bronze. (AP Photo/Dieter Endlicher)

OLY227:SPORT-OLYMPICS:ATLANTA,25JUL96 - Medalists in the men's 50 meter freestyle (L-R) USA's Gary Hall with the silver medal, Russia's Aleksandr Popov with the gold medal, and Brazil's Fernando Sherer with the bronze medal stand on the platform following the presentation ceremony July 25. jm/Photo by Gary Hershorn REUTERS

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 21, 2019 silver medallist Australia's Mack Horton (L) refuses to stand on the podium with gold medallist China's Sun Yang (C) and bronze medallist Italy's Gabriele Detti after the final of the men's 400m freestyle event during the swimming competition at the 2019 World Championships at Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center in Gwangju. - Horton says he would have carried out his controversial podium protest against China's Sun Yang even if he had known fellow Australian swimmer Shayna Jack failed a drugs test. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)

TOPSHOT - US athlete Justin Gatlin (R) embraces Jamaica's Usain Bolt after winning the final of the men's 100m athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London on August 5, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV

(FILES) Ben Johnson (R) of Canada crosses the finish line to win the Olympic 100 meter final in a world record 9.79 at the Olympic stadium 24 September 1988. At (L) US Carl Lewis took the second place. Johnson was later disqualified for failing to pass a drug test.

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Here’s our daily pick of the most competitive and exciting events to watch at the Olympics
Check out also the full schedule of the Games until the closing ceremony on August 8



Here’s our daily pick of the most competitive and exciting events to watch at the Olympics. Check out also the full schedule of the Games until the closing ceremony on August 8.


Tokyo Olympics schedule: top daily events to watch and full schedule

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} Here’s our daily pick of the most competitive and exciting events to watch at the Olympics Check out also the full schedule of the Games until the closing ceremony on August 8

Athletics

Here’s our daily pick of the most competitive and exciting events to watch at the Olympics

Check out also the full schedule of the Games until the closing ceremony on August 8