Reuters Olympic schedule at 0500 GMT on Wednesday, August 10
Aug 10 (Reuters) - Reuters Rio Olympics schedule at 0500 GMT on Wednesday (times GMT) Trying to tamp down the Brazil v Argentina rivalry RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil and Argentina's sporting secretaries discuss tense relations between their fans at the Rio Olympics, after jeering in stadiums and a scuffle between two fans at a tennis match. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ARGENTINA-BRAZIL (PIX, TV), expect 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, by Brad Brooks, 400 words) Fighting racism at the Olympics RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's new Olympic medallist Rafaela Silva says she used to feel discriminated and people would move their bags away from her when she walked past in the street, now she is a national hero. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ANTI-RACISM (TV), expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Brad Brooks, 400 words) Archery RIO DE JANEIRO - South Korea's Ki Bo-bae continues her bid to become the first archer to win back-to-back golds in individual event at the Sambodromo, while American world number three Zach Garrett will feature in the men's tournament. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ARCHERY/ (PIX), expect throughout, by Ian Ransom, 400 words) Athletics RIO DE JANEIRO - Allyson Felix, Brittney Reese, Jenn Suhr and Christian Taylor, all strong gold medal hopes for the United States, hold a news conference looking ahead at their events. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/FELIX, expect throughout by Mitch Phillips, Gene Cherry, 400 words) RIO DE JANEIRO - Kenya's David Rudisha and South African Wayde van Niekerk, two of the biggest draws of the Olympic track programme, discuss their prospects. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/RUDISHA and /NIEKERK, by Drazen Jorgic, 400 words) RIO DE JANEIRO - Greg Rutherford looks ahead to the defence of his long jump title in a news conference along with several British team mates. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/RUTHERFORD, by Draz Jorgic, 400 words) RIO DE JANEIRO - After the toughest year of his life, IAAF president Sebastian Coe discusses his hopes for athletics at Rio and beyond.(OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/COE, by Mitch Phillips, 400 words) Basketball RIO DE JANEIRO - After back-to-back blowouts, Team USA goes for their third straight win when they take on Serbia. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BASKETBALL-W/, (PIX) expect 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 400 words) RIO DE JANEIRO - The unbeaten U.S. men continue their bid for a third straight gold when they take on Australia. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BASKETBALL-M/, (PIX) expect 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, 400 words) Beach Volleyball Brazil, U.S. duke it out as rivalry heats up RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian male and female pairs will seek a clean sweep in Wednesday's beach volleyball, but their U.S. rivals will be hot on their heels as the competition heats up in Copacabana. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BVOLLEYBALL/RIVALRY (PIX), expect 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, by Alexandra Ulmer, 400 words) Male volleyballers accused of wearing too many clothes RIO DE JANEIRO - Beach volleyball has attracted a lot of attention for a hijab and the bikinis worn by the women this week. But female fans and athletes are increasingly asking why more men aren't wearing less too? (OLYMPICS-RIO-BVOLLEYBALL/UNIFORMS (PIX) expect 1400 GMT/10 AM ET, by Stephen Eisenhammer, 500 words) Boxing RIO DE JANEIRO - Men's light and heavyweights commence quarter-final fights and other categories continue through the preliminary round of boxing. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BOXING/ (PIX), Paulo Prada, 300 words) Cycling RIO DE JANEIRO - The road race program concludes with the men's and women's individual time trials on the Grumari circuit. Chris Froome will be favourite for gold in the 54.5km men's event after missing out earlier in the week. The women's race, which will be run first over half the distance will see American veteran Kristin Armstrong attempt to win a third consecutive Olympics gold. (OLYMPICS-RIO-CYCLING/ROAD-TT (PIX) expect by 1430 GMT/10:30 AM ET, by Martyn Herman, 400 words) Canoeing slalom RIO DE JANEIRO - With favourite Lucien Delfour knocked out in early competition, men's K-1 athletes have a clearer path to the podium on Wednesday, when semi-finals and finals take place at the Deodoro Whitewater Arena. (OLYMPICS-RIO-CANOESLALOM-M-K1, by Amy Tennery, 300 words) Diving RIO DE JANEIRO - The men compete in the 3m synchronized springboard final with China's Cao Yuan and Qin Kai widely expected to win gold. (OLYMPICS-RIO-DIVING-M-SYNCSPRINGBOARD/(PIX) expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Jack Stubbs, 400 words) Equestrian Aussie turned American medals in eventing RIO DE JANEIRO - Tuesday was not eventer Phillip Dutton's first time on an Olympic podium, but it was his first medal as an American citizen. (OLYMPICS-RIO-EQUESTRIAN/EVENTING, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, by Caroline Stauffer, 400 words) Soccer Eight teams will say goodbye to their Olympic dream on Wednesday as the final round of first-round games take place and eight teams move into the quarter finals. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SOCCER-M/ expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Andrew Downie, 400 words) Brazil's multi-million dollar soccer squad face a make or break tie against Denmark on Wednesday with anything bar a victory ending their dream of a first soccer gold. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SOCCER-M/BRAZIL expect by 0000/8 PM ET, by Andrew Downie, 400 words) Fencing RIO DE JANEIRO - Russia will be looking to extend their lead in fencing medals with the top-ranked competitor in men's saber and No. 2 and 4 in women's foil. (OLYMPICS-RIO-FENCING-M-SABRE/, and FENCING-W-FOIL/, expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, by Brad Haynes, 400 words) Gymnastics RIO DE JANEIRO - Japan's Kohei Uchuimura will be looking to follow up his gold medal winning performance in the men's team final by becoming the first gymnast in over 40 years to win back-to-back all around Olympic golds. (OLYMPICS-RIO-AGYMNASTICS-M-IND/(PIX), expect by 2115 GMT/5:15 PM ET, by Pritha Sarkar, Christopher Gallagher and Joshua Schneyer, 600 words) Judo RIO DE JANEIRO - Medals awarded in women's 70-kg and men's 90-kg categories. (OLYMPICS-RIO-JUDO/ (PIX), expect 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Caroline Stauffer, 400 words) Rowing RIO DE JANEIRO - Wednesday sees the first medals in the rowing regatta with the men's and women's quadruple sculls. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ROWING-M-QUADSCULLS/ (PIX) OLYMPICS-RIO-ROWING-W-QUADSCULLS/ (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/ 12 PM ET, by Angus MacSwan, 400 words) Rugby Sevens RIO DE JANEIRO - It's quarter-finals day in the men's rugby sevens at the Deodoro Stadium with the top sides hoping to avoid the upsets that littered the opening day and take their places in the medal rounds. (OLYMPICS-RIO-RUGBY-M/ (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Nick Mulvenney, 400 words) Sailing RIO DE JANEIRO - The first two-person sailing will start on Wednesday at the Rio 2016 Olympic Regatta, adding the sophistication of the classic 470 class, the only boat that is identical for both men and women sailors at the Olympics.(OLYMPICS-RIO-SAILING-470/, expect by 2230 GMT/6:30 PM ET, by Jeb Blount, 400 words) Shooting Italian, British police in contention in men's trap RIO DE JANEIRO - Two medal events with the men's 50m Pistol and Double Trap. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SHOOTING/M-50MPISTOL (PIX), and /M-DTRAP (PIX), expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Mary Milliken, 400 words) Swimming RIO DE JANEIRO - Michael Phelps is back in action in the heats of the 200m individual medley, a gold he has won at the past three Games. In the night's medal events, Australian Cameron McEvoy is hoping to dethrone men's 100m freestyle champion Nathan Adrian of the United States. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING-EVENT/ expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, by Alan Baldwin, Mark Trevelyan, 400 words) Tennis RIO DE JANEIRO - Britain's Andy Murray and Spain's Rafa Nadal are due to play their third round matches at the Rio Games on Wednesday, while in the women's tournament Germany's world number two Angelique Kerber will compete in the quarter-finals. (OLYMPICS-RIO-TENNIS-EVENT/ (PIX), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Liana Baker, 400 words) Table Tennis RIO DE JANERIO - The table tennis final looks again to be another China v China one as the women battle it out for the medals. (OLYMPICS-RIO-TABLETENNIS-W-SINGLES/ (PIX) expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, by Brenda Goh, 400 words) Weightlifting RIO DE JANEIRO - China's Xiang Yanmei and Kazakhstan's Zhazira Zhapparkul go head-to-head in the women's 69kg. The 2012 Olympic champion Lyu Xiaojun of China is favourite in the men's 77kg at 1930. (OLYMPICS-RIO-WEIGHTLIFTING-EVENT/ expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, by Brian Oliver, 400 words) (Compiled by Leela de Kretser)
