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Olympic Games: Australians in action on day two in Paris

<span>Australian canoeist Jess Fox will chase an Olympic medal on day two at Paris 2024 with swimming, the Matildas and much more to come.</span><span>Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP</span>
Australian canoeist Jess Fox will chase an Olympic medal on day two at Paris 2024 with swimming, the Matildas and much more to come.Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Australia have made a glittering start to the Paris Olympics as they top the medal table after the first day of action, with more potentially to come on day two. Jessica Fox will be going for gold in the women’s kayak single, while Emma McKeon, Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan will be among the swimmers chasing at least a podium finish.

Related: Paris 2024 Olympics: what you missed overnight in Australia on day one of the Games

The Matildas will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing defeat in their Olympics Games opener, while the Hockeyroos start their campaign in the women’s hockey.

The bad news: Rain continues to fall on Paris. Today’s Olympics triathlon swimming training session has been cancelled after rain affected pollution levels in the Seine.

“Tests carried out in the Seine yesterday revealed water quality levels that in the view of the international federation, World Triathlon, did not provide sufficient guarantees to allow the event to be held,” said a Paris 2024 spokesperson.

The good news: The forecast is for sunshine and higher temperatures over the next 48 hours, so organisers are “confident” water quality will improve before the triathlon events begin on Tuesday with the men’s race.

Here are the Australians to watch on day two at Paris 2024 – all times AEST:

Canoe slalom

  • 11.30pm: Women’s kayak single semi-final: Jessica Fox

  • 1:45am: Women’s kayak single final: Jessica Fox (TBC)

Cycling mountain bike

  • 10.10pm: Women’s cross-country: Rebecca Henderson

Equestrian

  • 6.30pm: Eventing team cross-country: Australia

  • 6.30pm: Eventing individual cross-country: Shane Rose, Kevin McNab, Christopher Burton

Football

  • 3am: Women’s – Group B: Australia Matildas v Zambia

Hockey

  • 8.45pm: Women’s – Pool B: Australia Hockeyroos v South Africa

Rowing

  • 6.30pm: Women’s pair heats: Jess Morrison and Annabelle McIntyre

  • 7pm: Men’s pair heats: Patrick Holt and Simon Keenan

  • 8.30pm: Women’s four heats: Olympia Aldersey, Jean Mitchell, Lily Alton and Molly Goodman

  • 8.50pm: Men’s four heats: Timothy Masters, Jack Robertson, Fergus Hamilton and Alex Hill

Rugby sevens

  • 12am: Women’s – Pool B: Australia v South Africa

  • 3.30am: Women’s – Pool B: Australia v Great Britain

Sailing

  • 8.33pm: Men’s windsurfing: Grae Morris

  • 8.35pm: Women’s skiff: Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine

  • 9.15pm: Men’s skiff: Jim Colley and Shaun Connor

Shooting

  • 7.15pm: Men’s 10m air rifle qualification: Dane Sampson, Jack Rossiter

Skateboarding

  • 8pm: Women’s street prelims: Chloe Covell, Liv Lovelace, Haylie Powell

  • 1am: Women’s street final: Chloe Covell, Liv Lovelace, Haylie Powell (TBC)

Surfing

  • 3am: Men’s round two: Ethan Ewing, Jack Robinson

  • 7.48am: Women’s round two: Molly Picklum, Tyler Wright

Swimming

  • 7pm: Men’s 200m freestyle heats: Maximillian Giuliani, Thomas Neill

  • 7.15pm: Men’s 400m individual medley heats: William Petric, Brendon Smith

  • 7.27pm: Women’s 100m breaststroke heats: Jenna Strauch

  • 7.43pm: Men’s 100m backstroke heats: Isaac Cooper, Bradley Woodward

  • 8pm: Women’s 200m freestyle heats: Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O’Callaghan

  • 4.30am: Men’s 400m individual medley final: William Petric, Brendon Smith (TBC)

  • 4.40am: Women’s 100m butterfly final: Emma McKeon

  • 4.46am: Men’s 200m freestyle semi-finals: Maximillian Giuliani, Thomas Neill (TBC)

  • 5.10am: Women’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals: Jenna Strauch (TBC)

  • 5.32am: Men’s 100m backstroke semi-finals: Isaac Cooper, Bradley Woodward (TBC)

  • 5.44am: Men’s 100m breaststroke final: Josh Yong (TBC)

  • 5.50am: Women’s 200m freestyle semi-finals: Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O’Callaghan (TBC)

Tennis

  • 8pm: Men’s singles first round: Alex de Minaur v Jan-Lennard Struff; Alexei Popyrin v Nocolas Jarry

  • 8pm: Men’s doubles first round: Matthew Ebden and John Peers v Hady Habib and Benjamin Hassan

  • 3am: Women’s singles first round: Ajla Tomljanovic v Coco Gauff

Water polo

  • 6.30pm: Men’s preliminary round – Group B: Australia Sharks v Spain