Olympics 2024: competition schedule for 30 July
30 July 2024 07:41
on 30 July, Olympic medals will be awarded in eight sports at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In particular, Ukrainian female fencers (epee) will have a chance to increase Ukraine’s medal haul, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
On the fourth official day of the 2024 Olympics, athletes will compete for medals in shooting, fencing, swimming, triathlon, table tennis, gymnastics, rugby sevens, and judo.
Among the athletes competing on this day are tennis players Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostiuk and Diana Yastremska (who will play in a pair with Kostiuk), and 2024 Olympic silver medallist Oleksandr Khyzhnyak. On this day, the women’s national fencing team will also compete for a medal, starting with the quarter-finals.
Also today, Ukraine will play a decisive match in the football tournament group against Argentina.
The competition schedule for 30 July:
- 09:00. Men’s triathlon, final
- 10:00. Men’s trap shooting, men’s qualification
- 10:30. Shooting, air pistol, 10 metres, mix, bronze medal match, final
- 11:00. Judo, women up to 63 kg, men up to 81 kg
- 11:00. Table tennis, 1/16 finals, women. Margarita Pesotskaya
- 12:00. Badminton, women. Polina Bugrova
- 12:00. Men’s 200 metres butterfly: qualification. Denis Kesil
- 14:18. Men’s archery: qualification. Mykhailo Usach
- 14:08. Swimming, men’s 4x200m freestyle relay: qualification
- 14:30. Fencing, women’s team epee: qualification. Joan-Fabie Bejura, Olena Kryvitska, Vlada Kharkiv
- 14:30. Table tennis, mixed doubles: bronze medal match
- Possible 14:30. Tennis, 1/8 finals, women. Marta Kostiuk – Maria Saccari
- Possibly 4:30. Tennis, women’s 1/8 finals. Elina Svitolina vs Barbora Krejcikova
- Possible 17:30. Tennis, 1/8 finals, women, doubles. Kostiuk/Yastremska – Shuwei Xie/ Chia Yi Cao
- 15:30. Table tennis, mixed doubles: final
- 16:00. Rowing, rowing slalom. Victoria Us
- 16:30. Trap shooting, men’s trap: final
- 18:00. Football. Ukraine – Argentina
- 19:15. Artistic gymnastics, team competition, women: final
- 20:00. Rugby 7s, women: bronze medal match
- 20:45. Rugby 7s, women: final
- 20:30. Fencing, women’s team epee: bronze medal match
- 21:30. Fencing, women’s team epee: final
- 21:30. Swimming, finals
- 21:32. Boxing, 1/8 finals. Oleksandr Khyzhnyak.
Schedule of Ukrainian performances on 30 July:
- 11:00. Table tennis. Margarita Pesotskaya: singles tournament, 1/16 finals
- 12:00. Badminton. Polina Bugrova: singles tournament, group stage
- 12:00. Swimming. Denis Kesil: 200 m butterfly, qualifying round
- 14:18. Archery. Mikhail Usach: singles tournament, 1/32 finals
- 14:30. Fencing. Joan Fabi Bejura, Olena Kryvitska, Vlada Kharkova, Daria Varfolomeieva: epee, team competition, quarterfinals
- Possibly 14:30. Tennis. Marta Kostiuk: singles tournament, 1/8 finals
- 16:00. Canoe slalom. Victoria Us: canoe, qualification, first heat
- Not earlier than 16:00. Tennis. Elina Svitolina: singles tournament, 1/8 finals
- 18:00. Football. Ukraine – Argentina: group stage, third round
- Not earlier than 18:30. Tennis. Marta Kostiuk, Diana Yastremska: doubles tournament, 1/8 finals
- 21:30. Fencing. Epee, team tournament, gold medal match
- 21:32. Boxing. Oleksandr Khyzhnyak: up to 80 kg, 1/8 finals
In total, the Games programme includes 32 sports, in which 10,500 athletes will compete for 329 sets of awards.
The 2024 Olympics will run until 11 August.
Ukraine at the Olympic Games
Ukraine will be represented by 140 athletes in Paris, which is an anti-record for our national team. The previous one was set in 2021 in Tokyo, when Ukraine had 155 athletes.
Ukrainians will compete in 23 sports. Distribution of Ukrainian athletes by sport:
- Athletics – 25
- Football – 18
- Diving – 9
- Rowing (kayaking, canoeing and rowing slalom) – 9
- Wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman) – 9
- Rhythmic gymnastics – 6
- Rowing – 6
- Artistic gymnastics – 6
- Tennis – 6
- Shooting (bullet and bench) – 6
- Fencing – 6
- Swimming – 5
- Judo – 5
- Cycling (road mountain bike) – 4
- Boxing – 3
- Breaking – 3
- Modern pentathlon – 3
- Table tennis – 3
- Rock climbing – 2
- Artistic swimming – 2
- Archery – 2
- Badminton – 1
- Weightlifting – 1
During the full-scale war, Russia has killed at least 479 Ukrainian athletes and coaches. More than 3000 athletes and coaches are defending Ukraine at the frontline.
Where to watch the Olympic Games
In Ukraine, the Olympic Games will be broadcast by Suspilne Sport and local Suspilne TV channels. Four additional streams of the competition with a Ukrainian commentator will be available on the Suspilne Sport website.
The Olympic Games will also be broadcast by Eurosport and Radio Promin.
