Rio 2016 Olympics on TV today: Sunday 7 August – Day 2

Swimming: Men's 100m Breaststroke Final

2:53am BBC1

Expert’s choice: Sharron Davies

I’ve never been as confident about the prospect of a British gold as I am right now with Adam Peaty going in the 100m breaststroke. World record-holder, half second faster than the next best — he’s the Usain Bolt of his discipline. GB has a rich heritage in breaststroke, starting with Anita Lonsbrough at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. After Anita came David Wilkie, Duncan Goodhew, Adrian Moorhouse and Nick Gillingham. But the last Olympic men’s swimming gold we won was 28 years ago — long before Adam was born — when Adrian Moorhouse triumphed in the 100m breaststroke in Seoul. It’s been a long wait for a British man to do it again, but in Adam Peaty I think we’ve found him.

Cycling: Women’s Road Race

4:30pm BBC1

The publicity around Britain’s London 2012 silver medalist Lizzie Armitstead is more about doping tests than cycling at the moment. Armitstead has been cleared to ride after one of three missed tests was declared void by the Court of Arbitration for Sport but many commentators remain unimpressed.

Before the furore, however, cycling presenter Jill Douglas was tipping Armitstead for another podium finish, and perhaps even to go one better than in London.

"I'd be very surprised if she doesn’t make the podium here in Rio," said Douglas. "She has dominated the sport this year, always with this race at the forefront of her mind. Lizzie’s been out to Rio, she’s checked the course, she’s prepared for it and has matured as a cyclist in the process. She is now the world champion, and will certainly be the rider whom everybody else will be watching. To take that silver from 2012 — the first medal Team GB won at the Games — and turn it into gold would just be amazing."

Fans will be hoping Armitstead can put the controversy out of her mind and focus her full attention on cycling.

Diving: Women’s 3m Synchronised

8pm BBC4

Expert’s choice: Bob Ballard

Diving cuts across all kinds of barriers. It appeals if you’re an avid sports fan, if you like the aesthetic, or even if you just think it looks good on television. A lot of people are amazed that the divers can do what they do in such a short space of time. It’s incredibly visual and I think quite captivating, too. The tell-tale sign of a good dive is the vertical, splashless entry and, believe it or not, people coming from such great heights into the water can actually rip through it without leaving a lot of splash behind, and that’s what you’re looking for. Team GB’s hopes in the women’s 3m synchronised event rest with Alicia Blagg and Rebecca Gallantree, gold medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. They’re a combination of youth and experience — Alicia is 19; Rebecca turns 32 during the Games.

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Archery: Women's Team Final

9:07pm BBC4

South Korea are the undisputed queens of Olympic archery. Their women’s team has won all seven titles going back to the introduction of the event, which happened on home soil
in Seoul for the 1988 Games. It would take a minor miracle
for them to be defeated here, although only one of their trio — Ki Bo Bae — has experience of an Olympics, having won both individual gold and team gold at London 2012, when Lord’s cricket ground was the venue. In Rio the archery will take place in the Sambodromo, a downtown purpose-built parade area — prominent during Carnival — that dates from 1984 and was designed by the great Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. James Gill

Swimming: Women’s 400m Freestyle Final

3:01am BBC1

Expert’s choice: Sharron Davies

Welsh swimmer Jazz Carlin lived with me for three months, and I know how hard she has worked to be here after missing out on 2012. Unfortunately, she has Katie Ledecky in the same event. Ledecky was the 15-year-old who beat Becky Adlington in the 800m at London 2012. She has been totally dominant since, and is a shoo-in for both the 400m and 800m. Ledecky’s also going in the 200m and the relays. She’s a metronome, able to cover
all distances. She and Michael Phelps are the two global superstars in the pool in Rio 2016.

One to watch: Oksana Chusovitina


Gymnastics: Women’s qualifiers, 1:40pm BBC1

Gymnast Oksana Chusovitina is 41 and Rio will be her seventh Games. In 1992 she competed in Barcelona as part of a post-USSR “United Team”, going on to represent her native Uzbekistan. In 1999, she gave birth to a son, Alisher, who in 2002 was diagnosed with leukaemia. Seeking medical help in Germany, the family moved, and from 2006 to 2012 Chusovitina competed for them too. Now back competing for Uzbekistan, she aims to challenge in the vault, an event where she has nine world championship medals. She’s also one of the few women to return to top-level competition after becoming a mother.

GOLDS TODAY

Archery Women's Team 9:07pm Cycling Women's Road Race 4:30pm Diving Women's 3m Synchronised Springboard 7pm Fencing Men's Foil 9:45pm Judo Women's -52kg 9:20pm, Men's -66kg 9:20pm Shooting Women's 10m Air Pistol 3pm, Women's Trap 7pm Swimming Women's 100m Butterfly 2:30pm, Men's 100m Breaststroke 2:53am, Women's 400m Freestyle 3:01am, Men's 4x100m Freestyle 3:54am Weightlifting Men's 56kg 12:30am Women's 53kg 7:30pm

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