Dame Denise Lewis backs London 2040 Olympics bid – and wants government to bring Worlds to UK
Momentum is gathering behind a new Olympic bid...
Dame Denise Lewis is and has been many things. As an Olympic, Commonwealth and European heptathlon champion, she excelled on both track and field, while since hanging up her cleats, she’s been the president of Commonwealth Games England and of UK Athletics, as well as a much-loved BBC pundit. Next month, she will add Soccer Aid competitor to that already impressive CV as she takes to the pitch at Old Trafford as part of the England team. It’s an opportunity she is delighted to have been offered. "I’ve been watching Soccer Aid for years with my family but I never dreamed that one day I would be playing," she explained in an exclusive interview with the Radio Times. "When that call came in, I didn't hesitate. It was like, yes, if you guys will have me. I feel very proud to be representing England. I've represented England on numerous occasions at the Commonwealth Games, but now I'm making my debut in a football shirt." This is shaping up to be a busy year for the Sydney 2000 gold medallist, who is part of the plans to bring the 2029 World Championships back to London. It was announced last month that Athletic Ventures, which is a collaboration between UK Athletics, the Great Run Company and London Marathon Events, were planning to launch a bid for the event. £45 million in government funding is needed for an official bid to be launched in September, and Lewis emphasised why it would be a positive move for the country – not least because one feasibility study has the economic benefits at £400 million. "We hosted in 2017 and they were probably one of the most unforgettable World Athletics Championships," said Lewis. "Sold out tickets every session. The morning sessions are usually the hardest to sell but people were so up for it. "It’s not just about the medals, it’s about the nation. Proving to the rest of the world that we are great hosts. "We need to submit a bid in the autumn but we need the funding now. We need the government to step in and do the due diligence. "We’re looking for £45 million, but moving forward, that investment will pay dividends and probably bring the economic and social value up to a return of £400 million. "That feels like good maths for the nation and also would mean we could put on another fantastic championships. For me, having witnessed the Worlds in 2017 and been to subsequent events, I feel like it’s the right time. "Great cohort of athletes, it’s still one of the most popular Olympic sports for viewers. Why not? Why not London?" That sentiment, "Why not London?", is one shared by mayor Sadiq Khan, who has made his ambitions for the capital to become the first city to host four Olympic games clear amid growing support behind a 2040 bid. Lewis would back such a bid, and hopes that hosting the Worlds in 2029 could be part of the puzzle. "I mean, Sadiq Khan has been very supportive," she said. "You have to remember sport in general is a soft power – it can galvanise and bring people together. "The news is quite a miserable thing, but when we think about sport and how it galvanises and focuses people into that feeling of either supporting their teams or watching their countries do well, it's a unifying power that you just want to bottle. "Be ambitious. Hosting championships and major events is what we do. I'm happy. I'd love to see the Olympics come back to this country, it would be fantastic. "But first things first, let's get the World Championships, hopefully secure the World Championships in 2029, and then build from there. "We already have the infrastructure for the Worlds particularly. The networks and transportation are great and I think the appetite is there as well." Soccer Aid 2025 takes place on Sunday 15th June 2025, with tickets available for the clash at Old Trafford. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
What's on at the Olympics today? Paris 2024 schedule – Sunday 11th August
Your guide to all the action live from Paris 2024 today – with handpicked highlights from our experts and Olympic gold medallists.
The Olympic Games 2024 draws to a close with the final few events live on TV ahead of the closing ceremony tonight. Emily Campbell is expected to be one of Team GB's last expected medallists of these Games as she goes into the women’s +81kg weight lighting competition. Elsewhere, the women's marathon, women's sprint and omnium finals in the track cycling and men's water polo final are among the remaining events to be decided. RadioTimes.com brings you our pick of the action from the Olympics today, including TV details, timings and expert analysis from some of the biggest names in the business. Our star-studded line-up of experts includes Jessica Ennis-Hill, Paula Radcliffe, Ellie Simmonds, Joanna Rowsell, Iwan Thomas, Beth Tweddle, Ed Leigh and more, and they will be offering their top picks of the day on this page throughout the Games. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators Olympics on today – Expert picks View Green Video on the source website Athletics: Women’s Marathon From 7:00am on BBC One and <a href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1011l3Hu3h/pubref:radiotimes-2034114/%5Bp_id:1011l434372%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fget.discoveryplus.com%2Fgb%2Fsport%2Folympic-games%3Futm_campaign%3DUK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-%26utm_medium%3Doc%26utm_source%3Dpr.com%26utm_content%3Dtext-earned-pr.com-id1?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-&utm_medium=oc&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-earned-pr.com-id1" rel="sponsored" target="_blank">discovery+ PAULA RADCLIFFE SAYS... Although we won’t see Britain’s Eilish McColgan in the marathon — she’ll be running in the 10,000m with Megan Keith instead — it’s going to be a fascinating race this year. It’s a tough course, and I know Ethiopia’s world record holder Tigst Assefa is not looking forward to it: she doesn’t think she can run well. Saying that, she’s still a good four minutes faster than the next person. But because of this course, it’s one of those events where someone could come out and win a gold medal — someone who no one has even considered. Certainly, the British runners Charlotte Purdue, Calli Hauger-Thackery and Rose Harvey are long shots. Weightlifting: Women’s +81kg From 10:30am on BBC iPlayer and <a href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1011l3Hu3h/pubref:radiotimes-2034114/%5Bp_id:1011l434372%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fget.discoveryplus.com%2Fgb%2Fsport%2Folympic-games%3Futm_campaign%3DUK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-%26utm_medium%3Doc%26utm_source%3Dpr.com%26utm_content%3Dtext-earned-pr.com-id1?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-&utm_medium=oc&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-earned-pr.com-id1" rel="sponsored" target="_blank">discovery+ GABRIEL TATE SAYS... Britain’s sole representative in the weightlifting is also one of its most charismatic competitors. By winning silver in Tokyo, Emily Campbell made history as GB’s first woman to win a medal in weightlifting and inspired women and girls across the country to try out the sport. She has been the dominant European force in the superheavyweight category ever since — indeed, Campbell is the only European in the class at the Paris Olympics — but her long-time rival, China’s Li Wenwen, will be there and is once again the hot favourite for gold. Track Cycling: Women’s Sprint and Omnium Finals From 11:45am on BBC One and <a href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1011l3Hu3h/pubref:radiotimes-2034114/%5Bp_id:1011l434372%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fget.discoveryplus.com%2Fgb%2Fsport%2Folympic-games%3Futm_campaign%3DUK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-%26utm_medium%3Doc%26utm_source%3Dpr.com%26utm_content%3Dtext-earned-pr.com-id1?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-&utm_medium=oc&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-earned-pr.com-id1" rel="sponsored" target="_blank">discovery+ JOANNA ROWSELL SAYS... There’s definitely potential for medals in the women’s sprint — GB will go into the event as favourites despite Katie Archibald’s absence. They won the World Championship without her and, as long as Emma Finucane — who is in phenomenal form and so crucial to this team — is fit, we should be among the gold contenders. The omnium will be every bit as mad as the men’s madison but, if I’m being completely honest, we’re probably not one of the favourites for a podium finish. Any kind of medal for GB in this event would be brilliant. For more expert opinions, tips and guides, download our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
What channel is Brazil v USA women's Olympic final on? TV coverage, live stream and kick-off time
Check out how to watch Brazil v USA in the women's Olympic final, including TV channel, live stream coverage and kick-off time.
Gold medals are on the line at the Parc de Princes on Saturday, as Brazil and USA meet in the women's Olympic final. The South Americans are looking to give Marta the golden end that her legendary career deserves – having notched up over 200 international caps and more than 100 goals in the 22 years since her debut. The Olympic title has eluded her, however, coming closest in final defeats in 2004 and 2008. Brazil edged through the group stages as one of two best third-placed teams, but have impressed in knockout victories against France and Spain, who many were tipping as favourites to win it all. Watch Brazil v USA on Eurosport On Saturday, they'll come up against a USA side that have put together an unbeaten run to the final in their first tournament under the management of decorated former Chelsea boss Emma Hayes. Hayes has already led her team to a first Olympic final in 12 years, her next task is to secure a fifth goal in their history – with their fourth gold, fittingly, coming at London 2012. RadioTimes.com has rounded up everything you need to know about how to watch Brazil v USA on TV and online. Read more football features: Best players in the world | Best players of all time | Live football on TV today When is Brazil v USA? Brazil v USA will take place on Saturday 10th August 2024. Check out our live football on TV guide for the latest times and information. Brazil v USA kick-off time Brazil v USA will kick off at 4pm. What TV channel is Brazil v USA on? You can tune in to watch Brazil v USA in the Olympic final live Eurosport 5 from 3:50pm. Eurosport requires a subscription, which costs £30.99 per month but will also give you access to TNT Sports and discovery+. How to live stream Brazil v USA online You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event live on discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. discovery+ are offering a cut-price £3.99 per month deal for their online Olympics coverage. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Who could be performing at the Olympic Games 2024 closing ceremony?
The line-up is yet to be fully confirmed.
Rumours are rife about who could be performing at the closing ceremony of the Olympics 2024, with Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish among those rumoured to appearing. Following some backlash against the Paris opening ceremony, executive director Thierry Reboul had to revise the script for the closing ceremony “for the umpteenth time”. He said the backlash had made him more wary of potential misinterpretations of the event. Against this backdrop, rumours have been swirling about who could perform at the closing ceremony. So, who could be appearing? RadioTimes.com brings you everything you need to know. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators Who could be performing at the Olympic Games 2024 closing ceremony? Two celebrated French bands have been confirmed to be performing: Grammy winners Phoenix and electronic duo AIR. The rest of the line-up is currently being kept under wraps, but rumoured artists include Snoop Dogg, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Billie Eilish. Charli XCX further fuelled speculation that Eilish could be appearing by sharing an update online suggesting that she may be appearing alongside the singer to perform their new collaborative single, Guess. Retweeting a news update by PopCrave, the singer wrote in the caption: "… you wanna guess ;)" View oEmbed on the source website Taylor Swift, who has been on tour in Europe and who has already appeared in numerous promotional videos showing support for Team USA, is also rumoured to be performing, while a stunt segment by Tom Cruise is also expected. We'll update this page once we know more. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics 2024 closing ceremony – how to watch
The closing ceremony will take place at the Stade de France.
After more than two weeks of action, suspense, heartbreak and joy, Paris is preparing for the Olympics 2024 closing ceremony. The closing event, set to be titled Records, will apparently span two hours and depict a "futuristic world where the Games have disappeared". US presenter Jimmy Fallon and sports commentator Mike Tirico will co-host the event, while french bands Air and Phoenix have been confirmed as performers. The rest of the line-up is being kept under wraps, but there are no shortage of names whirling around the rumour mill, including Snoop Dogg, Billie Eilish and Red Hot Chili Peppers . As well as the artistic section, the closing ceremony will also include more traditional elements, including the athletes' parade, the extinguishing of the Olympic flame and the handover of the Olympic flag to the organisers of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. RadioTimes.com brings you everything you need to know about the closing ceremony. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website When is the closing ceremony at the Olympics 2024? The closing ceremony will take place on Sunday 11th August, and will unfold at the Stade de France. It is scheduled to start at 20:00 BST and conclude at 22:30. How can I watch the closing ceremony at the Olympics 2024? UK viewers can watch the closing ceremony live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. Television coverage is set to kick off at 19:00 BST. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
What channel is France v Spain men's Olympic final on? TV coverage, live stream and kick-off time
Check out how to watch France v Spain in the men's Olympic final, including TV channel, live stream coverage and kick-off time.
France and Spain go for gold at Paris 2024 as they meet in Friday's men's Olympic final. The hosts are guaranteed a medal after extra-time goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Michael Olise helped them come from behind to beat Egypt 3-1 in Monday's semi-final. Thierry Henry's side now head back to the Parc des Princes to ensure it's gold and perhaps provide the nation with a little revenge after Spain knocked them out of Euro 2024 last month. Watch France v Spain on Eurosport La Roja, meanwhile, can continue a historic summer of football by adding an Olympic title to the Euro 2024 success they tasted in Germany. The teams are different, of course, with all the nations leaning heavily on youth at Paris 2024, but the Spanish will back themselves to come out on top again. Spain were silver medalists at Tokyo 2020, but after coming from behind against Morocco to book their place in the final, they may believe that they can get their hands on gold this time around. RadioTimes.com has rounded up everything you need to know about how to watch France v Spain on TV and online. Read more football features: Best players in the world | Best players of all time | Live football on TV today When is France v Spain? France v Spain will take place on Friday 9th August 2024. Check out our live football on TV guide for the latest times and information. France v Spain kick-off time France v Spain will kick off at 5pm. What TV channel is France v Spain on? You can tune in to watch France v Spain in the Olympic final live Eurosport 5 from 4:50pm. Eurosport requires a subscription, which costs £30.99 per month but will also give you access to TNT Sports and discovery+. How to live stream France v Spain online You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event live on discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. discovery+ are offering a cut-price £3.99 per month deal for their online Olympics coverage. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics 2024 breaking on TV: Channel, schedule, live stream
Your guide to breaking at the Olympic Games 2024, including TV coverage and schedule.
Breaking has had a long road to the Olympics, from its origins in 1970s hip-hop culture through to the earliest competitive events in the 1990s and its successful inclusion in the 2018 Youth Olympics, which made an official Olympic debut a certainty. The sport got its start in New York block parties, where DJs would mix multiple records in order to achieve a longer instrumental section. Enthusiastic dancers would use these extended breakdowns to show off increasingly technical and athletic moves, giving birth to a new style of dance and, eventually, a new sport. The term "breakdancer" has often been used to refer to someone who had appropriated the dancing without any interest in the surrounding culture, so purists prefer the term b-boy or b-girl. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts There will be 16 b-boys and 16 b-girls competing in Paris, along with a DJ and MC providing the music. Dancers will face-off in one-on-one competitions, progressing through toprock, downrock, power moves and freezes - essentially a progression from fancy footwork through to momentum-gaining floor-based dances like the six-step, culminating in gymnastic feats such as the windmill. A panel of nine judges will operate a slider which is used to show a preference for the b-boy or b-girl they believe is putting in the best performance based on technique, variety, originality and musicality. An averaging of the slider scores will decide the winner of each one-on-one, with scoring weighted towards technique and creativity. RadioTimes.com brings you our guide to breaking at the Olympic Games in 2024. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators When is breaking at the Olympics 2024? Breaking at the Olympics begins on Friday 9th August and runs until Saturday 10th August. Team GB breaking at the Olympics 2024 Although hopes were high for Britain’s b-boy Sunni and b-girl Roxy, a punishing qualifying schedule has left Team GB unrepresented in Olympic breaking. The medal contenders are likely to be reigning world champion b-boy Victor from the US, Canada’s former world champ b-boy Phil Wizard, and Japan’s rising star b-boy Shigekix. Japan also has a likely medal-winner in the women’s event in b-girl Ami, who will face fierce competition from Lithuania’s reigning world and European champion b-girl Nicka. View Green Video on the source website Olympics 2024 breaking on TV You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event live on discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide. Olympics 2024 breaking schedule All UK time. Subject to change. Friday 9th August 3:00pm – B-Girls Round Robin 7:00pm – B-Girls Quarter-Finals 7:45pm – B-Girls Semi-Finals 8:15pm – B-Girls Finals Saturday 10th August 3:00pm – B-Boys Round Robin 7:00pm – B-Boys Quarter-Finals 7:45pm – B-Boys Semi-Finals 8:15pm – B-Boys Finals Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
What is breaking at the Olympics 2024? Rules explained
The first rule of breaking is: you do not talk about breakdancing.
Each new instalment of the Olympics brings with it the opportunity to refresh the line-up of sports that will be included across the two weeks of competition that year. Doing so is an effort by the International Olympic Committee to modernise the Games, attract new and younger audiences and give athletes from smaller or emerging sports to showcase their talent to the world. At Paris 2024, the sole debutant among the sports to be contested is known by a somewhat obscure name: breaking. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts With roots in 1970s New York, breaking joins several other urban sports in the Paris 2024 event line-up, including skateboarding and BMX freestyle. But just what does the Olympics’ newest sport actually involve? RadioTimes.com breaks it all down, including the rules of the sport at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators What is breaking? Breaking is a style of street dance which originated in 1970s New York City. The sport can be traced back to the New York borough of the Bronx in the early 1970s, where the dance style began to grow at events like block parties in tandem with the increasing popularity of the hip-hop genre of music. The 'break' is the part of a song where vocals and other instruments fade out, leaving just the percussion – and it is in that break that early b-boys and b-girls (male and female competitors who practice the sport of breaking) began to showcase their acrobatic moves and quick footwork set to the backing of the hip-hop soundtrack. As breaking's popularity spread, more communities and cultures got involved, forming crews to face off in both individual and team dance battles and leading to the first international breaking competitions starting up back in the 1990s. Breaking first featured at an Olympic event in 2018 when it was included at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was its success there that led to its addition to the event line-up for Paris 2024. View Green Video on the source website Breaking rules and format explained In Paris, the breaking competition is split into a men’s event and a women’s event. The competition will see 16 b-boys and 16 b-girls face off in one-on-one battles consisting of three 60-second throw downs (the term for when a b-boy or b-girl hits the floor and starts breaking), where they must adapt their style and improvise to the beat of the DJ’s tracks in a bid to secure votes from five judges. The athletes take turns to showcase their routines, with popular moves including the 6-step, toprock, windmill and freeze, as well as flips and even dancers spinning on their head. Their performances are judged on five criteria – technique, vocabulary (the variety of their moves), execution, musicality and originality – with the judges sliding a digital slider towards the dancer who is winning the head-to-head battle based on each of them. Each of the five criteria accounts for 20 per cent of the competitor’s final score, with the winner of the round decided based on the average of the five criteria sliders. The breaking competition at Paris 2024 will take place at the Place de la Concorde, with the women’s event on 9th August followed by the men’s event on 10th August. The b-boys and b-girls are divided into groups of four for an initial round-robin stage, battling all the other breakers in their group to decide which two progress to the quarter-finals. The eight quarter-finalists are then seeded into one-on-one single elimination (lose and you’re out) battles based on their previous performance (for example, first versus eighth, second versus seventh). This process is repeated for the semi-finals and the finals to crown the inaugural Olympic breaking champions. 2023 world champions Victor Montalvo, of the United States, and Lithuania’s Dominika Banevič (better known as B-Girl Nicka) were the first two competitors to book their places for Paris. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics 2024 gold medal finals today: Schedule and times
Your guide to all the gold medal events at the Olympic Games today.
The Olympic Games are developing well with the athletics schedule well under way and fans across the globe relishing the biggest races on the calendar. There's a total of 329 golds on offer for sportspeople the world over to compete for, after they've trained long and hard to put themselves in pole position. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts With so much sport to savour over the coming days and weeks, we understand the challenge of cutting through to the core events that truly matter above the rest: medal finals. RadioTimes.com brings you the full range of gold medal events coming up each day. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators Olympics 2024 gold medal events today All UK time. Subject to change. Every event will be shown live on discovery+. Day 14: Friday 9th August ATHLETICS: Women’s 4x100m Relay (6:30pm), Women’s Shot Put (6:40pm), Men’s 4x100m Relay (6:45pm), Women’s 400m (7pm), Men’s Triple Jump (7:10pm), Women’s Heptathlon final event (800m) (7:15pm), Women’s 10,000m (7:55pm), Men’s 400m Hurdles (8:45pm) BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Women’s (9:30pm) BOXING: Men’s 71kg (8:30pm), Women’s 50kg (8:47pm), Men’s 92kg (9:34pm), Women’s 66kg (9:51pm) BREAKING: B-Girls (8:23pm) CANOE SPRINT: Women’s Canoe Double 500m (11:50am), Women’s Kayak Double 500m (12:10pm), Men’s Kayak Double 500m (12:30pm), Men’s Canoe Single 1,000m (12:50pm) DIVING: Women’s 3m Springboard (2pm) FOOTBALL: Men’s (5pm) HOCKEY: Women’s (7pm) MARATHON SWIMMING: Men’s 10km (6:30am) RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS: Individual All-Around (1:30pm) SPORT CLIMBING: Men’s Boulder (9:15am), Lead (11:28am) TABLE TENNIS: Men’s Team (2pm) TAEKWONDO: Women’s -67kg (8:23pm), Men’s -80kg (8:39pm) TRACK CYCLING: Men’s Sprint (5pm, decider 6:38pm), Women’s Madison (5:09pm) WEIGHTLIFTING: Men’s 89kg (2pm), Women’s 71kg (6:30pm) WRESTLING: Men’s Freestyle 57kg (6:55pm), Men’s Freestyle 86kg (7:30pm), Women’s Freestyle 57kg (8:15pm) Day 15: Saturday 10th August ARTISTIC SWIMMING: Duet (6:30pm) ATHLETICS: Men’s Marathon (7am), Men’s High Jump (6:10am), Men’s 800m (6:25pm), Women’s Javelin (6:40pm), Women’s 100m Hurdles (6:45pm), Men’s 5,000m (7pm), Women’s 1500m (7:25pm), Men’s 4x400m Relay (8:12pm), Women’s 4x400m Relay (8:22pm) BASKETBALL: Men’s (8:30pm) BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Men’s (9:30pm) BOXING: Women’s 57kg (8:30pm), Men’s 57kg (8:47pm), Women’s 75kg (9:34pm), Men’s +92kg (9:51pm) BREAKING: B-Boys (8:23pm) CANOE SPRINT: Women’s Kayak Single 500m (12 noon), Men’s Kayak Single 1,000m (12:20pm), Women’s Canoe Single 200m (12:50pm) DIVING: Men’s 10m Platform (2pm) FOOTBALL: Women’s (4pm) GOLF: Women’s Final Round (8am) HANDBALL: Women’s (2pm) MODERN PENTATHLON: Men’s Final Laser Run (6:10pm) RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS: Group All-Around (1pm) SPORT CLIMBING: Women’s Boulder (9:15am), Lead (11:28am) TABLE TENNIS: Women’s Team (2pm) TAEKWONDO: Men’s +80kg (8:23pm), Women’s +67kg (8:39pm) TRACK CYCLING: Men’s Madison (4:59pm) VOLLEYBALL: Men’s (12 noon) WATER POLO: Women’s (2:35pm) WEIGHTLIFTING: Men’s 102kg (10:30am), Women’s 81kg (3pm), Men’s +102kg (7:30pm) WRESTLING: Men’s Freestyle 74kg (6:55pm), Men’s Freestyle 125kg (7:30pm), Women’s Freestyle 62kg (8:15pm) Day 16: Sunday 11th August ATHLETICS: Women’s Marathon (7am) BASKETBALL: Women’s (2:30pm) HANDBALL: Men’s (12:30pm) MODERN PENTATHLON: Women’s Final Laser Run (11:40am) TRACK CYCLING: Women’s Sprint (11:45am), Men’s Keirin (12:32pm), Women’s Omnium Points Race (12:56pm) VOLLEYBALL: Women’s (12 noon) WATER POLO: Men’s (1pm) WEIGHTLIFTING: Women’s +81kg (10:30am) WRESTLING: Men’s Freestyle 65kg (11:25am), Men’s Freestyle 97kg (12 noon), Women’s Freestyle 76kg (12:45pm) Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
With seven disciplines to master, heptathletes are not like other athletes.
As the decathlon is to men’s athletics, the heptathlon serves as an ultimate test of all-round athleticism in elite women’s sport. Skill, speed, strength and agility – heptathletes must have it all, across seven different track and field events, if they hope to make it to the top. The heptathlon made its Olympic debut at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, replacing the five-event pentathlon that women had competed in at that level since the 1964 Olympics. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Team GB has produced its fair share of world-class heptathletes over the years, from Sydney 2000 Olympic champion Denise Lewis to two-time bronze medal winner Kelly Sotherton, but two names will spring to the minds of many: Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Before her retirement in 2016, Ennis-Hill captured three World Championship titles and a coveted Olympic gold at her London 2012 home Games. Johnson-Thompson, who ranks just ahead of her fellow Brit on the all-time heptathlon performer list, has won two World Championships of her own – including in 2023 – and heads into her fourth Olympics at Paris 2024 looking to clinch an elusive first Olympic medal. RadioTimes.com explains the seven sports involved and how the heptathlon works. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators Which sports are in the heptathlon? The heptathlon is made up of seven track and field events split across a two-day programme at the Olympics. These are, in order: Day One 100m hurdles High jump Shot put 200m Day Two Long jump Javelin 800m View Green Video on the source website Like in the decathlon – the equivalent all-round showcase for men consisting of 10 events – heptathletes earn points based on how their performance in each event stacks up against a pre-determined "benchmark". An athlete’s seven points scores are then tallied up to find the overall winner by way of who has accumulated the most points across all events combined. A joint winner is declared if athletes end the competition tied on points, while there is a leeway of one false start in track events before you’re disqualified. Every athlete gets three attempts at each of the shot put, javelin and long jump. When it comes to the all-time performances in women’s heptathlon, one athlete reigns supreme: Jackie Joyner-Kersee. The American star still holds the women’s heptathlon world record with her mark of 7,291 points from the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, while she also currently owns the next five highest points scores in history as well, all from between 1986 and 1992 – truly ahead of her time. Retired Swedish heptathlete and 2004 Olympic gold medallist Carolina Klüft has the second highest all-time personal best among heptathletes, followed closely by the current two-time reigning Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium. Alongside Joyner-Kersee (1988 and 1992), Thiam is the only athlete in history with back-to-back Olympic heptathlon titles. She was also so good at the high jump en route to her Rio 2016 gold that she would have won the individual event that year, too. The most recent entry in the rankings is Anna Hall from the US, who in May 2023 put together the best performance since Thiam in 2017 to place herself fifth all-time. That sees Hall currently occupy top spot in the heptathlon world rankings as of April 2024, just ahead of Thiam (third) and GB household name Johnson-Thompson (second). It’s worth noting that there also exists a men’s heptathlon, which is held indoors and at World Championship level - but it is not on the Olympic schedule, with men instead contesting the decathlon. The men’s indoor heptathlon involves the following seven events, in order: (day one) 60m, long jump, shot put, high jump and (day two) 60m hurdles, pole vault, 1000m. The world record holder for the men’s indoor heptathlon is Ashton Eaton, a two-time Olympic champion and former world record holder in the decathlon, with his score of 6,645 points back in 2012. There’s plenty of crossover in the all-time rankings with that of the decathlon, with Canada’s reigning Olympic champion Damian Warner, Frenchman and decathlon world record holder Kevin Mayer, and former Czech world record holder Roman Šebrle all in the top seven in men’s heptathlon history. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics 2024 TV coverage: TV schedule, channels and live stream details
Your ultimate TV coverage guide to the Olympic Games in 2024.
The Olympic Games continues into the final full week of action with a host of major events still to come. Some of the world's finest athletes are yet to enter the fold and will be gearing up to claim gold across the track, field and arenas across Paris and France itself. Team GB have enjoyed a terrific start to the Games and will be determined to finish with a flourish. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts There are thousands of hours of terrific competition to come, with BBC and discovery+ set to guide the nation through all the biggest moments – and niche interests – with 329 medal events to be fought over across 32 sports. It's hard to believe, but the last Olympic Games hosted in a European time zone was London 2012, with the previous two editions hosted by Brazil and Japan. The UK-friendly timings in France mean millions more British fans will be able to tune in for the Games without resorting to super early – or even late – alarm clocks. RadioTimes.com brings you the ultimate TV guide to watching the Olympics 2024, including channel details, live stream information and more. Our schedule below contains all of the broadcast times for BBC, Eurosport and discovery+. For a comprehensive guide to specific events on each channel, each day, check our Olympics 2024 on today guide to be updated daily. Read more: Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website How to watch the Olympics on TV and live stream online <a href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1011l3Hu3h/pubref:radiotimes-2034042/%5Bp_id:1011l434372%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fget.discoveryplus.com%2Fgb%2Fsport%2Folympic-games%3Futm_campaign%3DUK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-%26utm_medium%3Doc%26utm_source%3Dpr.com%26utm_content%3Dtext-earned-pr.com-id1?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-&utm_medium=oc&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-earned-pr.com-id1" rel="sponsored" target="_blank">discovery+ and Eurosport will be the predominant broadcaster of the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. Every single minute of Olympics action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. The BBC also boasts TV rights throughout the Games, but is restricted to one live channel, plus one live stream online. The company will broadcast over 250 hours of action with BBC One or BBC Two to broadcast the best of the live action each day, with that coverage plus an extra online feed to be made available on BBC iPlayer. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Olympics TV schedule All UK time. All subject to change. For the full list of events and times, go to our Olympics 2024 on today guide. Day 13: Thursday 8th August discovery+/Eurosport All day – discovery+ 7am – 10:30pm – Eurosport 1 and 2 BBC 6:20am – 11:00pm – Olympics Extra – BBC iPlayer and Red Button 8:00am – 1:00pm – BBC One 1:00pm – 1:45pm – BBC Two 1:45pm – 6:00pm – BBC One 6:00pm – 7:00pm – BBC Two 7:00pm – 10:00pm – BBC One Day 14: Friday 9th August discovery+/Eurosport All day – discovery+ 7am – 10:30pm – Eurosport 1 and 2 BBC 6:20am – 11:00pm – Olympics Extra – BBC iPlayer and Red Button 8:00am – 1:00pm – BBC One 1:00pm – 1:45pm – BBC Two 1:45pm – 6:00pm – BBC One 6:00pm – 7:00pm – BBC Two 7:00pm – 10:00pm – BBC One Day 15: Saturday 10th August discovery+/Eurosport All day – discovery+ 7am – 10:30pm – Eurosport 1 and 2 BBC 6:45am – 1:15pm – BBC One 6:45am – 10:00pm – Olympics Extra – BBC iPlayer and Red Button 1:30pm – 5:30pm – BBC One 5:30pm – 5:50pm – BBC Two 5:50pm – 10:00pm – BBC One Day 16: Sunday 11th August discovery+/Eurosport All day – discovery+ 7am – 10:30pm – Eurosport 1 and 2 BBC 6:50am – 1:15pm – BBC One 6:50am – 6:00pm – Olympics Extra – BBC iPlayer and Red Button 1:30pm – 5:35pm – BBC One Closing ceremony 7:25pm – 10:30pm – BBC One Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympian Toby Roberts: 'Climbing is a big mental battle - the environment is pretty intense'
The sports star is looking to climb his way to the top spot for Team GB.
This interview first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Ahead of the Olympics, Radio Times magazine spoke to some of Team GB’s sporting stars going for gold in Paris – and the hard-working parents who have been with them every step of the way. Here, rock climber Toby Roberts and his dad Tristian reflect on his journey so far. Toby I enjoyed all the sports I did growing up – rugby, football, cross-country, hockey – but they felt a bit monotonous. Climbing was a new challenge. Being able to push my limits in a way that wasn’t so repetitive was addictive. I’ve always also had a passion for Formula 1, so if I wasn’t a climber, I’d probably be a motorsports driver. It’s great having my dad as my coach. It’s so nice to have someone I’m so close to that I’m 100 per cent comfortable with and can talk to about anything. While he doesn’t climb, he still has an incredible depth of knowledge. There’s always going to be times where I’m like, "OK, just leave me alone for a second," or, "I’ve spent a lot of time with you now," but it’s always really friendly. When I’m in my hardest training phase during the winter, I train six days a week, seven or eight hours a day, whether it’s in the gym doing weights or climbing. To switch off, I read a lot so I’m engaged, but without physically exerting myself. I love the Lord of the Rings series. I also play video games, including Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty. Now I’m in competition season, my training load has dropped a bit, and it’s more about feeling good and getting rid of some of that fatigue. My typical diet is enough fuel to sustain the training. It’s relatively clean, home-cooked meals. My mum’s a very good cook. Her banana bread is perfect training fuel. There are three types of climbing in the Olympics – speed climbing, lead climbing and bouldering. Lead climbing is my preferred discipline. Climbers have six minutes to climb as high as they can on a route they haven’t seen before. Climbing is a big mental battle. Before I’m on the wall, there’s loads of emotions going on, but when I’m climbing, my mind goes blank – I’m just so focused. When you go into a competition, there’s the isolation phase, where you’re not allowed to watch other people climb the boulders or routes, because it’s an unfair advantage. All the team coaches and athletes are put into a room for many hours and that’s where people do their warm-up routines. The environment is pretty intense. There are people trying to play pathetic mind games, saying things like, "Your skin doesn't look great today." Skin is the most important part about climbing. It’s your first contact point with the walls. When I climb a lot, my fingertips bleed. I spray hydration sprays on my skin during climbing to keep it moist, but not wet. Bits of skin flake off, or get damaged, so I’ll take a sanding block and sand those bits off, so they don’t catch on things. I’m trying to keep a smooth surface to maximise friction. When my skin goes too hard, it’s not grippy, so I moisturise a lot to keep it soft, but not too soft, because then it’s more prone to tearing. It’s a fine balance. I use a range of products, from Nivea to Elizabeth Arden. I’m so grateful for my parents’ support, because it has enabled me to do what I love. When sport climbing was first introduced at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, that’s when I knew: "This is what I want to do. I want to make this my life." Toby's dad, Tristian When Toby was only four or five months old, my wife Marina and I went into his room and he’d managed to half get himself over the cot rail. We caught him just as he was about to fall. He was also always climbing over stair gates. The first time he actually climbed, he was three or four. We were on holiday and there was a climbing wall at an activity centre. He got to the top and the guy running it said: "He’s the youngest person who’s ever got up there." When Toby was eight, he joined an after-school climbing club and that was when he properly got hooked. He was very obsessive and wouldn’t let things drop. Whatever sport he did, he was really good at it. He was incredibly determined – we’d go up to his room after we’d put him to bed and he’d be doing a plank. We’d be like: "You’ve got to stop training now. You’ve got school tomorrow." He pushes himself really hard and he’s built up a huge capacity for training, but equally, he doesn’t know when to stop. I didn’t start as Toby’s coach, but it evolved into that. I’m a terrible climber so I learnt the sport by watching it. From being observant, I’ve picked up Toby’s patterns and techniques. Climbing coaching doesn’t pay very much, and we’ve got four children – Toby is the second youngest – so I still work in IT and run my own business. During lockdown, Toby had to take a year out from competitions, so we built a climbing wall in our garden that measures 3.6 square metres and has varying angles on it – 40, 50 and 60 degrees [pictured in main photo, left]. It’s useful as a base level of conditioning, strength and power and it helped him to build up his physicality. We spend six to eight months of the year travelling for training, because the facilities aren’t good enough in the UK – we’ve been to China, Japan, Austria and the US – but we’ve also trained on the Titan bouldering wall in Wandsworth, London, which is a replica of the one at the Paris Olympics. Toby is achieving something incredible. The word "sacrifice" isn’t something Marina and I relate to – it’s a privilege to be able to support Toby and see him do what he loves. 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Olympics 2024 climbing on TV: Channel, schedule, live stream
Your guide to climbing at the Olympic Games 2024, including the TV schedule.
Sport climbing is one of the more recent additions to the Olympics canon – having only made its debut at the Games in Tokyo three years ago – but now it's back for Paris 2024 There is one big difference this time around with two gold medals up for grabs for both men and women rather than just the one on offer in Japan: one for speed climbing and another for the combined boulder and lead event. Both events are now underway at the Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue – with Polish climber Aleksandra Miroslaw having already smashed her own world record on the way to a gold medal in the women's speed climbing event. But there is lots more climbing action still to unfold before all the medals have been handed out. Read on for everything you need to know including who's competing for Team GB. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators When is climbing at the Olympics 2024? Competition climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics began on Monday 5th August and will finish on Friday 9th August. The five days of competition will unfold at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Team GB climbing at the Olympics 2024 Team GB has qualified a full quota of climbers for the combined boulder and lead event, with Toby Roberts and Hamish McArthur competing for the men, and Molly Thompson-Smith and Erin McNeice going for the women. Thompson-Smith previously called for more diversity in the sport, telling BBC Newsbeat: "I'm often the only one who looks the way I do. "One of my main motivations for competing at the Olympic Games is to be that role model, that athlete I wish I had when I was a kid." Olympics 2024 climbing on TV You can watch every Olympics 2024 event including sport climbing live on <a href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1011l3Hu3h/pubref:radiotimes-2084706/%5Bp_id:1011l434372%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fget.discoveryplus.com%2Fgb%2Fsport%2Folympic-games%3Futm_campaign%3DUK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-%26utm_medium%3Doc%26utm_source%3Dpr.com%26utm_content%3Dtext-earned-pr.com-id1?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-&utm_medium=oc&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-earned-pr.com-id1" rel="sponsored" target="_blank">discovery+. The standard tier usually costs £6.99 per month but until the end of the Olympics games you can sign up for £3.99 per month, and if you do the price will remain the same until the end of the year. In addition, the BBC is providing 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what it will show on its limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide. View Green Video on the source website Olympics 2024 climbing schedule All UK time. Subject to change. Monday 5th August 9:00am – Men’s Combined: Semi-final (Bouldering) 12:00am – Women’s Speed: Qualification Tuesday 6th August 9:00am – Women’s Combined: Semi-final (Bouldering) 12:00am – Men’s Speed: Qualification Wednesday 7th August 9:00am – Men’s Combined: Semi-final (Lead) 11:35am – Women’s Speed: Final Thursday 8th August 9:00am – Women’s Combined: Semi-final (Lead) 11:35am – Men’s Speed: Final Friday 9th August 9:15am – Men’s Combined: Final 9:15am – Women’s Combined: Final Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
When is the 200m final at the Olympics 2024?
All the details about the men's and women's 200m finals at the 2024 Olympics, including when the races take place and how to watch them.
Yesterday (Tuesday 6th August) saw Team USA star Gabby Thomas add a gold medal to the bronze she won three years ago in Tokyo as she produced a sensational run to win the women's 200m. Now it remains to be seen if her countryman Noah Lyles can take home the men's prize after his astonishing display to claim gold in the 100m final on Sunday. The 27-year-old sprint superstar is a three-time 200m world champion, and certainly seems confident that he can add an Olympic gold to that haul. Asked during a press conference on Monday who is the fastest man in world, he responded: "It’s me. It’s always going to be me." Lyles is expected to punch his name into the history books during these Games as he takes to the track in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m events this week. With one gold already under his belt, can he continue his form? Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts His competition is expected to include fellow American Kenneth Bednarek and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo – but Lyles is the comfortable favourite going into the race. RadioTimes.com brings you all the details for the 200m final at the Olympics in 2024. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators When is the 200m final at the Olympics 2024? The men's 200m final will take place on Thursday 8th August 2024. The women's 200m final took place on Tuesday 6th August 2024. What time is the 200m final at the Olympics 2024? The men's 200m final will take place at 7:30pm UK time. The women's 200m final took place at 8:40pm UK time. View Green Video on the source website How to watch the 200m final at the Olympics 2024 You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event – including the 200m final – live on <a href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1011l3Hu3h/pubref:radiotimes-2080501/%5Bp_id:1011l434372%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fget.discoveryplus.com%2Fgb%2Fsport%2Folympic-games%3Futm_campaign%3DUK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-%26utm_medium%3Doc%26utm_source%3Dpr.com%26utm_content%3Dtext-earned-pr.com-id1?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-&utm_medium=oc&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-earned-pr.com-id1" rel="sponsored" target="_blank">discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Jessica Ennis-Hill delves into her family history in this week's Radio Times
This week's cover star needs no introduction.
This week's cover star needs no introduction. I'm sure that most of you were watching and cheering on Super Saturday at the London 2012 Olympics as Jessica Ennis (as she was then) won a gold medal in the heptathlon. It was the pinnacle of a sporting career that consumed every minute of her life. When we ask her in this week's issue of Radio Times magazine if she had to be selfish to be the best, she replies, "You're not going to be the best in the world if you're not selfish." Read more in our fascinating interview, where we also discover why she finally agreed to take part in Who Do You Think You Are? The BBC genealogy series is now 20 years old and in that time it has revealed the family secrets of many celebrities. You can read about some of the most memorable discoveries in this week's RT, and we also reveal the line-up for the new series. There are bound to be a few surprises along the way. Please don't forget to vote in this year's Radio Times Screen Test Awards - the only awards that ask you to think about how a programme makes you feel. Last year's ceremony was a wonderful celebration and I know many of the programme-makers and stars who attended were excited that so many readers had voted and appreciated their shows. Also in this week's Radio Times: Meet the stars taking part in a new series of Celebrity Race Across the World. After his life-changing crash, Freddie Flintoff is now ready to take his young cricket team to India. A new documentary gives fresh insights into the life of screen legend Elizabeth Taylor. BAFTA winner Aimee Lou Wood talks baby bumps, star signs and on-screen chemistry. In the Radio Times Podcast, Matt Damon and Casey Affleck on growing up together, handling fame and The Instigators. View oEmbed on the source website Visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Which sports are in the modern pentathlon?
The modern pentathlon is about to become the old pentathlon following Paris 2024.
The modern pentathlon has found itself the subject of some hotly contested debate in recent years, chiefly between the sport’s organisers and some of its top competitors. This most recently has centred on a decision to change the event line-up after the Paris 2024 Olympics, following an incident with a horse being punched by a coach in Tokyo. The modern pentathlon finds its roots in the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, which featured running, jumping, javelin, discus and wrestling, with the event’s name derived from Greek, combining "pente" (five) and "athlon" (competition). Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts It has been an event for men at the Summer Olympics since 1912, and was added to the women’s schedule at the Olympics for the first time at the Sydney 2000 Games. But with the modern pentathlon having undergone great changes since its introduction, and with it soon to be tweaked again, read on for the breakdown from RadioTimes.com of how it currently works. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators Which sports are in the modern pentathlon? As of the Paris 2024 Olympics, the five sports involved in the modern pentathlon are fencing, swimming, equestrian (horse-riding), shooting and running. These are split into four events, with running and shooting combined into what has been called the "laser run". After the Paris Olympics, horse riding is set to be replaced by an obstacle course discipline. The fencing (involving an electric épee) has the most to it, first involving a ranking round in which every athlete competes against all other athletes for a total of 35 one-on-one bouts, each limited to one minute in length or the time taken for one competitor to land a hit anywhere on their opponent’s body – whichever comes first. A bout where neither athlete scores a hit is registered as a defeat for both. 250 points are awarded for achieving a 70 per cent win rate (25 out of 35 bouts), with six points added or deducted for every additional win or loss, respectively. The second ("bonus") round of fencing is single elimination – you lose, you’re out – with 45-second bouts, opponents determined by positions from the ranking round and a bonus point scored for each bout won. In the equestrian, riders are allocated an unfamiliar horse 20 minutes before they compete. After a maximum of five practice jumps, they must navigate through 12 show-jumping obstacles. Completing the round in the allotted time is rewarded with 300 points, with deductions for any penalties. The swimming event sees pentathletes seeded into heats based on their Pentathlon World Ranking swimming time. They must then swim 200m of any stroke, with the benchmark of two minutes and 30 seconds earning an athlete 250 points while every one-third of a second above or below that time equates to one point added or deducted. The points scored in the fencing, riding and swimming events are then used to determine each athlete’s starting position for the final event: the laser run. This involves athletes running a total distance of 3200m, during which there are four shooting stops. At each shooting stop the athletes have either 50 seconds or an unlimited number of shots to hit five electronic targets with a laser pistol from a distance of 10m. The staggered start for the laser run is determined by how far back each athlete is from the leader following the fencing, riding and swimming rounds; every point corresponds to a one-second delay. Whoever then crosses the finish line first in the laser run is declared the winner. In Paris, the fencing ranking rounds for men and women take place on one day, with a 90-minute format for the semi-finals and finals taking place on subsequent days. The 90-minute format is in order as follows: 35 minutes of equestrian 5 minutes break 20 minutes of fencing (bonus round) 10 minutes break 15 minutes of swimming (200m) 15 minutes break 20 minutes laser run (combined running and shooting) Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics 2024 rhythmic gymnastics on TV: Channel, schedule, live stream
Your guide to rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympic Games 2024, including TV coverage and schedule.
Rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympic level is contested solely by women, with athletes competing in individual and group competitions. Rhythmic gymnastics consists of floor routines, which combine dancing, jumping and rotating to music while using either clubs, hoops, ribbons or balls to accentuate the performance. Separate panels of four judges mark the competitors on difficulty, artistry and execution, with the scores from each panel being averaged and combined to find the winner. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Judges will be looking out for what are known as "dynamic elements of rotation", which are essentially the hardest moves that can be made with a given piece of apparatus, such as throwing the ribbon into the air, performing a series of moves, then catching it again on one fluid motion. In the group competition, apparatus can be passed between the competitors, allowing for eye-catching synchronised moves. The group routines can last for up to 150 seconds, and individual routines for up to 90, with penalties being imposed for going over time, poorly executing moves, or failure to use the apparatus properly. RadioTimes.com brings you our guide to rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympic Games in 2024. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website When is rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympics 2024? Rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympics begins on Thursday 8th August and runs until Saturday 10th August. Team GB rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympics 2024 Team GB will only be competing in the artistic and trampoline disciplines, but the rhythmic competition still has plenty of action to look out for. In the individual competition, Italy’s Sofia Raffaelli is one to watch, having won four individual titles at the Olympic qualifying event in Bulgaria, while Germany, Israel and Bulgaria are all expected to send strong teams for the group event. Olympics 2024 rhythmic gymnastics on TV You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event live on discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide. Olympics 2024 rhythmic gymnastics schedule All UK time. Subject to change. Thursday 8th August 9:00am – Individual All-Around Qualification Part 1 2:00pm – Individual All-Around Qualification Part 2 Friday 9th August 9:00am – Group All-Around Qualification Part 1 10:16am – Group All-Around Qualification Part 2 1:30pm – Individual All-Around Final Saturday 10th August 1:00pm – Group All-Around Final Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Jake Wightman on the Olympics: "From the age of nine, I knew I wanted to be a runner"
The Olympian and his father speak with Radio Times magazine.
This interview first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Ahead of the Olympics, Radio Times magazine spoke to some of Team GB’s sporting stars going for gold in Paris – and the hard-working parents who have been with them every step of the way. Here, Olympic runner Jake Wightman and his dad Geoff reflect on his journey so far. Jake My twin brother Sam was probably my biggest rival. We played every team sport at primary school and I didn’t like the idea of losing to him at all. While I was obsessed with that, he probably got put off because he couldn’t be bothered to deal with me. My mum was my PE teacher from the ages of about 14 to 18. So I’d have my mum organising sports day and my dad would be on the microphone [ex-athlete Geoff was then chief executive of Scottish Athletics and is now an athletics commentator]. Dad’s been commentating on my races for a long time. The fact that he announced my win at the World Championships is a massive part of my story. That was always the dream scenario. Sam and I always loved athletics, because we got taken to the World Championships in 2003 and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. I believe in genetics a little bit – I didn’t really train, but was naturally quite good. From the age of nine, I knew I wanted to be a runner. My dad knows how to push me and get the best out of me, and the tough love is good to an extent, but it’s probably been the biggest challenge. When I was younger, all I wanted to do was impress my dad. I thought everything my dad said was gospel. The challenges came when I got a bit older and formed my own opinions. I burn a lot of calories running, so I try to eat as many carbs as possible: breakfast is porridge and peanut butter, a banana; lunch is a lot of eggs and veg; dinners are rice or pasta with meat and veg. There’s a lot of sacrifice. I missed out on my 20s, I won’t get them back, but I wouldn’t change anything. I’ve got quite a bit of time left in this sport, but I look forward to the day I can play five- a-side, meet up with friends and go on holiday in the summer! Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators Jake's dad, Geoff Jake’s an identical twin, and was the first one out. My wife Susan is also an identical twin, and the first one out, but her sister is quite dominant. With the learnings from my wife’s upbringing, we treated Jake and Sam very differently. From the age of about ten, they were in separate classes and developed largely separate interests. When they were eight, Susan and I watched them in a school cross-country league race, and the pair of them shot off at the start. We looked at each other and said: "There must be something genetic that’s passed on here, because that’s not normal." Susan ran the marathon at the 1988 Olympics and her sister Angela ran the 10,000m. Susan became a games teacher and coached Jake at Fettes College in Edinburgh. He was doing well locally, but she felt he needed a bit more, so I started coaching him when he was 16. We train three times a week when we’re at home. He’s run 60 miles a week on average every week since January, but we also do weights, yoga, drills, sprints. I’m a bit like Brian Clough – my way or the highway. I have limited empathy, I’m not very good at doing high-fives or slaps on the back. I also coach three other runners: Zak Seddon, Michael Wilson and Ben Waterman. During my running career, I just about scraped a European and Commonwealth Games marathon place. I underachieved and had a lot of shin injuries, and it always worries me when Jake gets a shin injury. I didn’t make it to the Olympics, but I was close in 1992. I’m still quite bitter about it. I think the best coaches are ex-athletes who didn’t quite make it. It’s not about living through your athlete – it’s sharing that unfinished business in the sport. When I announced Jake’s Worlds win, it wasn’t until afterwards that I thought: "Wow, that’s a big moment." I’m there for everybody, not just my son, so I’m conscious not to tip over the edge, and to be impartial. My priorities in life are health, family and athletics. During wedding speeches, those that marry into the family are warned: "The Wightmans are nutcases. You do realise that? They’re type A, competitive nutcases." The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is available to buy now – subscribe to Radio Times here. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics coverage on BBC peaks as highest ratings yet confirmed
Millions tuned in for Keely Hodgkinson's win.
The BBC's Olympics coverage achieved its highest ratings to date this week, as Team GB celebrated a huge victory in the athletics. The public service broadcaster has substantially reduced its coverage of this year's event due to a deal between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Warner Bros Discovery. The £1.1 billion agreement has made streaming service discovery+ the primary broadcaster of the global sporting extravaganza for the foreseeable future, with the BBC limited to showing only two streams at any given time. Nevertheless, significant audiences are still flocking to the broadcaster to catch their Olympic highlights, with yesterday's remarkable performance from Keely Hodgkinson bringing in the highest live audience to date: 8.7 million (via Broadcast). The 22-year-old won gold in the 800m final yesterday, fulfilling a lifelong goal after years of claiming silver, finishing the run in a mere one minute and 56.72 seconds, beating Ethiopia's Tsige Duguma by less than half a second. "I have really grown over the last couple of years, and this year was the year where you could really tell that I had tried to make that step up," Hodgkinson told BBC Sport. "The future is bright. I'm super happy to bring it home for everyone. It's not just me, it's a whole team effort, and they know who they are. This is our gold medal." Retired long-distance runner Paula Radcliffe was among those providing expert commentary in the BBC studio yesterday, speaking highly of Hodgkinson's tenacity and stunning victory. She said: "The silver queen has stepped up to gold, and she so deserves it. Keely Hodgkinson ran that race with the weight of expectation on her - everyone was hanging that medal around her neck, she knew that as well. "I think that will open the floodgates now she has turned silver to gold." In spite of the tightened restrictions, the BBC's Paris 2024 Olympics coverage has reached a higher peak than Tokyo 2021 (5m), with the vast time difference between the UK and Japan playing a role there. In a statement to The Guardian, Warner Bros Discovery executive Andrew Georgiou said the company's deal with the IOC had driven up discovery+ subscribers, with the partnership set to continue until at least 2032. He explained: "We have just renewed our Olympics partnership to Brisbane 2032 - that’s an indication of how successful the first cycle has been. It has gone from strength to strength. "We are happy with our investment in the Olympics and our ongoing partnership with the BBC." Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics 2024 heptathlon on TV: Channel, schedule, live stream
Your guide to the heptathlon at the Olympic Games 2024, including TV coverage and schedule.
Heptathlon is lodged into the British public psyche following Jessica Ennis-Hill's heroics on Super Saturday in the halcyon days of London 2012. The multi-discipline crown was then scooped up by Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who is a two-time world champion despite injuries wreaking havoc on her Olympic efforts in Tokyo. KJT will go again in Paris with major unfinished business and legions of fans backing her from across the Channel. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Heptathletes are expected to compete across seven disciplines ranging from track sprints to shot put. Versatility is crucial. RadioTimes.com brings you our guide to the heptathlon at the Olympic Games in 2024. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators When is the heptathlon at the Olympics 2024? The heptathlon at the Olympics begins on Thursday 8th August and runs until Friday 9th August. Team GB heptathlon at the Olympics 2024 Katarina Johnson-Thompson has been one of the most entertaining, successful British athletes in recent years, taking the mantle of Team GB's greatest heptathlon hope from Jessica Ennis-Hill. KJT is a two-time heptathlon world champion, including in 2023, after overcoming a string of horrendous injury issues. She was forced to pull out of Tokyo 2020 midway through the events with a calf muscle tear. She is back and means business in Paris. Jade O'Dowda is the new kid on the block aiming to make a name for herself in Paris. The 24-year-old clinched bronze at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Olympics 2024 heptathlon on TV You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event live on discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide. Olympics 2024 heptathlon schedule All UK time. Subject to change. Thursday 8th August 9:05am – 100m Hurdles 10:05am – High Jump 6:35pm – Shot Put 7:55pm – 200m Friday 9th August 9:05am – Long Jump 10:23am / 11:32am – Javelin Throw Group A / B 7:25pm – 800m Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
What happened to Simone Biles at the Tokyo Olympics?
Biles looks back to her best at the 2024 Paris Olympics after a difficult time three years ago.
Simone Biles's third and potentially final Olympic Games came to a close on Monday afternoon (5th August). And, after a shock withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to mental health concerns, Biles once again ascended to the top of her sport. The athlete, who is inarguably one of the greatest American gymnasts to ever life and is the subject of a recently released Netflix docuseries, left Paris with three gold medals in the vault, all-around and team events, and a silver in the floor exercise, bringing her Olympic medal total to 11. She previously won five gold at the Rio Olympics – and she had been widely expected to continue that form into the delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021. She did manage to bag a silver in the team event and a bronze on the balance beam but the athlete withdrew from the competition before she could add any gold medals to her tally. Wondering what exactly happened? Read on for everything you need to know. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators What happened to Simone Biles at the Tokyo Olympics? Having already suffered a few uncharacteristic mishaps during the qualification rounds, Biles's true difficulties at the Tokyo Olympics began while she was competing on the vault in the team event final. While attempting two and a half twists, she was only able to manage one and a half and instantly looked shaken on leaving the area. Soon afterwards, she announced that she would be pulling out of the event – although she went on to claim a silver medal after the rest of the team did enough to secure second place. At the time, Biles's full statement read: "After the performance I did, I just didn't want to go on. I have to focus on my mental health. I just think mental health is more prevalent in sports right now. "We have to protect our minds and our bodies and not just go out and do what the world wants us to do. I don't trust myself as much anymore. Maybe it's getting older. There were a couple of days when everybody tweets you and you feel the weight of the world. "We're not just athletes. We're people at the end of the day and sometimes you just have to step back. I didn't want to go out and do something stupid and get hurt. ​I feel like a lot of athletes speaking up has really helped. "It's so big, it's the Olympic Games. At the end of the day we don't want to be carried out of there on a stretcher." The next day, Biles revealed that she would also be withdrawing from the individual all-around competition, again citing mental health reasons, and in the following days she did the same for the vault, uneven bars and floor events. She ultimately returned for the beam final, and despite performing a pared-down routine compared to her usual standard she still won a bronze medal. What are "the twisties" in gymnastics? Later, Biles revealed that the primary cause of her difficulties had been developing "the twisties". Sometime referred to as the yips, this is a psychological issue that can cause a gymnast to unexpectedly and temporarily lose air awareness. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics sport climbing explained: What is bouldering, speed and lead?
Olympic sport climbing is split into three disciplines: bouldering, speed and lead. However, unlike in Tokyo 2020 when sport climbing was a combined three-discipline event, speed climbing is now a standalone medal event, enabling specialists in that discipline to flourish. Bouldering and lead remain combined. Wondering how the three formats work and how points are scored? RadioTimes.com brings you everything you need to know. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. What is Olympic speed climbing? In Olympic speed climbing, climbers scale a 15 m wall with a five-degrees incline as fast as possible. In seeding rounds, climbers are ranked by fastest time. In elimination rounds, athletes go head-to-head in a race to the top. What’s the difference between boulder and lead climbing? In bouldering, athletes climb up a 4.5 m wall (nearly 15 feet) without ropes in a limited period of time in the fewest attempts possible. Unlike in lead, climbers don’t see the boulder routes ahead of their attempts. Climbers are awarded 25 points for getting to the top of each boulder. If unable to top the boulder, climbers can earn points for reaching two zone holds along the way. Meanwhile in lead, climbers ascend as high as they can on a 15 m wall (nearly 50 feet) in six minutes in a single attempt. They are given six minutes to look at their climb before the round begins. If the athletes reach the top in the given amount of time they’ll be awarded 100 points. If they don’t reach the top, athletes are scored based on the holds they’ve reached, with the highest 10 holds worth four points each, the next 10 holds down worth three points, and so on. Scores from the bouldering and lead disciplines are then combined. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Jessica Ennis-Hill on Who Do You Think You Are?: "I didn't imagine I'd find it so upsetting"
The former golden girl of British athletics speaks to Radio Times magazine.
This interview first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Jess Ennis-Hill promised herself she wouldn’t cry on TV when she agreed to take part in the BBC genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?. "I'm the kind of person who only cries behind closed doors," the former golden girl of British athletics says. "When I was competing, I was a poker face. I wouldn’t give too much away." But sure enough, she did break down in front of the cameras. And not surprisingly, given what she discovered about her family. We meet at a London studio for Ennis-Hill’s RT photoshoot. The 38-year-old mother of two is posing in a dazzling red suit and looks as athletic as she did when winning the heptathlon gold medal at the 2012 Olympics. Ennis-Hill, who also won three world championships, has a naturally sunny disposition, but even she has been challenged by the traumatic discoveries. "I didn't imagine I'd find it so upsetting,” she says. Even as one of the toughest and most inspirational athletes in British history (the heptathlon consists of seven events over two days: 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m, long jump, javelin and 800m), she admits she was terrified of taking part in the genealogy series, which is now celebrating its 20th anniversary. "They don’t tell you what you’re about to embark on and what they’ve found. What if they find something awful, like there’s a serial killer in the family? Because they go so far back I was nervous about what they could uncover. I spoke to my mum and she said even if they find something really bad, it’s not you." She pauses. "But at the same time, it’s your bloodline isn’t it?" She had considered taking part in the show in previous seasons, but her anxiety got the better of her. So, what changed? "The kids are that little bit older. My son turned 10 a couple of days ago and my daughter’s six, so it felt like a good time to do it. They’re at an age when they’re taking so much on board and they want to know about their family." Ennis-Hill was raised in Sheffield by her white British mother Alison, a social worker, and her black Jamaican father Vinnie, a painter and decorator, who moved to the UK aged 13. There is one question that has always fascinated her and that she hoped to answer from delving deep into her family history: where does her strength and athletics prowess come from? Her parents always said it was thanks to eating liquidised tripe – a Jamaican speciality –as a toddler. "My dad definitely thinks that’s why I’m so strong and why I’ve been a great athlete," she says. But Ennis-Hill believed the secret to her success probably lay more in her ancestry, so she searched for other successful athletes down the Jamaican bloodline. Did she find any sporting greats in her family tree? She smiles. "No, there were no athletes or sportspeople." But she did discover – on what was her first visit to Jamaica – an even more dramatic display of strength. In her episode, local historians trace her history back to her great-great-great-great-grandfather George Thomas White, who was enslaved on a sugar plantation. When she is taken to see the plantation, she is clearly spooked by what she finds. "It was a very eerie feeling because it looked so beautiful, the house and the immaculate gardens, but then there’s this awful feeling of history there." They discover that White, who was born into slavery in 1795 and spent years enslaved as a cooper making barrels for rum, ended up buying part of the land he had been enslaved on. At the formal end of slavery, the British government introduced an "apprenticeship" system whereby the enslaved still had to work 40.5 hours a week free for their owners, but could earn a token wage as "hired hands" for any hours beyond that. White refused extra work on the plantation but managed to make money independently, eventually buying the land off his slaver for £160. Ennis-Hill left Jamaica feeling proud of White’s resilience. For the programme, she travelled to Jamaica with her dad Vinnie, who had not returned since leaving as a teenager. "I had wondered why he didn’t go back. But you don’t want to ask too many questions," she says. Over the years, Vinnie had become more open about how difficult it had been to leave Jamaica and settle in Britain – he moved from a country he adored to one where he experienced racism and was made to feel like an outsider. What’s more, the move resulted in a painful family separation. "It was quite a traumatic experience for Dad moving to England. His parents came first and he was left behind with his brother, then he followed. Soon after his parents moved to America without him. Rather than return to Jamaica, he lived with his grandparents over here, so that was why he felt a disconnect and was anxious about going back." Was returning cathartic for him? "Yes, 100 per cent," she says. "He said it was the best experience. We flew out on his birthday and he’d found out that he had prostate cancer not long before we went. He had all these things going on, so for him it came at just the right time. Throughout, he was going, 'Wow Jess! This is amazing!'" Her face lights up at the memory. Her mother’s side presented another century-old mystery. Ennis-Hill and the family had always been told that her great-great-grandmother Maud had packed a suitcase and left in 1919, with no explanation, abandoning her young children with a kiss, never to see them again. But on the show, she discovers that Maud had in fact been committed in psychiatric hospitals until she died. No one knew of her fate. During the early days of her hospitalisation, her daughter died at the age of 11, but Maud was never told. It’s a heartbreaking story on many levels and with many victims, including Jess’s great-grandfather, who never talked about his mother. Maud was never able to meet her grandchildren or great-grandchildren, and Ennis-Hill finds it devastating just to think about it. "It made me think, 'What if I was whisked off to an asylum and I never saw my kids again and my young daughter died while I was in there, and nobody told me.' I couldn’t imagine that." She was left wondering whether Maud was institutionalised simply because she was ill or because she was an independent-minded, unconventional woman. It was revealed that she had in fact taken her husband to court, alleging domestic abuse, but she withdrew the case. "Some of her behaviour as a woman was just not acceptable to society," she says. "Women were judged and expected to behave in a certain way and she didn’t conform to that. So, part of me thought, has she ended up in this asylum because she’s just gone against the grain?" However, treatment notes say she had violent tendencies, and back in Maud’s day, mental health was taboo. It appears to have been less shameful for her husband to tell their children that she’d walked out on the family than admitting she was in an asylum. By contrast, Ennis-Hill, who studied psychology at the University of Sheffield, has always realised the importance of talking openly about mental health. Throughout her career she got tremendous support from her family, coaches, physios and her therapist. Even so, she says she still suffered with anxiety. It’s almost impossible not to in such a stressful environment. "I’d always feel anxious and nervous as an athlete because of the unpredictability. I just wanted a crystal ball and someone to say, 'This is going to happen and it’s going to work out OK.'" Today, she says her anxiety is reserved for her children’s welfare. "I think that takes you into a whole other stressful moment. I lie in bed and think about when they’re teenagers and what they’re going to be doing, and you just start spiralling." But your kids are only 10 and six, I say. "Yeah!" She laughs, embarrassed. Isn’t the worry a bit premature? "I know. That’s what my husband says. He’s like, 'Why. Are. You. Even. Thinking. About. That?' I think most mums do. They think about every little thing." On the whole, would she say she’s mentally healthy? "Yes, definitely. Very happy, very content, and I feel very lucky to have had the career I’ve had and come out of it pretty unscathed." But she is less upbeat about the nation’s youngsters. "Mental health among children is worse than it’s ever been. We’re still seeing the knock-on effects of Covid," she says, citing children refusing to go to school and the influence of social media. "My son wants a phone. And I’m like, no, not yet, because their brains aren’t developed enough. They’re addictive so you can’t help picking your phone up every two seconds and checking what’s happening. He’s not having one just yet. Definitely not until he’s at senior school, and then I don’t know if it would be a smartphone." When we meet, Ennis-Hill is just about to head out to Paris as part of the BBC’s Olympics commentary team. Does 2012 feel a long time ago? "Well, it does and it doesn’t. It feels like a couple of years ago. It’s still really fresh in my mind, but a lot has happened in 12 years. My life has changed in an amazing way." For one thing, she says, it’s not all about her now. "Every day for me in 2012 and those few years after was all about this regimented structure of becoming the best for me. It was me, me, me." Do you look back and think you were selfish? "Yeah, I was selfish. But you have to be selfish. You’re not going to be the best in the world if you’re not selfish. It has to be about your performance, whereas now it’s absolutely not. My priorities are the kids and how everything works around them." In Who Do You Think You Are?, Jess comes across as exceptionally nice, self-aware and smart. When she finds out about her great- great-grandmother and her fourth-time great-grandfather, she sees a commonality in their lives that makes her aware of how lucky she is. "Both of my ancestors were stripped of their identity," she says. "It was so hard to find names for my fourth-time great-grandfather. He was just a number; just enslaved. And then as soon as Maud was put into a hospital, she was referred to by a number as well. There was no description of her as a person, it was just a patient number." But in discovering how society tried to erase her ancestors, she also learnt about their resilience. Despite what Maud went through, she was strong enough to survive an asylum for 50 years, and her son Jack (Jess’s beloved great-grandfather) was strong enough to build a good life for himself despite his troubled start. As for her fourth-time great-grandfather, she’s in awe of the mental reserves that he must have had to survive slavery. "The trauma of that could have a lasting negative effect on your family for so many years. But he used it and turned it around, and bought lots of land, including some of the land he was enslaved on, and made a great future for himself. So it’s a really inspiring story." She might not have found elite athletes among her ancestors, but she does believe she’s uncovered the source of her strength. "That resilience and focus has got to be passed down in some way through the lines, whether that’s the way he brought up his kids and how they brought up their kids. And on and on and on it goes." Who Do You Think You Are? airs on BBC One and iPlayer. Check out more of our Documentaries coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics 2024 javelin throw on TV: Channel, schedule, live stream
Your guide to the javelin throw at the Olympic Games 2024, including TV coverage and schedule.
The javelin throw will be popular with Olympics spectators at Paris 2024, and the competition for both men and women looks wide open. Neeraj Chopra of India is the defending champion after winning gold in Tokyo. He came first at the World Championships in Budapest last year, but is it his to lose? Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Chopra is expected to attempt to break the 90-metre mark, but he faces competition from Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic and Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem. Vadlejch took home the silver medal in Tokyo, and he'll be hoping to go one better in France. He comes into this summer's Olympics on the back of winning this year's European Championships in Italy after throwing 88.65m. In the women's competition, Japan’s Haruka Kitaguchi is the favourite to take home gold. She won last year's World Championships in Budapest, as well as winning gold in the Diamond League. Her biggest threats are Flor Denis Ruiz of Colombia and Australia's Mackenzie Little. RadioTimes.com brings you our guide to javelin throw at the Olympic Games in 2024. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators When is javelin throw at the Olympics 2024? Javelin throw at the Olympics begins on Tuesday 6th August and runs until Saturday 10th August. Team GB javelin throw at the Olympics 2024 Team GB don't have any hopes in the javelin in Paris, so the attention will be on whether Chopra can break the 90m mark and secure his second consecutive Olympic gold medal. The 26-year-old has age on his side against his main rival Vadlejch, 33, but who will come out on top? Olympics 2024 javelin throw on TV You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event live on discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide. Olympics 2024 javelin throw schedule All UK time. Subject to change. Tuesday 6th August Men's javelin throw qualification - Group A (9:20am) Men's javelin throw qualification - Group B (10:50am) Wednesday 7th August Women's javelin throw qualification - Group A (9:25am) Women's javelin throw qualification - Group B (10:50am) Thursday 8th August Men's javelin throw final (7:25pm) Saturday 10th August Women's javelin throw final (6:30pm) Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
When is the men's and women's marathon at the Olympics 2024?
All the details about the men's and women's marathons at the 2024 Olympics, including when the races take place and how to watch them.
Eliud Kipchoge refuses to call it a day. The Kenyan superstar returns to the Olympic Games in a bid to record a third successive marathon title. The 39-year-old finished 10th in the Tokyo Marathon in March, his worst ever career result, but will be rejuvenated by the sight of the Olympic rings. Kenenisa Bekele, aged 42, will be determined to maintain his rivalry with Kipchoge, while younger guns throughout the field will be determined to oust the old guard. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medalists and experts In the women's marathon, world record holder Tigist Assefa, Peres Jepchirchir and Sifan Hassan are all eyeing up the title. RadioTimes.com brings you all the details for the marathon at the Olympics in 2024. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators When is the marathon at the Olympics 2024? The men's marathon will take place on Saturday 10th August 2024. The women's marathon will take place on Sunday 11th August 2024. What time is the marathon at the Olympics 2024? The men's marathon will take place at 7am UK time. The women's marathon will take place at 7am UK time. How to watch the marathon at the Olympics 2024 You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event – including the marathons – live on <a href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1011l3Hu3h/pubref:radiotimes-2080505/%5Bp_id:1011l434372%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fget.discoveryplus.com%2Fgb%2Fsport%2Folympic-games%3Futm_campaign%3DUK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-%26utm_medium%3Doc%26utm_source%3Dpr.com%26utm_content%3Dtext-earned-pr.com-id1?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-&utm_medium=oc&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-earned-pr.com-id1" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics 2024 tennis order of play: Schedule today (Sunday 4th August)
We've rounded up the full Olympics 2024 tennis order of play for today's matches.
The Olympics Games tennis competition will reach a thrilling conclusion today (4th August) as Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic go head-to-head in the men's singles final. Amongst that is a mix of doubles events, with gold and bronze medals are up for grabs in the Women's Doubles matches. Olympics 2024 tennis TV coverage: How to watch every match The Olympics tennis competition is not the pinnacle of the sport, but it remains a prestigious honour. The 2024 edition is set to be a particularly poignant tournament. It may be the final time we ever see Rafael Nadal on clay, and it is certainly the last time we see former Olympic champion Sir Andy Murray in a competitive match. They have both been eliminated from the contests. RadioTimes.com brings you our guide to tennis at the Olympic Games in 2024. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators View Green Video on the source website Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Olympics 2024 tennis order of play today – Sunday 4th August All UK time. Times approximate, subject to change. Court Philippe-Chatrier From 11am Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match: Karolína MUCHOVA and Linda NOSKOVA (CZE) v Cristina BUCSA and Sara SORRIBES TORMO (ESP) Followed by Men's Singles Gold Medal Match: Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) v Carlos ALCARAZ (ESP) Followed by Women's Doubles Gold Medal Match: Sara ERRANI and Jasmine PAOLINI (ITA) v Mirra ANDREEVA and Diana SHNAIDER (AIN) Olympics 2024 tennis schedule Men's First round: Saturday 27th – Sunday 28th July Second round: Monday 29th July Third round: Tuesday 30th July Quarter-finals: Wednesday 31st July Semi-finals: Thursday 1st August Bronze Medal match: Friday 2nd August Gold Medal match: Saturday 3rd August Women's First round: Saturday 27th – Sunday 28th July Second round: Monday 29th – Tuesday 30th July Third round: Wednesday 31st July Quarter-finals: Thursday 1st August Semi-finals: Friday 2nd August Bronze Medal match: Saturday 3rd August Gold Medal match: Sunday 4th August Doubles (Men's) First round: Saturday 27th – Sunday 28th July Second round: Monday 29th July Third round: Tuesday 30th July Semi-finals: Wednesday 31st July Bronze Medal match: Friday 2nd August Gold Medal match: Saturday 3rd August Doubles (Women's) First round: Saturday 27th – Sunday 28th July Second round: Monday 29th – Tuesday 30th July Third round: Tuesday 30th July Quarter-finals: Wednesday 31st July Semi-finals: Thursday 1st August Bronze Medal match: Sunday 4th August Gold Medal match: Sunday 4th August Doubles (Mixed) First round: Monday 29th – Tuesday 30th July Quarter-finals: Wednesday 31st July Semi-finals: Thursday 1st August Bronze Medal match: Friday 2nd August Gold Medal match: Friday 2nd August Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
When is the 400m final at the Olympics 2024?
All the details about the men's and women's 400m finals at the 2024 Olympics, including when the races take place and how to watch them.
Remember the name: Matthew Hudson-Smith. He may boast a literally big name, but Hudson-Smith is one of Team GB's brightest hopes operating out of the spotlight – for now. Hudson-Smith could launch his name into households across the nation when the 400m final rolls around. He enters Paris 2024 in career-best form with the quickest 400m time in 2024 so far, trailed closely by Quincy Hall. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts In the women's event, world champion Marileidy Paulino will be determined to upgrade her Tokyo silver to Paris gold. However, she faces increasing competition across the field, with Jamaican star Nickisha Pryce punching in a world-leading time on her professional debut in London just last month to become the ultimate Olympic dark horse. RadioTimes.com brings you all the details for the 400m final at the Olympics in 2024. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators When is the 400m final at the Olympics 2024? The men's 400m final will take place on Wednesday 7th August 2024. The women's 400m final will take place on Friday 9th August 2024. What time is the 400m final at the Olympics 2024? The men's 40m final will take place at 8:20pm UK time. The women's 400m final will take place at 7pm UK time. View Green Video on the source website How to watch the 400m final at the Olympics 2024 You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event – including the 400m final – live on <a href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1011l3Hu3h/pubref:radiotimes-2080854/%5Bp_id:1011l434372%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fget.discoveryplus.com%2Fgb%2Fsport%2Folympic-games%3Futm_campaign%3DUK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-%26utm_medium%3Doc%26utm_source%3Dpr.com%26utm_content%3Dtext-earned-pr.com-id1?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-&utm_medium=oc&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-earned-pr.com-id1" rel="sponsored" target="_blank">discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics 2024 wrestling on TV: Channel, schedule, live stream
Your guide to wrestling at the Olympic Games 2024, including TV coverage and schedule.
One of the oldest sports in the world, and a mainstay of the Olympics, wrestling is divided into two types - Freestyle and Greco-Roman for the men, and Freestyle for the women, with each type having six weight divisions. In Greco-Roman wrestling, it is forbidden to attack your opponent’s legs, making competitors rely on upper-body and hip strength to flip and throw their opponents. Freestyle wrestlers, on the other hand, can make swift attacks on their opponents' legs for speedy takedowns. Points are awarded for throws, holds and takedowns. If a wrestler achieves a 10-point lead over their opponent in Freestyle, or eight points in Greco-Roman, then they will win by a "Technical Fall", the wrestling equivalent of boxing’s TKO. A more immediate win can be achieved by successfully pinning your opponent to the mat, automatically ending the match. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Historically, there were no time limits on matches, leading to the infamous 1912 Olympic match in which it took 11 hours for the victor to achieve the necessary winning margin. Fortunately, these days, matches are limited to two three-minute rounds. RadioTimes.com brings you our guide to wrestling at the Olympic Games in 2024. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators When is wrestling at the Olympics 2024? Wrestling at the Olympics begins on Monday 5th August and runs until Sunday 11th August. Team GB wrestling at the Olympics 2024 Sadly, there are no British wrestlers participating in Paris 2024, but there are still plenty of exciting matches to watch out for. Hot prospects include former bronze medallist and current world No. 1 Amir Zare of Iran and silver medallist Geno Petriashvili of Georgia in the heavyweight division, and Japan’s Tsugumi Sakurai, who is already a three-time world champion at 57kg, and is expected to achieve Olympic dominance in Paris. Olympics 2024 wrestling on TV You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event live on <a href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1011l3Hu3h/pubref:radiotimes-2077089/%5Bp_id:1011l434372%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fget.discoveryplus.com%2Fgb%2Fsport%2Folympic-games%3Futm_campaign%3DUK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-%26utm_medium%3Doc%26utm_source%3Dpr.com%26utm_content%3Dtext-earned-pr.com-id1?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-&utm_medium=oc&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-earned-pr.com-id1" rel="sponsored" target="_blank">discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide. Olympics 2024 wrestling schedule All UK time. Subject to change. Monday 5th August Qualification Bouts (2pm): GR 60kg, 130kg and WW 68kg Semi-finals (8pm): GR 60kg, 130kg and WW 68kg Tuesday 6th August Repechage (10am): GR 60kg, 130kg and WW 68kg Qualification Bouts (10:30am): GR 77kg, 97kg and WW 50kg Semi-finals (6:15pm): GR 77kg, 97kg and WW 50kg Medal Bouts (7:30pm): GR 60kg, 130kg and WW 68kg Wednesday 7th August Repechage (10am): GR 77kg, 97kg and WW 50kg Qualification Bouts (10:30am): 67kg, 87kg and WW 53kg Semi-finals (6:15pm): 67kg, 87kg and WW 53kg Medal Bouts (7:30pm): GR 77kg, 97kg and WW 50kg Thursday 8th August Repechage (10am): GR 67kg, 87kg and WW 53kg Qualification Bouts (10:30am): FS 57kg, 86kg and WW 57kg Semi-finals (6:15pm): FS 57kg, 86kg and WW 57kg Medal Bouts (7:30pm): GR 67kg, 87kg and WW 53kg Friday 9th August Repechage (10am): FS 57kg, 86kg and WW 57kg Qualification Bouts (10:30am): FS 74kg, 125kg and WW 62kg Semi-finals (6:15pm): FS 74kg, 125kg and WW 62kg Medal Bouts (7:30pm): FS 57kg, 86kg and WW 57kg Saturday 10th August Repechage (10am): FS 74kg, 125kg and WW 62kg Qualification Bouts (10:30am): FS 65kg, 97kg and WW 76kg Semi-finals (6:15pm): FS 65kg, 97kg and WW 76kg Medal Bouts (7:30pm): FS 74kg, 125kg and WW 62kg Sunday 11th August Repechage (10am): FS 65kg, 97kg and WW 76kg Medal Bouts (12pm): FS 65kg, 97kg and WW 76kg Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics 2024 hurdles events on TV: Channel, schedule, live stream
Your guide to hurdles events at the Olympic Games 2024, including TV coverage and schedule.
The margins are rarely finer between success and disaster than in the Olympics hurdles events. One misstep, one stray shoelace can be enough to send even the finest athletes sprawling across the track, and out of Paris. Karsten Warholm is The Man in this event. The 400m hurdler broke the world record which had stood for 29 years in 2021, before shaving almost a full second off that record a month later at Tokyo 2020. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Expect plenty of drama across the four men's and women's events once the track and field proceedings get under way at the Stade de France. RadioTimes.com brings you our guide to hurdles events at the Olympic Games in 2024. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators When are the hurdles events at the Olympics 2024? Hurdles events at the Olympics begin on Sunday 4th August and run until Saturday 10th August. Team GB hurdles events at the Olympics 2024 Team GB is represented in each of the hurdles events. Tade Ojora (110m) and Alastair Chalmers (400m) will compete in the men's events, while Cindy Sember (100m), Jessie Knight (400m) and Lina Nelson (400m) will compete in the women's. View Green Video on the source website Olympics 2024 hurdles events on TV You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event live on <a href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1011l3Hu3h/pubref:radiotimes-2080954/%5Bp_id:1011l434372%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fget.discoveryplus.com%2Fgb%2Fsport%2Folympic-games%3Futm_campaign%3DUK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-%26utm_medium%3Doc%26utm_source%3Dpr.com%26utm_content%3Dtext-earned-pr.com-id1?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C13-PR-CAM-DR-W-SummerSports-Olympics-240719-&utm_medium=oc&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-earned-pr.com-id1" rel="sponsored" target="_blank">discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide. Olympics 2024 hurdles events schedule All UK time. Subject to change. Sunday 4th August 10:50am – Men's 110m Hurdles Round 1 11:35am – Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 Monday 5th August 9:05am – Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1 9:50am – Women's 400m Hurdles Repechage Tuesday 6th August 9:50am – Men's 110m Hurdles Repechage 11:00am – Men's 400m Hurdles Repechage 7:07pm – Women's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final Wednesday 7th August 9:15am – Women's 110m Hurdles Round 1 6:05pm – Men's 110m Hurdles Semi-Final 6:35pm – Men's 400m Hurdles Semi-final Thursday 8th August 9:35am – Women's 100m Hurdles Repechage 8:25pm – Women's 400m Hurdles Final 8:45pm – Men's 110m Hurdles Final Friday 9th August 11:05am – Women's 100m Hurdles Semi-Final 8:45pm – Men's 400m Hurdles Final Saturday 10th August 6:35pm – Women's 100m Hurdles Final Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Olympics 2024 long jump on TV: Channel, schedule, live stream
Your guide to long jump at the Olympic Games 2024, including TV coverage and schedule.
Athletics is always popular among viewers of the Olympics, and the long jump will be no different at the 2024 Games in France this summer. Miltiádis Tentóglou is expected to take home the gold medal once again, as the Greek star aims to become the second male, after USA icon Carl Lewis, to retain the Olympic long jump title. Check out our Olympics on today guide, including hand-picked highlights from Olympic gold medallists and experts Tentóglou is the current Olympics and World champion, but he'll need to win gold at the next three Games to match Lewis's record from 1984 until 1996. The women's long jump will also be an interesting contest, with Germany's Malaika Mihambo the favourite to retain her gold medal after success at Tokyo 2020. She has returned from injury and she won the European title earlier this year. RadioTimes.com brings you our guide to long jump at the Olympic Games in 2024. Don’t miss a minute of the Games with our complete 16-day Olympics TV Guide download, including how to watch all the action on TV, online, on catch-up and on the radio. Read more: Olympics TV coverage | Olympics radio coverage | Olympics presenters and commentators When is long jump at the Olympics 2024? Long jump at the Olympics begins on Sunday 4th August and runs until Thursday 8th August. Team GB long jump at the Olympics 2024 Jacob Fincham-Dukes is Team GB's main hope in the long jump - however, he's a big outsider compared to the likes of Greece's Tentóglou. Fincham-Dukes, who is the national champion, was fourth at the European Championships earlier this year, and he'll be hoping to cause an upset in France during his first Olympics appearance. View Green Video on the source website Olympics 2024 long jump on TV You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event live on discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK. All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day. Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event. BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide. Olympics 2024 long jump schedule All UK time. Subject to change. Sunday 4th August Men's long jump qualification (10:00am) Tuesday 6th August Women's long jump qualification (10:15am) Men's long jump final (7:15pm) Thursday 8th August Women's long jump final (7:00pm) Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.