Thursday’s Summer Olympics schedule
Latvia’s Maris Strombergs begins his quest for a third straight gold in BMX racing when the men’s quarterfinals begin.
Nicknamed “The Machine,” Strombergs is the only man to win BMX gold since the cycling event was added to the Olympics as a medal sport in 2008 in Beijing.
Strombergs is seeded seventh in Rio.
France’s Joris Daudet, the reigning world champ, is the top seed after finishing first in the seeding runs Wednesday.
Here's a look at Thursday’s schedule:
Badminton
Women’s singles semifinals, women’s doubles gold final, men’s doubles bronze final, 7:30 a.m.
Basketball
Women’s semifinals
Serbia vs. Spain, 2 p.m.
United States vs. France, 6 p.m.
Beach volleyball
Men’s bronze and gold finals, 9 p.m.
Boxing
Women’s 51kg, men’s 56kg, 64kg, 75kg semifinals, 81kg gold final, 1 p.m.
Canoe-Kayak (Sprint)
Men’s C-1 200 finals, 8 a.m.
Men’s K-2 200 finals
Men’s K-2 1,000 finals
Women’s K-1 500 finals
Cycling (BMX)
Men’s quarterfinals, 12:30 p.m.
Diving
Women’s 10m platform semifinals, 9 a.m.
Women’s 10m platform finals, 3 p.m.
Field hockey
Men
Bronze: Germany vs. Netherlands, 11 a.m.
Gold: Argentina vs. Belgium, 4 p.m.
Golf
Women’s second round, 6:30 a.m.
Handball
Women’s semifinals
Netherlands vs. France, 2:30 p.m.
Norway vs. Russia, 7:30 p.m.
Modern pentathlon
Women’s fencing classification, 9 a.m.
Men’s fencing classification, 1:30 p.m.
Sailing
Men’s 49er (medal race), Noon
Women’s 49er FX (medal race)
Men’s 470 (medal race)
Women’s 470 (medal race)
Synchronized swimming
Team technical routine, Noon
Taekwondo
Men’s 68kg, women’s 57kg prelims, 8 a.m.
Men’s 68kg, women’s 57kg quarterfinals and semifinals, 2 p.m.
Men’s 68kg, women’s 57kg recaps and final, 7 p.m.
Track & field
Men’s decathlon 110 hurdles, 8:30 a.m.
Men’s shot put qualifying, 8:55 a.m.
Women’s high jump qualifying, 9 a.m.
Men’s decathlon discus Group A, 9:25 a.m.
Women’s 4x100 relay heats, 10:40 a.m.
Men’s 4x100 relay heats, 10:40 a.m.
Men’s decathlon discus Group B, 10:40 a.m.
Men’s 400 hurdles final, 11 a.m.
Men’s decathlon pole vault, 12:25 p.m.
Men’s decathlon javelin Group A, 5:35 p.m.
Men’s decathlon javelin Group B, 6:45 p.m.
Men’s shot put final, 7:30 p.m.
Men’s 1500 semifinals, 7:45 p.m.
Women’s javelin final, 8:10 p.m.
Women’s 800 semifinals, 8:15 p.m.
Men’s decathlon 1500 (final), 8:45 p.m.
Women’s 400 hurdles final, 9:15 p.m.
Men’s 200 final, 9:30 p.m.
Triathlon
Men’s final, 10 a.m.
Volleyball
Women’s semifinals
United States vs. Serbia, Noon
China vs. Netherlands, 9:15 p.m.
Water polo
Men
5-8 classification
Hungary vs. Brazil, 10 a.m.
Greece vs. Spain, 2:10 p.m.
Semifinals
Montenegro vs. Croatia, 11:20 a.m.
Italy vs. Serbia, 3:30 p.m.
Wrestling (Freestyle)
Women’s 53kg, 63kg, 75kg group stage, 9 a.m.
Women’s 53kg, 63kg, 75kg medal stage, 3 p.m.