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Olympic Grandstand

on BBC Two England

Hosted by Sue Barker and Steve Rider , with Sharron Davies.
6.00-7.05 Swimming
6.00 Men's 100m backstroke final. US world champion Aaron Peirsol started this event as favourite having dominated the distance in recent years. But challenges are likely to come from Australian Matthew Welsh , who won silver in Sydney, and Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin.
6.15 Women's 100m breaststroke final.
6.30 Men's 200m butterfly semi-finals. Britain's best medal hope here is Stephen Parry , who is the European champion and Commonwealth silver medallist.
6.50 Women's 200m individual medley semi-finals.
7.05 Sailing Round-up of news from day three of the regatta.
7.10 Gymnastics Coverage of the men's final. China took the gold in Sydney, but Russia, Japan and Ukraine figure to be contenders for the top place on the podium. Barry Davies , Mitch Fenner and Christine Still commentate.
9.35 Boxing The preliminary bouts continue, featuring the featherweight and lightweight divisions. The latter features 17-year-old Amir Khan , regarded as one of the most exciting British prospects to emerge for many years.
9.55 Diving Two medals are decided tonight: the women's synchronised 10m platform, and the men's synchronised 3m springboard, in which Britons Mark Shipman and Tony Ally compete. Bob Ballard and Chris Snode commentate.
10.10 Weightlifting Action from the men's 62kg category. Introduced by Dougie Donnelly. DIGITAL AND INTERNET VIEWERS: digital satellite and cable viewers can choose from four extra Olympic events, and Freeview viewers from two extra events, by pressing the red handset button. Internet users can watch five streams of live footage at www.bbc.co.uk/olympics
RTs interactive Olympic TV planner: centre pages

Contributors

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Sue Barker
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Steve Rider
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Sharron Davies.
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Aaron Peirsol
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Matthew Welsh
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Arkady Vyatchanin.
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Stephen Parry
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Barry Davies
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Mitch Fenner
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Christine Still
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Amir Khan
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Mark Shipman
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Tony Ally
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Bob Ballard
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Chris Snode
Introduced By:
Dougie Donnelly.

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