The U.S. men's basketball team begins the knockout stage at the 2024 Paris Games on Tuesday, while the U.S. women's national soccer team has a chance to advance to the gold medal match.
Team USA will face Brazil in the men's basketball quarterfinals, continuing its quest for a fifth consecutive gold medal. The Americans went undefeated in their group, earning them the top seed in the medal round. Brazil needed a tiebreaker to advance to the quarterfinals, but shot 45% from three-point range during the group stage.
After beating Japan on Saturday on a late goal by Trinity Rodman, the Americans will face Germany for a spot in the gold medal match in soccer. This will be the seventh Olympic semifinal game in eight appearances for the Americans. The U.S. defeated Germany 4-1 in the group stage.
It's going to be a busy day for Team USA on the track. Three Americans – Gabby Thomas, McKenzie Long and Brittany Brown – have a chance to medal in the women's 200-meter final, while three others – Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse and Hobbs Kessler – will compete in the men's 1,500-meter final. Michael Norman (men's 400-meter race) and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (women's 400-meter hurdles) will have a semifinal race after tough qualifying on Monday.
Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng, the last U.S. beach volleyball duo, will face the Swiss duo in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, the U.S. women will have an indoor volleyball quarterfinal against fourth-ranked Poland.
The best events to see
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4 am Eastern Time: Women's table tennis team, round of 16: United States vs. Germany
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5 am Eastern Time: Men's basketball quarterfinals: Germany vs. Greece
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6:30 am ET: Skateboarding – Women's Park Preliminary Round
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11 am Eastern TimeWomen's volleyball quarterfinals: USA vs. Poland
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11:30 am Eastern Time:Skateboarding – Women's final in the park
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12 pm Eastern Time: Men's Basketball Quarterfinals: France vs. Canada
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12 pm Eastern TimeWomen's Soccer Semifinal: USA vs. Germany
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1:55 p.m. Eastern Time: Athletics — Men's 400m semi-final, Women's hammer throw final, Women's 400m hurdles semi-final, Men's long jump final, Men's 1500m final
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2:35 pm Eastern TimeWomen's water polo quarterfinals: USA vs Hungary
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3:30 pm Eastern TimeMen's Basketball Quarterfinals: USA vs. Brazil
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3:40 pm Eastern Time:Athletics – Women's 200m final
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4 pm Eastern Time: Women's beach volleyball quarterfinals: United States (Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes) vs. Switzerland (Nina Brunner/Tanja Hüberli)
A full list of Tuesday's program can be found here.
