There are more women than men on the Tokyo 2020 team and Tuesday is shaping up as one of those days where the women could dominate the headlines for Australia. 

The Opals start their campaign, the Matildas take on USA, Jess Fox is chasing her third Olympic medal in Canoe Slalom, our women triathletes race, our female weightlifters start their campaigns, Sally Fitzgibbons is in form and Kaylee McKeown and Emily Seebohm race the 100m backstroke final. Plus, the Kookaburras and Sharks continue their quest for the podium. 

Badminton 

Two Australian badminton matches are slated for Day 4 with the pairing of Setyana Mapasa and Gronya Somerville, and individual Wendy Chen on the court. Mapasa and Somerville take on Maiken Fruergaard and Sara Thygesen of Denmark in their final Group C match of the Women’s Doubles. The Aussie pair have dropped their first two games to Korea and China. In the Individual Women’s, Chen faces Bulgarian Linda Zetchiri in her second game of Tokyo 2020. Australian badminton action begins at 12:20pm (AEST). 

Basketball 

The Opals kick off their Tokyo 2020 campaign against Belgium at Saitama Super Arena. The Australians are captained by Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist Jenna O’Hea in her second Olympic Games. The Opals have won medals in five of the last six Games and will look to return to the podium after their miss in 2016. The sixth ranked Belgian women will make their first ever Olympic appearance in the match-up. Australian basketball action begins at 6:20pm (AEST). 

Canoe Slalom 

All eyes are on Jess Fox as she takes to the course at Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre in the Women’s K1 Semi-Final. The top 10 from the semi-finals will progress through to the evening’s final where Fox has the potential to capture an elusive Olympic gold. Fox, the silver medallist from London and the bronze medallist from Rio in the event, is the fastest qualifier from Sunday’s heats. Australian canoe slalom action begins at 3:00pm (AEST). 

Cycling 

Rebecca McConnell rides into her third Olympic Games in the Women’s Mountain Bike on Day 4. McConnell, who is currently ranked third in international competition, faces a field of 38 riders at the Izu Mountain Bike Course. The competition includes world number one Loana Lecomte of France. McConnell finished 24th and 25th in her previous two Olympic appearances. Australian cycling action begins at 4:00pm (AEST). 

Football 

The Matildas meet with gold medal favourite United States at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium in their third match of the tournament. Australia comes into the game with a one win one loss record in after their nail-biting match with Sweden on Saturday. The United States sit with the same record most recently toppling New Zealand 6-1 at Saitama stadium. Australian football action begins at 6:00pm (AEST). 

Hockey 

The Kookaburras look to keep their winning streak alive in their match-up with Argentina at Oi Hocket Stadium. Australia most recent defeated India in dominant fashion 7-1. Argentina is also coming off a win in their last game where they defeated host nation Japan in a close 2-1 showing. Australian hockey action begins at 10:30am (AEST). 

Judo 

Katharina Haecker will be the sole Aussie Judoka to compete on Day 4. Haecker will face Israeli Gili Sharir in her Women’s 63kg round of 32 bout. The match will be held at the Nippon Budokan, where Judo was first introduced to the Olympic Games at Tokyo 1964. Women’s Judo debuted at the 1992 Games. Australian judo action begins at 12:00pm (AEST). 

Rugby Sevens 

Australia finds themselves in a trans-Tasman clash in their second day of play at Tokyo Stadium. New Zealand comes into the game with two wins from two games with dominant performances over Korea and Argentina. Australia is one-and-one so far in Tokyo after narrow loss to Argentina and a huge 42-5 win over Korea. Australian rugby sevens action begins at 11:30am (AEST). 

Sailing 

A busy day at sailing on day 3 of competition with a few rescheduled races. Five Australian boats will be in action. In 14th place, Mara Stransky, who is in the Laser-Radial class, will compete in races 5 and 6 of her 10-race competition. In the men’s Laser, medal prospect Matt Wearn, who sits in 12th place, had a good day on the water placing 2nd in his third race of the competition. He has a busy schedule with three races programmed in the day. In the Women’s Skiff – 49erFX craft, Tess Lloyd and Jamie Ryan open their Tokyo campaign with three races. In the men’s Skiff – 49er class, Sorrento brothers, William and Sam Phillips have their first three races in Japan.  Australian sailing action begins at 1:00pm (AEST). 

Shooting 

Two Australian pairings are back at the Asaka Shooting Range on Day 4 with medals up for grabs in two events. Dina Aspandiyarova partners with Daniel Repacholi in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team with the duo of Elise Collier and Alex Chresten Hoberg set for the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team. Top eight teams in both events will advance to qualification stage 2 with the top two pairings moving onto the gold medal match. Australian shooting action begins at 10:00am (AEST). 

Surfing 

Aussie surfers continue their quest for gold at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach with quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals set for Day 4. Current World Surf League number three, and the last Australian woman left in Olympic competition, Sally Fitzgibbons will need to defeat Japan’s Amuro Tsuzuki to progress. Owen Wright is back in the water after his win over Frenchman Jeremy Flores on Monday. He will take on Peru’s Lucca Mesinas in the quarters. Australian surfing action begins at 8:00am (AEST). 

Swimming 

Australian swimmers will feature in two event finals at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre on Day 4. The Aussies have come into their own at the pool where they have already capture six medals including two golds. Kaylee McKeown and Emily Seebohm will go up against American Regan Smith in the Women’s 100 Backstroke. McKeown and Smith hold the fastest two times of the year in the event. In the Men’s 100 Backstroke, Mitch Larkin will be swimming from lane three against Ryan Murphy of the United States and Kliment Kolesnikov of the Russian Olympic Committee. Australian swimming action begins at 11:30am (AEST). 

Table Tennis 

Six-time Olympian Jian Fang Lay looks to keep her winning streak alive in her round three Game as she comes face-to-face with Ying Han of Germany. Han has an Olympic silver medal to her name as a member of Germany’s Rio 2016 Women’s Table Tennis Team. Lay’s progression to round three, equals her result in Rio, which was the best Australian performance in women’s table tennis Olympic history. Australian table tennis action begins at 3:40pm (AEST). 

Taekwondo 

Reba Stewart will put it all on the line as Australia’s only athlete in Taekwondo on Day 4. Stewart faces off against Poland’s Aleksandra Kowalczuk in her Women’s +67kg round of 16 bout. Stewart booked her ticket to Tokyo on the Gold Coast in early 2020, when she comfortably dispatched compatriot Rebecca Taylor Shaw to ultimately earn qualification to her first Olympic Games. Australian taekwondo action begins at 2:00pm (AEST). 

Tennis 

James Duckworth takes on Russian Olympic Committee’s Karen Khachanov in his second match of the Games. Khachanov downed Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in three sets in his round one match at Ariake Tennis Park. Duckworth is fresh off a close win over Lukáš Klein of Slovakia in his first match in Tokyo. Australian tennis action begins at 12:00pm AEST. 

Triathlon 

Ashleigh Gentle, Jaz Hedgeland and Emma Jeffcoat will carry Australia’s medal hopes in a world class women’s triathlon on Tuesday morning. Australia has achieved a proud record of success in the event, having won five medals since its debut in Sydney 2000, including gold for Emma Snowsill in Beijing in 2008. Switzerland’s 2012 London gold medallist and Rio silver medallist Nicola Spirig, who at 39, will line up in a record fifth Olympics, and Bermuda’s two-time world champion Flora Duffy rank among the race favourites. The race starts at 7.30am AEST at Odaiba Marine Park. 

Water Polo 

The Aussie Sharks will put their opening round loss to world number one Montenegro behind them as they look forward to their meeting with Croatia. Croatia, who are currently ranked third in the world, will be stiff competition as they come off a 23-7 win over Kazakhstan at Tatsumi Water Polo Centre. Australian water polo action begins at 8:50pm (AEST). 

Weightlifting  

Kiana Elliot and Erika Yamasaki will make their Olympic debuts as Australian weightlifting competition gets underway at the Tokyo International Forum. Elliot takes to the platform in the Women’s 64kg, the event that she jumped onto the world stage in 2016 after taking out the Oceania Championships. Yamasaki will contest the Women’s 59kg where she became the first Australian woman to clean and jerk double her body weight. Australian weightlifting actions begins at 12:50pm (AEST). 

Matthew Barnard