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(All times and dates mentioned are US central)
Softball
Team USA and LSU assistant coach Howard Dobson lost the Gold Medal vs Japan and will take home Silver.
3B Amanda Sanchez and Mexico lost in the Bronze medal game to Canada.
It was a nice return for softball to the Olympics, all things considered. The US will have to wait some time for revenge though. Softball will not return to the Olympic lineup until the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Soccer
Allysha Chapman and Team Canada continue to advance, beating Brazil on penalty kicks to advance to the Semifinals. They will play the great USWNT at 3am on Monday Aug 2.
Basketball
One more round of Group Play to go in basketball. Sylvia Fowles and the 2-0 US women’s team will take on France Sunday at 11:40pm. Duop Reath and 2-0 Team Australia face Germany at 3am Saturday.
Tennis
Michael Venus has won the first medal in Tennis for New Zealand in 109 years as he and his partner Marcus Daniell defeated the US in the Bronze Medal match Thursday night. It is also the first olympic medal of any kind for an LSU tennis player. Neal Skupski and Great Britain were eliminated in the 2n round of Men’s Doubles competition.
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Swimming
As reported earlier, Brooks Curry (and his jorts) were subbed out of the Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final, which the US won. As he swam in the qualifying heat, he will still receive a Gold medal as part of the team.
Juan Celaya-Hernandez placed 4th in Men’s Synchronized 3m Springboard, missing a medal by just 5 points.
Track & Field
JuVaughn Harrison nailed his High Jump qualifying and advances to the Finals on Sunday Morning. He will also begin Long Jump qualifying on early Saturday morning.
LSU Legend MONDO Duplantis, the current world record holder in multiple disciplines of the pole vault, will finally make his Olympics debut Friday night with qualifying at 7:40pm.
Also in action on the track for LSU this weekend will be Michael Cherry-USA in the Men’s 400m, Favour Ofili-Nigeria in the Women’s 200m, and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake-Great Britain in the Men’s 200m
Kelly-Ann Baptiste for Trinidad & Tobago in the Women’s 100m was eliminated in a qualifying heat.
Tigers At The #TokyeauxOlympics: Watch Guide, July 30-Aug 2
| Sport | LSU Player/Coach | Representing | Event | Live Time (CT) | Watch Live |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | LSU Player/Coach | Representing | Event | Live Time (CT) | Watch Live |
| Softball | Amanda Sanchez | Mexico | Loss in Bronze Medal game v Canada | ||
| Howard Dobson | USA (Assistant Coach) | Silver Medal vs Japan | |||
| Soccer | Allysha Chapman | Canada | Semifinal v USA | 8/2 3am | Streaming |
| Women's Basketball | Sylvia Fowles | USA | Group Stage v France | 8/1 1140pm | Streaming |
| Men’s Basketball | Duop Reath | Australia | Group Stage v Germany | 7/31 320am | Streaming |
| Women’s Golf | Madelene Sagstrom | Sweden | No action | STARTS AUG 4 | |
| Men’s Tennis | Michael Venus | New Zealand | Men's Doubles - Bronze Medal | ||
| Neal Skupski | Great Britain | Men's Doubles - 2nd Rd elimination | |||
| Swimming | Brooks Curry | USA | Gold Medal 400m Relay Freestyle Relay | ||
| Juan Celaya-Hernandez | Mexico | 4th place Diving Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard | |||
| Anne Tuxen | Norway | Diving Women's 10m Platform | STARTS AUG 4 | ||
| Rick Bishop | Hong Kong (Head Coach) | ||||
| Track & Field | Favour Ofili | Nigeria | W 200m | 8/1 830pm | NBC |
| W 4 x 100m Relay | 8/5 | ||||
| Mondo Duplantis | Sweden | M Pole Vault | 7/30 740pm | Streaming | |
| Michael Cherry | USA | M 400m | 7/31 845pm | Streaming | |
| Damion Thomas | Jamaica | M 110m Hurdles | 8/3 | ||
| JuVaughn Harrison | USA | M High Jump - Finals | 8/1 510am | Streaming | |
| M Long Jump | 7/31 5am | Streaming | |||
| Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | Great Britain | M 4 x 400m Relay | 8/6 | ||
| M 200m | 8/2 10pm | ||||
| Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad & Tobago | W 100m - 6th place in Heat 2 | |||
| W 4 x 100m Relay | 8/5 | ||||
| Vernon Norwood | USA | M 4 x 400m Relay | 8/6 | ||
| Aleia Hobbs | USA | W 4 x 100m Relay | 8/5 | ||
| Richard Thompson | Trinidad & Tobago | M 4 x 100m Relay | 8/5 | ||
| Semoy Hackett | Trinidad & Tobago | W 4 x 100m Relay | 8/5 | ||
| Akanni Hislop | Trinidad & Tobago | M 4 x 100m Relay | 8/5 |