New Zealand's most successful Olympian — Dame Lisa Carrington — makes her first appearance at the Paris Games, when she takes her seat in our women's K2 and K4 boats at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium.
Dame Lisa, 35, will line up at her fourth Olympics with five golds and a bronze already on her CV, but heavily favoured more to her medal haul.
Exactly what colour they are remains to be seen and the intriguing sub-plot around the NZ team is the emergence of Aimee Fisher as a genuine rival for gold in the K1 500 later in the programme.
Both will line up in separate boats in tonight's K2 500 heats, where Carrington teams with Alicia Hoskin and Fisher with Lucy Matehaere. Carrington also anchors a foursome of Hoskin, Olivia Brett and Tara Vaughan that won last year's world title at Duisberg.
In track cycling, the men's pursuit team will scramble for a shot at bronze, after finishing only sixth in qualifying, while the women's pursuiters will try to build on the silver medal won by their sprinters last night.
Sailor Thomas Saunders will contest the men's dinghy medal race, but even the double-points format cannot boost him into a medal from his current seventh position.
Marseille winds permitting, Micah Wilkinson and Erica Dawson will wind up their fleet racing in the Nacra class, well placed for a medal challenge in third place.
At the climbing venue, Julian David becomes the first Kiwi man to contest the speed event in its Olympic debut.
Athletes in action — Tuesday, August 6
7.30pm
Canoe/kayak: Brown/Imrie/Legarth/Clancy in men's K4 500 heats at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium
8pm
Canoe/kayak: Carrington/Hoskin/Brett/Vaughan in women's K4 500 heats at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium
8.05pm
Athletics: Maia Ramsden in women's 1500m heats at Stade de France
8.30pm
Canoe/kayak: Max Brown/Grant Clancy in men's C2 500 heats at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium
9.30pm
Canoe/kayak: Kurtis Imrie/Hamish Legarth in men's K2 500 at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium
10.03pm
Sailing: Lukas Walton-Keim in men's kitesurfing races 6-10 at Marseille Marina
10.05pm
Sailing: Erica Dawson/Micah Wilkinson in mixed Nacra races 10-12 at Marseille Marina
10.10pm
Canoe/kayak: Lisa Carrington/Alicia Hoskin in women's K2 500 heats at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium
10.15pm
Canoe/Kayak: Aimee Fisher/Lucy Matehaere in women's K2 500 heats at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium
10.23pm
Sailing: Justina Kitchen in women's kitesurfing races 6-10 at Marseille Marina
11pm
Climbing: Julian David in men's speed qualifying at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue
11.10pm
Canoe/kayak: Men's K4 500 quarterfinal (Brown/Imrie/Legarth/Clancy) at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium
11.35pm
Climbing: Men's speed elimination (David) at Le Bourget Sports Climbing Venue
11.50pm
Canoe/kayak: Men's C2 500 quarterfinal (Brown/Clancy) at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium
Wednesday, August 7
12.10am
Canoe/kayak: Women's K2 500 quarterfinal (Carrington/Hoskin) at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium
Canoe/kayak: Women's K2 500 quarterfinal (Fisher/Matehaere) at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium
12.30am
Canoe/kayak: Men's K2 500 quarterfinal (Imrie/Legarth) at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium
1.43am
Sailing: Thomas Saunders in men's dinghy medal race at Vaires sur Marine Nautical Stadium
3.30am
Track cycling: Botha/Shearman/Shields/Wollaston in women's team pursuit at Saint Quentin en Yvelines Velodrome
5.14am
Track cycling: Gate/Stewart/Sexton/Hornblow in men's team pursuit first round at Saint Quentin en Yvelines Velodrome
SHARE ME