British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, the current 200m world champion, has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics due to a hamstring injury
If you're watching the Olympics from the US, here are the key events to catch today
American Katie Ledecky holds her gold medal for the 800-meter freestyle on July 31. Adam Davy/PA Wire/AP As the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games head into the second weekend of competition, medals will be awarded in swimming, fencing, judo and tennis, to name a few.Swimming: Medals will be given out in the men's and women's 50 meter freestyle, men's 1500 meter freestyle, and both the men's and women's 4x100 meter medley relay. All the action airs on NBC starting at 9:30 p.m. ET.Finals of both the men's and women's BMX freestyle park will be live on CNBC at 9:10 p.m. ET.Track and field:
Events include the women's 100 meter semifinals and round one of the men's 100 meters, with coverage starting on NBC at 9 p.m. ET. The women's long jump qualifying begins at 8:50 p.m. ET, and the women's shot put final begins at 9:35 p.m. ET.Switzerland's Belinda Bencic plays the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova for gold in the women's singles at 6 a.m. ET. It airs on NBC starting at 11 a.m. ET.
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