Reuters Olympics schedule at 0530 GMT on Thursday, August 11

08/11/2016 1:30

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Reuters Olympics schedule at 0530 GMT on Thursday (times GMT)

Day Six of competition in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO - Day Six of competition at South America's first Olympic Games offers up 19 gold medals, including the men's rugby sevens and women's all around gymnastics titles. The first track cycling title of the Games is also up for grabs while there also golds awarded in women's archery, canoeing, fencing and judo. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SPORT/ (PIX, TV), expect throughout, 400 words)

Archery

South Korea's Ki bids to defend individual title

RIO DE JANEIRO - South Korea's Ki Bo-bae, who won her second team gold on Saturday, will bid to become the first Olympic archer to win back-to-back individual golds. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ARCHERY-W-IND/ (PIX), expect throughout, by Ian Ransom, 400 words)

Athletics

New Zealand's Adams goes for three in a row

RIO DE JANEIRO - New Zealand's gold medal shot putter Valerie Adams talks to reporters ahead of a competition at the 2016 Olympics that could underline her status as one of the greatest women throwers of all time if she makes it three in a row in the shot. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/VALERIE-ADAMS (PIX, TV), expect 1400 GMT/10 AM ET, by Scott Malone, 400 words)

Sprinter Blake talks to reporters ahead of heats

RIO DE JANEIRO - Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake talks to reporters ahead of his appearance in the 100m and 200m sprint heats beginning this weekend. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/BLAKE (PIX, TV), expect 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, by Mark Trevelyan, 400 words)

Estonian triplets look to make history

RIO DE JANEIRO - Triplets Leila, Liina and Lily Luik are believed to the first identical triplets who will compete against each other at the Olympics when they cross the start lines in the women's marathon. The sisters, 30, who only took up marathon racing when they were 24 years old will talk to reporters about their journey to Rio. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/TRIPLETS (PIX, TV), expect 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, by Mark Trevelyan, 400 words)

Without the Russians, rival U.S. expected to steal the show

RIO DE JANEIRO - The United States is expected to run away with the athletics competition in Rio, filling podium spots traditionally reserved for their Russian rivals. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/RUSSIA (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, by Jack Stubbs, 400 words)

Team USA gets ready

RIO DE JANEIRO - Former Oregon Ducks wide receiver Devon Allen talks about his impending 110m hurdle performance, Chaunte Lowe on the women's high jump, Sam Kendricks on men's pole vault, and Brianna Rollins on 100m hurdles, ahead of Team USA's start in athletics on Friday. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/TEAMUSA (TV), expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, by Mitch Phillips and Gene Cherry, 400 words)

Beach Volleyball

RIO DE JANEIRO - After two defeats, Brazilian male pair must win against Latvia to give themselves a fighting chance of making the knock out rounds (OLYMPICS-RIO-BVOLLEYBALL/ (PIX), expect 2000 GMT/ 4PM ET, by Stephen Eisenhammer, 400 words)

Cycling

RIO DE JANEIRO - After the thrills and spills of the road events, the track cyclists get their first taste of action in Rio's brand new velodrome. (OLYMPICS-RIO-CYCLING/ (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Martyn Herman, 400 words)

Canoe Slalom

With the men's double slalom canoe left off the docket for Tokyo 2020 and the future of the event in flux, the athletes who compete in the finals on Thursday may be the last. (OLYMPICS-RIO-CANOE-M-C1/ expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Amy Tennery, 300 words)

Australia's Jessica Fox is her country's last hope to take home a medal in the slalom canoe sport when she takes on the competition in Thursday's semis and finals at Deodoro Whitewater Stadium. (OLYMPICS-RIO-CANOE-W-K1/, expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Amy Tennery, 300 words)

Fencing

RIO DE JANEIRO - Women's team epee will give the United States' Hurley sisters another shot at a medal, along with French and Brazilian fencers who performed well in the individual competition but came up short. (OLYMPICS-RIO-FENCING-W-EPEETEAM/, expect by 2230 GMT/6:30PM ET, by Brad Haynes, 350 words)

Golf

RIO DE JANEIRO - After more than 100 years, golf returns to the Olympic program but it has not all been a celebration with many of the men's top ranked players saying no thanks to shot at a gold medal. (OLYMPICS-RIO-GOLF-M/, (PIX) expect 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Steve Keating, Liana Baker 400 words)

Gymnastics

RIO DE JANEIRO - American Simone Biles will be looking to follow up her gold medal winning performance in the women's team final by becoming the first gymnast in 20 years to win back-to-back world and Olympic all-around golds. (OLYMPICS-RIO-AGYMNASTICS-W-IND/(PIX), expect by 2115 GMT/5:15 PM ET, by Pritha Sarkar, 600 words)

American Biles vaults to celebrity beyond sports world

RIO DE JANEIRO- With her Instagram followers hitting one million and praise rolling in from big names like reality TV star Kim Kardashian, U.S. gymnast Simone Biles is cementing her status as a celebrity beyond the sports stage. (OLYMPICS-RIO-GYMNASTICS-BILES/FAME (PIX), expect 1300 GMT/9 AM ET, by Alexandra Ulmer, 400 words)

Judo

RIO DE JANEIRO - Judo fans will be hoping for a dream finals matchup between reigning gold medallist Kayla Harrison of the U.S. and local favorite Mayra Aguiar - the best rivalry in judo. (OLYMPICS-RIO-JUDO-W-78KG/ OLYMPICS-RIO-JUDO-M-100KG/ (PIX), expect 2300 GMT/9 PM ET, by Chris Gallagher, 400 words)

Rowing

RIO DE JANEIRO - Men's and women's quad sculls and double sculls are four medal events slated for Thursday at Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ROWING/, expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Angus MacSwan and Amy Tennery, 400 words)

Rugby Sevens

RIO DE JANEIRO - Fiji face giantkillers Japan and Britain take on South Africa in the semi-finals, with medals of all three colors to be won in later matches at the Deodoro Stadium as the inaugural men's rugby sevens tournament reaches its climax. (OLYMPICS-RIO-RUGBY-M/ (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Nick Mulvenney and Jack Stubbs, 400 words)

Shooting

RIO DE JANEIRO - China's Du Li aims to become the first shooter to win two Olympic gold medals in women's 50m rifle 3 positions on Thursday in a field heavy with previous medal winners from Serbia, Cuba and Poland. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SHOOTING-W-50MRIFLE3/ (PIX), expect by 1800 GMT/2PM ET, by Mary Milliken, 350 words)

Swimming

RIO DE JANEIRO - Michael Phelps seeks to add to his three gold medals in Rio and his career total of 21, attempting to become the first swimmer to win the same event - the 200 meters individual medley - at four successive Olympics. Dutchwoman Ranomi Kromowidjojo takes on the Campbell sisters of Australia as she defends her title in the 100m freestyle, and there are more medals up for grabs in the men's 200m backstroke and women's 200 breaststroke. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING-EVENT/, expect by 0300 GMT/11 PM ET, by Alan Baldwin, Mark Trevelyan, Joshua Schneyer and Caroline Stauffer, 400 words)

Table Tennis

RIO DE JANEIRO - China's domination of the sport is expected to continue in the men's singles. (OLYMPICS-RIO-TABLETENNIS-M-SINGLES/ (PIX) expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, by Brenda Goh, 400 words)

Tennis

RIO DE JANEIRO - After play was washed out on Wednesday, Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray are among those hoping to get on court on Thursday. OLYMPICS-RIO-TENNIS/ (PIX), expect throughout, Joshua Schneyer, 450 words)

(Compiled by Peter Rutherford)

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