After an epic opening ceremony in the early hours of Saturday the 2016 Rio Olympics are underway.
The colourful opening had 200 countries participating with the Samba featuring prominently.
South African teams scheduled for today are the following:
Gymnastics
Gymnastics Artistic – Men’s Qualifying 1 (15:20)
Live on Supersport 4
– Ryan Patterson
Cycling
Men’s Road Race (14:30)
– Daryl Impey
– Louis Meintjies
Rowing (15:30)
– Lawrence Brittain, Shaun Keeling, pairs men, heat one
Swimming
Heats (18:00 – 20:30)
Live Supersport 4 (SS4)
– Michael Meyer, 400m individual medley men
– Sebastien Rousseau, 400m individual medley men
– Myles Brown, 400m freestyle men
– Cameron van der Bergh, 100m breaststroke men
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