The Olympic Stadium comes back to life on Friday as track and field
events at London 2012 begin, with Jessica Ennis in action early on day
one as she starts her heptathlon campaign.
Here are Friday's events to watch out for (all times
BST):
Full
schedule available on BBC Sport website
Jessica Ennis will make four separate appearances on
Friday as London 2012's Olympic athletics programme begins. At 10:05 she
starts off in the 100m hurdles, progressing through the high jump
(11:15) and shot (19:00) put to finish the day with the 200m heats from
20:45. Ennis, a leading British hope for athletics gold, concludes her
event on Saturday.
Read up on the protagonists:
Having taken bronze in her
less-favoured 400m event earlier in the week, 23-year-old Rebecca
Adlington looks a strong bet to retain her other Olympic title over 800m
in Friday's Aquatics Centre evening session. Adlington qualified
fastest from Thursday's heats, although Denmark's Lotte Friis could push
her all the way. Elsewhere, having surrendered his signature 200m
butterfly Olympic title to South African Chad le Clos, Michael Phelps
has the chance for revenge in the men's 100m butterfly.
Katherine Grainger's determined battle to win an
Olympic gold medal at the fourth time of asking reaches its climax at
Eton Dorney. Grainger, 36, has three silver medals to her name from the
Sydney, Athens and Beijing Games. She and Watkins are unbeaten since
teaming up in 2010. Can they do it on the day?
Victoria Pendleton will try to put behind her the
disappointment of being disqualified from Thursday's team sprint when
she goes in the keirin - where riders are paced behind a motorised bike
and then let loose for a final, chaotic race to the finish. Ed Clancy,
Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas and Peter Kennaugh go head-to-head with
Australia as GB defend their Olympic men's team pursuit title. Expect
world records to fall.
Murray is certain to play for a medal after reaching
the semi-finals but he faces a major test if he is to battle for gold,
with the recently deposed world number one Novak Djokovic looking to
make up for losing his Wimbledon crown last month.
- FOOTBALL (19:45-21:30):
GB
women,
women's quarter-finals
Britain's women take on Canada for a place in the
semi-finals at the City of Coventry Stadium. Prior to that Sweden face
France, the United States play New Zealand and Brazil line up against
Japan in the other last-eight clashes.
Basketball women v France 20:00, Football women v
Canada 19:45, Handball women v Angola 09:30, Hockey men v Pakistan
16:00, Volleyball women v Dominican Republic 16:45, Water polo women v
Italy 18:20.
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