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VICE Sports Olympic Preview: August 16, 2016

Stop by every morning for our rundown of each day's top events and the Olympic hopefuls to watch for.

Good morning, America. Throughout the Olympics, we'll be providing you with morning previews about the action in Rio, with a focus on athletes from the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Here's what to watch for today, August 16th, 2016.

A big day today! In addition to the medal rounds listed below, we've got the semifinals of women's soccer and the semifinals of men's and women's beach volleyball.

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The following events will all see medals awarded today:

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Gymnastics wraps up with the men's parallel and horizontal bars and the women's floor exercise. Action starts at 2 pm local. The U.S.'s Danell Yeyva will take part in both men's events. His compatriot Samuel Mikulak will join him in the horizontal bar. U.S. women Alexandra Raisman and Simone Biles will perform on the floor.

In track and field we'll see medals in men's high jump and triple jump and women's discus. Action starts at 9:50 local. The U.S.'s Christian Taylor and Will Claye will feature in the triple jump along with Mexico's Alberto Alvarez. Taylor is the overwhelming favorite, having won gold in London and the most recent World Championships. Canada's Derek Drouin and the U.S.'s Erik Kynard will compete in the high jump.

The badminton mixed doubles final, featuring two Chinese teams, is scheduled for 8:25 local time.

In boxing we'll see the semifinals of men's light heavyweight and the men's lightweight final. Two Americas—light welterweight Gary Russell and bantamweight Shakur Stevenson—will fight in preliminary rounds of their respective weight classes.

In canoe and kayak, we'll have the men's canoe single 1000 meter finals, the women's kayak double 500 meter finals, the women's kayak 200 meter single finals and the men's kayak 1000 meter single finals. In the women's kayak 500 meter double, Canada's Genevieve Orton and KC Fraser will go for gold. Their compatriot Andreanne Langlois will compete in the women's kayak single 200 meters. Finally, Canada's Adam Van Koeverden will compete in the men's 1000 meter kayak single event.

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In the velodrome, we'll see medals in the women's omnium, women's sprint, and the men's kerin. The medal rounds begin at 17:05 local, but preliminary rounds go on all day, beginning at 10 am local.

In diving we'll see medals in the men's 3 meter springboard. The semifinals begin at 3 pm local. Canada's Philippe Gagne, Mexico's Rodrigo Diego and Rommel Pacheco, and the U.S.'s Mike Hixon and Kristian Ipsen will all take part. China's Cao Yuan (pictured) and Pacheco are the bookies' favorites.

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The men's 10 kilometer swim begins in the lagoon at 2 pm local. The U.S.'s Sean Ryan and Jordan Wilimovsky, and Canada's Richard Weinberger have all qualified. Wilmovsky won the world championship at this distance in 2015. Weinberg won bronze in the London Olympics.

Due to earlier postponements, we've got big day in sailing, which features the laser men's medal race, the finn men's medal race, the laser radial women's medal race, and the nacra 17 mixed medal race. The U.S.'s Paige Railey will compete in the women's laser radial. Compatriot Caleb Paine is in the men's finn final. Bora Gulari and Louisa Chafee, both from the U.S., are in the nacra 17 mixed final.

Synchronized swimming will give out medals in the duets free routine, assuming we can see anything in the green pool. Mexico's Karem Achach and Nuria Diosdado, The U.S.'s Anita Alvarez and Mariya Koroleva, and Canada's Jacqueline Simoneau and Karine Thomas will all participate. Action begins at 7 pm local. According to the bookies—and if you're betting on synchornized swimming, please reconsider your life choices—all three North American teams are long shots to medal.

Table tennis will hold medal rounds for women's team beginning at 4:00 pm, local.

Weight lifting wraps today with the men's 105 kg + event. Yesterday I called the 105 kg weight class the super heavyweight class. I was wrong. This is the super heavyweight class. Look for Iran's Behdad Salimi to move some weight. He's the Snatch world record holder.

In wrestling, we'll see medals in the 66 kg and 98 kg weight classes. Qualifying begins at 3 pm local time.