13 medals are available in eight sports on the third day. With the Canoeing competition starting there are a total of ninteen different sports taking place.
We have tickets to see the Women's Handball, a sport we've only ever seen on television before. The games are Bulgaria vs China and Kazakhstan vs France. In the eveming we have tickets to see the Beach Volleyball. In Athens, we kept meeting people who told us about it, so we decided to give it a go this time. We are scheduled to see four women's and two men's preliminary games.
 Archery | 1 (Men's Team) |
| Badminton | Preliminaries |
| Basketball | Preliminaries |
| Beach Volleyball | Preliminaries |
| Boxing | Preliminaries |
| Canoe - Kayak Slalom | Preliminaries |
 Diving | 1 (Men's Synchronised 10m Platform) |
 Fencing | 1 (Women's Individual Foil) |
| Handball | Preliminaries |
| Hockey | Preliminaries |
 Judo | 2 (Men's -73kg, Women's -57kg) |
| Rowing | Preliminaries |
| Sailing | Preliminaries |
 Shooting | 2 (Men's 10m Air Rifle, Women's Trap Final) |
 Swimming | 4 (Women's 100m Butterfly, Men's 100m Breaststroke,
Women's 400m Freestyle, Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay) |
| Tennis | Preliminaries |
| Volleyball | Preliminaries |
| Water Polo | Preliminaries |
 Weightlifting | 2 (Women's 58kg, Men's 62kg) |
Tom Daley and
Blake Aldridge compete in the Men's Diving Synchronised Platform, an event where Britain claimed a Silver in Athens. The Men's Archery Team of Larry Godfrey, Simon Terry
and Alan Wills should be in contention for a medal. Commonwealth Champion Charlotte Kerwoodmay be a contender in the Women's Trap Shooting.
  14 medals are available in eight sports on 10th August with three sports beginning competition, and a total of twenty-one different sports taking place. We have tickets to the Mens Basketball to see Russia vs Iran and Angola against a Qualifier from the European Qualifying competition. Then it's out onto the streets of Beijing to cheer for Nicole Cooke in the Womens Road Race Cycling. In Athens we enjoyed the Volleyball, and so we have tickets to see Bulgaria vs Hungary and Poland vs Germany in the evening. | Archery | 1 (Women's Team) | | Badminton | Peliminaries | | Basketball | Peliminaries | | Beach Volleyball | Peliminaries | | Boxing | Peliminaries | | Diving | 1 (Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard ) |  Cycling – Road | 1 (Women's Road Race) | | Fencing | 1 (Men's Individual Epee) | | Football | Peliminaries | | Gymnastics - Artistic | Peliminaries | | Handball | Peliminaries | | Hockey | Peliminaries | | Judo | 2 (Men's -66kg, Women's -52kg ) | | Rowing | Peliminaries | | Sailing | Peliminaries | | Shooting | 2 (Men's Trap, Women's 10m Air Pistol) | | Swimming | 4 (Men's 400m Individual Medley, Men's 400m Freestyle,
Women's 400m Individual Medley, Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay) | | Tennis | Peliminaries | | Volleyball | Peliminaries | | Water Polo | Peliminaries | | Weightlifting | 2 (Women's 53kg, Men's 56kg) |
 The Women's Archery team, containing Athens 2004 Bronze medallist Alison Williamson with Charlotte Burgess and Naomi Folkard should be in contention for a medal. Nicole Cooke will be amongst the favorites in the Women's Road Race Cycling.
 The British Olympic Association (BOA) have selected the the Archery members of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
 Britain's Naomi Folkard won silver in the European Archery Championships in Vittell in France. Berengere Schuh of France defeated the Briton 104-99 in the final.  The Women's Individual event takes place on 14th August 2008.
 Charlotte Burgess, Naomi Folkard and Alison Williamson won the Gold Medal in the team event in the first round of the Archery World Cup in Santo Domingo. In low-scoring conditions, the British team beat France 207-204 in the semi-final, before completing a 207-196 victory against Italy in the final. The semi-finals and medal rounds of the Women's Team Archery competition take place on 10th August 2008.
 Britain's Alan Willis finished third in the Archery World Cup Grand Final in Dubai. Wills lost 108-104 to Mexico's Juan Rene Serrano in semi-finals, but beat Italy's Michele Frangilli 103-102 in the bronze medal play-off.  The Men's Individual event takes place on 15th August 2008.
 Alan Wills won the silver medal at the fourth round of the Archery World Cups in Dover. His 105-100 semi-final victory over British compatriat Simon Terry (the 1992 Olympic bronze medallist) placed Willis fourth in the overal World Cup rankings and gives him a place in the Grand Final in Dubai. Wills lost to Russia's Baljinima Tsyrempilov 108-110 in the final. Willis also beat Terry in the bronze medal shoot-off at the Archery World Championships. The Men's Individual event takes place on 15th August 2008.
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A further 17 medals are on offer on the sixth day of Olympic competition. 
Canoe - Kayak Slalom
Gymnastics - Artistic
Wrestling
Naomi Folkard and Athens 2004 bronze medallist Alison Williamson will hoping to be competing for medals in the Women's Individual Archery competition, whilst Fiona Pennie will be competing in the Women's K1 Kayak Single. The Great Britain Team of Rebecca Adlington, Francesca Halsall, Joanne Jackson, Melanie Marshall and Caitlin McClatchey should be contenders in the Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Swimming Relay. Peter Cousins competes in the Men's -100kg Judo category.
