Simone Biles will make her eagerly anticipated first appearance at the Paris Olympics on Sunday while British breaststroke king Adam Peaty aims to emulate Michael Phelps in the swimming pool.
The United States will launch their bid for a fifth successive men's basketball title against Serbia, who can call upon three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.
After rain marred Friday's opening ceremony and the first full day of action on Saturday, organisers will be heartened by a forecast of sunny and dry weather for day two. Biles, who won four golds at the 2016 Rio Olympics, withdrew from multiple events at the Tokyo Games as she battled the disorientating condition that gymnasts call"twisties".
Women's team technical leader Chellsie Memmel said Biles must not feel they are"relying" on her."I don't say, 'You are keeping us all together, we're relying on you and you alone'," Memmel said on the eve of the Games.The swimming competition started in electric style on Saturday with Australia's Ariarne Titmus defending her women's 400m freestyle crown.
World record-holder Peaty is trying to match Michael Phelps and win a third straight gold medal in the same event.
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