Our athletes in action: Today & tomorrow

Live coverage on TV One begins today at 5.15am until 9.30am. It resumes at 7pm and goes through the night until 9am tomorrow, resuming again at 7pm.

NEW ZEALANDERS IN ACTION

TODAY

Opening ceremony: 5.45am/9am.

Badminton: Mixed doubles, Sara Runesten Petersen/Daniel Shirley (NZ) v Canada, 1.40am tomorrow.

Basketball: Women, NZ v US, 11.30pm.

Boxing: 81kg, Soulan Pownceby, from either 12.01am or 6.01am tomorrow.

Cycling: Men's road race (Julian Dean, Jeremy Yates, Heath Blackgrove, Robin Reid), starts 9.45pm.

Rowing: Women's single sculls (Sonia Waddell), heat 2, 5.40pm; women's coxless pair (Juliette Haigh, Nicky Coles), heat 2 7.20pm; men's coxless pair (George Bridgewater, Nathan Twaddle), heat 2, 7.20pm; women's double sculls (Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell), heat 1, 8pm; men's coxless four (Carl Meyer, Eric Murray, Mahe Drysdale, Don Leach), heat 3, 9.10pm.

Swimming: Men's 400 IM (Dean Kent), heat 2, 7.05pm; women's 100m butterfly (Elizabeth Coster), heat 2, 7.35pm; men's 400m freestyle (Moss Burmester), heat 2, 8.05pm; women's 400 IM (Helen Norfolk) heat 2, 8.49pm.

Table tennis: Women's doubles (Li Chunli/Karen Li) v Jiang Fang Lay/Miao Miao (Australia), first round, 8.45pm; women's singles, (Li Chunli), first round bye, second round, 11pm.

Yachting: Finn (Dean Barker) race 1, 10pm, race 2 11.30pm; men's 470 (Andrew Brown/Jamie Hunt), 10pm, 11.15pm; women's 470 (Linda Dickson/Shelley Heeson), 10.05 pm, 11.20pm; Yngling (Sharon Ferris, Kylie Jameson, Joanna White) 10.05pm, 1.35am (tomorrow).

TOMORROW

Badminton: Mixed doubles (Runesten Petersen/Shirley) if qualified, 6.30pm.

Basketball: Men, New Zealand v Italy, 8.15pm.

Cycling: Women's road race, (Joanne Kiesanowski, Melissa Holt, Michelle Hyland), midnight.

Equestrian: Three-day eventing, dressage, (Matthew Grayling, Daniel Jocelyn, Andrew Nicholson, Heelan Tompkins, Blyth Tait), from 7pm, (and Monday).

Fencing: Women's epee (Jessica Beer), eliminations, 7pm.

Hockey: Men, New Zealand v Australia 5.30pm.

Judo: Women's 52kg, first round, Rochelle Stormont (NZ) v Ioana Maria Aluas (Romania) from 7.30pm.

Swimming: Women's 100m backstroke (Hannah McLean), heat 5, 7.12pm; women's 100m breaststroke (Annabelle Carey) heat 3, 8pm; men's 100m backstroke (Cameron Gibson), heat 4, 8.24pm; women's 400m freestyle (Rebecca Linton), heat 2, 8.49pm.

Yachting: Finn, races 3 and 4, 10pm and 11.30pm; men's 470, 10pm, 11.15pm; women's 470, 10.05pm, 11.20pm; Yngling, 10.05pm, 11.35pm; men's Mistral (Thomas Ashley), 10pm, 10.45pm; women's Mistral (Barbara Kendall), 10.05pm, 10.50pm; Europe (Sarah Macky), 10.05pm, 11.20pm; Laser (Hamish Pepper) 10pm, 11.15pm.