Men’s hoops, track and field lead events to watch on Thursday in Paris

Check out the scores and storylines of Wednesday’s action across all sports at the Paris Games. (1:27)

LeBron James, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Noah Lyles are some of the most recognizable names that will be in action Thursday at the Paris Games.

But there will be plenty of action before they take center stage.

Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang are some of the day’s earliest contenders as women’s golf continues with its second round.

Meanwhile, women’s volleyball and water polo will both play in semifinal games for the chance to contend for a medal.

Lyles, the new 100m men’s gold medalist, will once again take the track with hopes to add more jewelry to his collection and the title of “world’s fastest man.”

Shortly after that race, the United States men’s basketball team will play three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and the Serbian national team with a berth in the gold medal game on the line.

While that game is ongoing, McLaughlin-Levrone will be over on the track competing for gold in the women’s 400m hurdle final — the event in which she lowered her own world record at the U.S. Olympic Trials in late June with a time of 50.65 seconds. On the men’s side, Grant Holloway is favored to win the 110m hurdles where he will compete along fellow Americans Freddie Crittenden and Daniel Roberts.

Here’s what to watch on Thursday.

3:00 a.m. ET: Golf (women’s individual): Lilia Vu (tee time: 12:55 pm), Rose Zhang (tee time: 2:44 p.m. ET), Nelly Korda (tee time: 2:55 p.m.)

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10:00 a.m. ET: Volleyball (women’s semifinals): Brazil vs. USA

12:35 p.m. ET: Water Polo (women’s semifinals): Australia vs. USA

2:30 p.m. ET: Track and field (men’s 200m finals)

3:00 p.m. ET: Basketball (men’s semifinal): USA vs. Serbia

3:25 p.m. ET: Track and field (women’s 400m hurdle finals)

3:45 p.m. ET: Track and field (men’s 110m hurdles finals)

A full list of the August 8 schedule can be found here.

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