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Your daily guide to the Games: Aussies to wrap up sailing gold medal, Opals face the US

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  • Wednesday is set to be a gold-medal day for Australia in sailing, with Matt Belcher and Will Ryan all but assured of winning the men's 470 class.
  • Australia's Peter Bol will no doubt keep you on the edge of your seat as he goes for gold in the men's 800 metres final in the athletics program.
  • Mat Belcher and Will Ryan hold an unassailable 20-point lead over Swedish duo Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom ahead of Wednesday's men's 470 medal race, which begins at 3:33pm AEST.
  • The Opals snuck into the quarter-finals following a win against Puerto Rico on Tuesday night.
  • Since women's wrestling was introduced to the Olympics in 2004, Japan has won 11 of 18 gold medals.

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Wednesday is set to be a gold-medal day for Australia in sailing, with Matt Belcher and Will Ryan all but assured of winning the men's 470 class.

The Opals go up against the United States in the women's basketball quarter-finals.

Australia's Peter Bol will no doubt keep you on the edge of your seat as he goes for gold in the men's 800 metres final in the athletics program.

The Tokyo Olympics are broadcast in Australia on free-to-air TV on Channel Seven, as well as streaming platform 7Plus.

Mat Belcher and Will Ryan hold an unassailable 20-point lead over Swedish duo Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom ahead of Wednesday's men's 470 medal race, which begins at 3:33pm AEST.

Australia already has one sailing gold medal in its keeping, following Matt Wearn's victory in the men's laser.

The Opals snuck into the quarter-finals following a win against Puerto Rico on Tuesday night.

The US were undefeated in their group.

Peter Bol is in the men's 800m final at 10:05pm AEST after becoming the first Australian to reach the decider in 53 years.

Jean van der Westhuyzen and Tom Green team up in their men's kayak double 1,000m heat at 12:22pm AEST, with Riley Fitzsimmons and Jordan Wood to follow at 12:30pm AEST.

Since women's wrestling was introduced to the Olympics in 2004, Japan has won 11 of 18 gold medals.

Australia has won 12 medals in combat sports, thanks in part of Snowy Baker, who won Australia's first medal in boxing in 1908.

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