Medals and Moments: Key Showdowns at the Paris Olympics

Wednesday's action at the Paris Olympics features competitions in athletics, wrestling, skateboarding, and boxing. Medals will be awarded across various sports including athletics and weightlifting. Highlights include the steeplechase final with Soufiane El Bakkali, Lisa Carrington’s kayak sprint, and the debut of speed climbing as a standalone event.

Wednesday's action at the Paris Olympics promises a day packed with thrilling competitions and medal events in athletics, wrestling, skateboarding, and boxing. Taekwondo and weightlifting events will also kick off, offering a diverse range of sporting excellence.

Soufiane El Bakkali from Morocco aims to defend his supremacy in the 3,000 metres steeplechase final against Ethiopian world record holder Lamecha Girma. Meanwhile, Matthew Hudson-Smith is aspires to become the first Briton in a century to clinch an Olympic gold in the 400 meters, facing tough competition from Quincy Hall of the United States.

New Zealand's Lisa Carrington, famously known as the 'GOAT in the boat,' starts her quest for individual kayak sprint gold. In wrestling, Armenia's Artur Aleksanyan eyes a second gold in men's Greco-Roman 97kg weight class, while speed climbing medals will be awarded for the first time with Poland's Aleksandra Miroslaw as a strong contender for gold. Additionally, China aims to seize their first gold in team artistic swimming, filling the vacuum left by Russia.

(With inputs from agencies.)