OLYMPIC ACTION TO WATCH ON DAY 12:

Jamaican Usain Bolt will have the opportunity to take the sprint double when he lines up at the Men's 200m final on Wednesday, August 20 at 14:20(GMT). No athlete has won the Men's 100m and 200m in Athletics in the same Olympic Games since Carl Lewis of the United States achieved the feat in Los Angeles in 1984.

There is also exciting quarter-final action in the men's basketball and water polo. And the women heat are down to the semi's in hockey. China takes on defending gold medalists Germany in the first hockey semi-final of the evening before the number one and two ranked teams in the competition, the Netherlands and Argentina.

MEDAL EVENTS: Athletics(3), Swimming(1), Wrestling(Freestyle)(2), Taekwondo(2), Sailing(2), and Synchronized Swimming(1)

NOTEWORTHY: Basketball, Boxing, Gymnastics(Artistic), Water Polo, Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Cycling(BMX)

OTHER EVENTS: Handball, Hockey, Diving, Table Tennis, Baseball, Softball, and Kayak(Flat Water)



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