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When to watch Saskatchewan's Olympians competing in Paris

There are 15 athletes with ties to Saskatchewan competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This guide shows you when to tune in.

Follow the action as 15 athletes with ties to Saskatchewan compete at 2024 games

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, a steel structure, lit up at night with the Olympic rings hung on it, five rings intertwined with each other, with a blood moon in the background.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris lit up at night with Olympic Rings, taken Monday. (Stephanie Jenzer/CBC)

There are 15 athletes with ties to Saskatchewan competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which officiallybeginthis weekend.

The games run from July 26 until Aug.11. Coverage available through traditional television broadcasts on CBC andpartner networks TSN and Sportsnet, and live events will be streaming free onCBC Gem.

If you're wondering when theprovince's athletes will compete, check out the details below.

This list includes nearly all of thescheduled events the Saskatchewan athletes could compete in. It is the order of the dates in which the athletes will compete.

Use the links below to jump to a specific date:

Saturday, July 27

Sunday, July 28

Monday, July 29

Tuesday, July 30

Wednesday, July 31

Thursday, August 1

Friday, August 2

Saturday, August 3

Sunday, August 4

Monday, August 5

Tuesday, August 6

Wednesday, August 7

Thursday, August 8

Friday, August 9

Saturday, August 10

Saturday, July 27

Saskatoon-born basketball player Trey Lyles will be the first athlete from Saskatchewan competing in Paris. The Sacramento Kings power forward and the rest of Canada's national basketball team will be taking on Greece, which is led by two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounpo. Tip-off is at 1 p.m CST.

Sunday, July 28

Saskatoon's Blake Tierney is making his Olympic debut in Paris after winning the men's 100-metre backstroke at Canada's Olympic swimming trials in May. The Olympic 100-metre backstroke heats start at 3a.m. CST and the 22-year old could be back in action at 1:37 p.m CST in the semifinals.

Regina-born swimmer Kelsey Wog will be making her second Olympic appearance in Paris after reaching the 200-metre breaststroke semifinals in Tokyo. The 25-year-old will be competing in the 100-metre breaststroke heats at 3a.m. CST and potentially the semifinals at 1:15 p.m. CST.

A woman swims.
Kelsey Wog competes in the 200-metre breaststroke at the Canadian Olympic swim trials in Toronto on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)

Waldheim's Carrissa Norsten is making her Olympic debut in Paris with Canada's rugby sevens team, despite only starting to play the sport five years ago. Canada plays group stage matches against Fiji at 9:30 a.m. CST and New Zealand at 1:30 p.m. CST.

Monday, July 29

Rylan Wiens,a diver from Pike Lake, Sask., is attending his second Olympics. The 22-year-old is set to compete in the men's synchronized 10-metre platform final at 3a.m. CST.

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Rylan Wiens will compete at the 10-metre synchro event with his Canadian diving partner and the individual 10-metre competition at the Paris Olympics.

Carissa Norsten and the rest of Canada's rugby sevens team are back in action for their final group stage match against China at 8a.m. CST. If Canada qualifies for the quarterfinals, the games start at 1p.m. CST.

Blaire McDowell says playing water polo in Regina propelled her to the Paris Olympics. The 23-year-old and the rest of Canada's water polo team will be taking on Hungary at 12:05 p.m CST.

Both Blake Tierney and Kelsey Wog could be back in the pool on July 29 if they qualify for their respective finals. The 100-metre men's backstroke final is set to start at 1:22 p.m. CST while the 100-metre women's breaststroke isat 1:32 p.m. CST.

Tuesday, July 30

Ovesh Purahoo is competing for Mauritius in the 100-metre freestyle swimming event, but is completing his kinesiology degree at the University of Regina and competes for the school's swimming team. The heats of the 100-metre freestyle swimming event start at 3a.m.CST, while the semifinal is at 12:30 CST.

Sask. swimmer ready to represent home country of Mauritius in Paris

3 months ago
Duration 1:57
Ovesh Purahoo usually swims for the University of Regina Cougars but next month he'll suit up for the East African country of Mauritius on the world stage at the 2024 Olympic Games.

Trey Lyles is back in action with Canada's basketball team against Australia, which has nine current or former NBA players on theroster including Patty Mills, Joe Ingles and Josh Giddey. Tip-off is at 5:30 a.m CST.

Humboldt's Paige Crozon is making history in Paris. The 30-year-old is part of Canada's first-ever 3x3 basketball team to qualify for the Olympics. The team'sfirst game is against Australia at 10 a.m. CST.

Carissa Norsten says Canada's rugbysevens team's goal is to return to the podium in Paris after winning bronze at the sport's inaugural event at the 2016 Rio Games. The semifinals start at 7:30 a.mCST, the bronze medal match is at 11a.m. CST andthe gold-medal match is at 11:45a.m. CST.

Wednesday, July 31

Blake Tierney and Kelsey Wog will be back in the swimming lanes for the 200-metre races in their respective strokes. Tierney will be competing in the 200-metre men's backstroke heats set to start at 3a.m.CST,withthe semifinals starting at 1:34 p.m. CST. Wog will be racing in the women's 200-metrebreaststroke heats starting at 3a.m. CST,and if sheadvancesthe semifinals are set to start at 1:46 p.m. CST.

Tammara Thibeault spent time in Regina as a childwhen her father Patrick Thibeault played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In 2021, Tamara matched Canada's best-ever Olympic result in any women's boxing event by making the quarterfinals of the 75-kilogram competition. She is set to have her first bout in Paris on July 31.

Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault exchanges punches with Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands during the women's 69-75 kg quarterfinal at the Tokyo Olympics on July 31, 2021.
Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault, top, is pictured during the women's 75-kilogram quarterfinal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. (Ueslei Marcelino/Pool/Getty Images/File)

Blaire McDowell will be back in the pool as Canada's women's water polo squad takes on China at 7:35 a.m. CST.

Paige Crozon is returning to the court as Canada's 3x3 basketball team takes on China at 10a.m. CST.

If Ovesh Purahoo qualifies for the men's 100-metre freestyle swimming event, he will be racing for a medal at 2:15 a.m. CST.

Thursday,Aug. 1st

Paige Crozon is set to have a busy day on the court. Canada's 3x3 basketball team is taking on Germany at 1:30 a.m. CST and France at 2p.m. CST.

Blake Tierney and Kelsey Wog could be back in action if they qualify for the finals of their respective swimming events. Tierney could be competing in the men's 200-metre backstroke final at 12:37 p.m. CST, while Wog could racein the women's 200-metre breaststroke final at 1:03 p.m. CST.

Saskatoon Blake Tierney with a big smile on face after setting 200 meter backstroke Canadian record.
Blake Tierney reacts after setting a new Canadian record in the 200-metre backstroke at the Canadian Olympic Swim Trials in Toronto on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

Friday, Aug.2nd

Blaire McDowell and Canada's water polo team are back in action against Australia at 6 a.m. CST.

A woman in a pool holds up a water polo ball.
Blaire McDowell was born in British Columbia, but her father's work as a mechanical engineer took her family to the United States, Australia and finally Regina. (Canadian Olympic Committee)

Trey Lyles and Canada's basketball team aretaking on Spain, which features current and former NBA players like Santi Aldama, Usban Garuba and Willy Hernangmez, at 9:15 a.m. CST.

Paige Crozon and Canada's 3x3 basketball team have another busy day with two games. They are taking on the USA at 10 a.m. CST and then Spain at 1p.m. CST.

Saturday, Aug. 3

Paige Crozon is the only Saskatchewan athlete scheduled to competeon Aug.3. Canada's 3x3 basketball team has its final game in the pool round against Azerbaijan at 9a.m. CST. Canada could also be playing in the quarterfinals, which start at 1p.m. CST and 1:30p.m. CST.

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Duration 8:41
Team Canada 3x3 basketball player Paige Crozon speaks to CBC news Network's Heather Hiscox ahead of the Olympics.

Sunday, Aug.4

The 2024 Paris Games will be Savannah Sutherland's first Olympics. The 20-year-old from Borden is Canada's record holder for the indoor and outdoor 400-metre hurdles. She will be competing in the first round of the Olympic 400-metre hurdle event starting at 4:35 a.m. CST.

Borden, Sask.'s Savannah Sutherland ready to make her Olympic debut

3 months ago
Duration 2:24
Savannah Sutherland's Olympic aspirations started while watching the track and field events at 2016 Rio Games on TV at her home in Borden, Sask. Fast forward eight years, and Sutherland is now the Canadian record-holder in the indoor and outdoor 400-metre hurdles. She is set to make her Olympic debut next month at 20 years old.

If Tammara Thibeault wins her first boxing match, she will be back in action on Aug. 4 for the quarterfinals, which could start anytime between 3:32 a.m. CST and 8:02 a.m. CST.

McDowell and the rest of Canada's water polo team will be back in the pool to take on Netherlands at 10:30 a.m. CST.

Monday, Aug.5

The 2024 Paris games will be the third time pole vaulter Anicka Newell has represented Canada at the Olympics. She was born and raised in Texas, but her mom's side of the family is from the Saskatoon and Hanley areas. The 30-year-old will be competing in the pole vaulting qualifier at 2:40 a.m. CST.

Pole vaulter with Sask. roots heading to 3rd Olympics

3 months ago
Duration 2:34
Despite being born and raised in Texas, Anicka Newell is choosing to represent Canada in the pole vault at the Paris Olympics. That's because she feels a deep connection to Saskatoon, where she spent summers with her mom's side of the family.

Savannah Sutherland could be back in action if she has to compete in the 400-metre hurdles repechage at 2:50 a.m. CST.

Paige Crozon says Team Canada's 3x3 basketballteam's goal is to bring home a medal. If the team advances past the quarterfinals, it will be playing in the semifinals at either 9:30 a.m. CST or 10:30 a.m. CST. The bronze medal match is at 1p.m. CST, while the gold medal is at2:35 p.m. CST.

A pair of Saskatchewan athletesmade Canada's artistic swimming team. This will be the second Olympics for Regina's Kenzie Pridell, while Saskatoon's Sydney Caroll is traveling as the team's alternate. The team technical routine will start at 11:30 a.m. CST.

Tuesday, Aug. 6

Lyles and Canada's basketball team could be back for the quarterfinals, which could start anytime between 3a.m. CST and 1:30 p.m. CST.

Kenzie Pridell and Sydney Caroll have the artistic swimming team free routine at 11:30 a.m. CST.

Blaire McDowell and Canada's water polo team could be competing in the water polo quarterfinals, which could start anytime between 6a.m. CST and 12:35 a.m. CST.

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Savannah Sutherland could be back on the track if she qualifies for the 400-metre hurdles semifinals. Those races are set to start at 12:07 p.m. CST.

Wednesday, Aug. 7

Hurdler Michelle Harrison is making her long-awaited Olympic debut in Paris. The 31-year-old Saskatoon native is competing in the 100-metre hurdles. Round 1 of that event starts at 2:15 a.m. CST.

Diver Margo Erlam trains in Saskatoon. The 22-year-old is competing in the three-metre springboard preliminary round, which starts at 7a.m. CST.

Saskatoon diver excited for first Olympics

3 months ago
Duration 4:17
Margo Erlam will compete in the three-metre springboard at the Summer Olympics in Paris. It's her first trip to the Olympics.

Anicka Newell is looking to improve on her two previous Olympic results. She is hoping to bring home a medal. The pole vault final starts at 11a.m. CST.

Kenzie Pridell and Sydney Caroll are back in action with the artistic swimming team acrobatic routine at 11:30 a.m. CST.

Thursday, Aug. 8

Diver Margo Erlam could be back in action if she qualifies for the three-metre springboard semifinals. That action kicks off at 2a.m. CST.

Hurdler Michelle Harrison could be in the 100-metre hurdle repechange at 2:35 a.m. CST.

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3 months ago
Duration 2:43
Michelle Harrison, 31, says coming home to train helped her qualify for her first Olympic competition.

If Canada's men's basketball team advances to the semifinals, Trey Lyles will be back on the court at 9:30 a.m. CST or 1 p.m. CST.

Blaire McDowell could be back in the pool for the water polo semifinals at 6:35 a.m. CST or 11:35 a.m. CST.

Savannah Sutherland is looking to have the chance to race for a medal. She will have to get past the 400-metre hurdles semifinals, which start at 12:07 p.m. CST, to achieve that goal.

Tammara Thibeault could be competing in the 75-kilogram boxing semifinals. The two semifinal bouts are expected to start 2:02 p.m. CST and 2:18 p.m. CST.

Friday, Aug. 9

Diver Rylan Wiens will be competing in the 10-metre platform preliminary round at 2a.m. CST. He is looking for vengeance aftermissing the semifinals of that event by a fraction of a point at the Tokyo Olympics.

A men's diver is pictured upside down during a dive.
Rylan Wiens of Canada won silver in the men's 10-metre platform event at the World Cup in Berlin in March. (Hassan Ammar/AP Photo via The Canadian Press/File)

Hurdler Michelle Harrison could be back in action at 4:05 a.m. CST if she qualifies for the 100-metre hurdles semifinals.

Margo Erlam could be back diving if she qualifies for the three-metre springboard final. That event starts at 7a.m. CST.

Saturday, Aug.10

Diver Rylan Weins is looking to improve on his performance at the last Olympics in Tokyo. He could have a chancein the 10-metre platform semifinals at 2a.m. CST and the final at 7a.m. CST.

Blaire McDowell could make a final appearance in the pool if Canada's water polo team is playing for a medal. The bronze medal match is at 2:35 a.m. CST, while the gold medal match is at 7:35 a.m. CST.

Canada's men basketball team last reached an Olympic podium in 1936. Lyles and Canada's men's basketball team are trying to erase that statistic by bringing home a medal. The bronze-medal match is at 3a.m. CST, while the gold medal match is at 1:30 p.m. CST.

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1 year ago
Duration 1:55
With a comeback victory over Spain, the Canadian mens basketball team has earned a spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics. It will be the teams first appearance at the Olympics since 2000.

Michelle Harrison's goal is to reach the final of the women's 100 metre-hurdles, which is taking place at 11:45 a.m. CST.

After reaching the quarterfinals in Tokyo, boxer Tammara Thibeault has her eyes set on gold. The 75-kilogram women's finalis taking place at 2:34 p.m. CST.