Rio 2016: Five to watch on Day 5 – Chris Froome and gymnast Kohei Uchimura in action

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Cycling, swimming and gymnastics all feature at the Olympic Games on Wednesday, August 10, while The National senior sports editor Matt Smith takes you through the action in Rio on Day 5. All event times UAE.

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Cycling

The men’s and women’s time trials begin at 3.30pm (UAE), where athletes compete one at a time against the clock to see who can complete the course stretching for 30 kilometres (women) and 55km (men).

Tour de France champion Chris Froome, pictured, is among the contenders for men’s gold after a disappointing road race on Saturday. The Netherlands’ Tom Dumoulin and Germany’s Tony Martin are also among the favourites.

The women’s race should be a fight between Netherland’s Ellen van Dijk and New Zealand’s world champion Linda Villumsen.

Read more: British cyclist Mark Cavendish 'Manx Missile' targets elusive Olympic medal

Swimming

The 200m breaststroke final gets under way at 5.03am (tomorrow) and Andrew Willis of Great Britain will be up against Soth Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh and United States duo Kevin Cordes and Josh Prenot – if they all make it through their heats and the semi-finals.

Australia’s Cameron McEvoy is bidding for gold in the men’s 100m freestyle final.

Read more: Gold medal 19 for Michael Phelps, while Katie Ledecky, Adam Peaty break records

Gymnastics

Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura, 27, is out to cement his name as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time.

He has 10 world titles, including every individual all-around gold since 2009 and he is the defending Olympic champion from London 2012.

The individual all-round event begins at 11pm.

Read more: 'Twist Prince' Kenzo Shirai hopes to restore Japan's gymnastics glory at Rio Olympics

Rowing

After some choppy waters played havoc with the schedule, we get to the first finals of the rowing on the lake at Lagoa Stadium, including men’s and women’s quadruple sculls (from 5.10pm).

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Fencing

The men’s sabre fencing (from 1.30am tomorrow) features the unlikely figure of Daryl Homer, the first US man to win a world medal in sabre who grew up in the Bronx and is now ranked 10th in the world.

Read more: Among US fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad's Olympics goals: 'To change the image that people may have of Muslim women'

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