Canada has a strong chance of winning a medal in canoeing and athletics on Friday as the Olympics enter the final stretch.

There is also a guaranteed medal in beach volleyball, with a highly anticipated final that will determine whether it will be silver or gold.

Below are highlights from the 14th, as well as the full event schedule.

(All times are Eastern Time)

Katie Vincent and Sloan MacKenzie (women's canoe, C2 500m semi-finals, 4:30, rest, 6:40)

The Canadians set an Olympic record by winning their heat. Vincent and MacKenzie teamed up to win bronze in the event at last year's world championships.

Marco Arop (men's 800m semi-finals, 5:30)

The Canadian is the current world champion in this event. The final will be played on Saturday.

Kelsey Mitchell (women's track cycling, sprint qualifying, heats, 8:00 a.m. to 1:10 p.m.)

The Canadian won Olympic gold in the event three years ago in Tokyo but has finished outside the top 10 at the last two world championships.

Jacqueline Simoneau and Audrey Lamothe (artistic swimming, duet technical routine, 1:30 p.m.)

Canadians won two bronze medals at the Olympic trials. It's the first day of the two-day competition.

Canadian women's 4×100-metre relay team (1:30 p.m. remaining)

The team set a national record to qualify for the final. Canada certainly won't be among the favourites to win a medal, but incredible things can happen in relays.

Sarah Mitton (women's shot put replay, 1:37 p.m.)

The Nova Scotian had the top score in the standings. At last year's world championships, he won silver in the event. World number one Chase Jackson of the United States failed to qualify for the final.

Canadian men's 4x100m relay (1:47 p.m. remaining)

Canada didn't have its best performance in qualifying, but still did enough to advance. The Canadians won silver in the World Athletics relays this year.

Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson (women's beach volleyball resumes, 4:30 p.m.)

The Canadians will face world number one Brazil, Ana Patricia Ramos and Eduarda Santos Lisboa (Duda), in the final. Canada has won four straight to overcome a 1-2 start. Canada has never won Olympic volleyball gold.

Full program of the event

artistic swimming
Duo technical routine, 1:30 p.m.

Athletics
Heptathlon long jump, 4:05
Women's 4x400m relay, round 1, 4h40
Men's 4x400m relay, 1st round, 5h05
Heptathlon javelin throw, 5:23 a.m.
Men's 800m semi-finals, 5:30 a.m.
Women's 100m hurdles semi-finals, 6:05 a.m.
Women's 4x100m relay final, 1:30 p.m.
Women's Ultimate Shot Put, 1:37 p.m.
Men's 4x100m relay final, 1:47 p.m.
Women's final 400m, 2 p.m.
Men's final triple jump, 2:13 p.m.
Heptathlon 800m, 2:25 p.m.
Women's 10,000m final, 2:57 p.m.
Men's 400m hurdles final, 3:45 p.m.

Women's basketball semi-finals (full schedule, standings, results)
United States – Australia, 11:30 a.m.
France – Belgium, 3:00 p.m.

beach volleyball
Women's bronze medal match at 3:00 p.m.
Ladies' Final, 4:30 p.m.

Boxing (about the calendar)
Men's 71 kg final, 3:30 p.m.
Women's 50 kg final, 3:47 p.m.
Men's 92 kg final, 4:30 p.m.
Women's 66 kg final, 4:51 p.m.

Rip
Women's Round Robin Match, 10:00 a.m.
Women's quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal battles, 2:00 p.m.

moose in a canoe
Women's 500m Canoe Double Semi-Finals, 4:30 a.m.
Women's 500m Kayak Double Semi-Finals, 4:50 a.m.
Men's 500m Kayak Double Semi-Finals, 5:10 a.m.
Men's 1000m Individual Canoe Semi-Finals, 5:30 a.m.
500m canoe double ultimate women, 6:40 a.m.
500m ultimate double kayak women, 7:00
500m ultimate double kayak men, 7:20 a.m.
Men's Personal Canoe, Ultimate 1000m, 7:40.

Cycling (track)
Women's sprint qualifications, 8 a.m.
Men's sprint semi-finals, 8:41 a.m.
Women's Round of 16, 8:48 a.m.
Women's Dash, Round of 16 Repechage, 9:38 a.m.
Men's sprint finals, noon
Madison Women, 12:09 p.m.
Women's speed round of 16, 1:10 p.m.
Women's repechage, round of 16, 1:58 p.m.

Dive
Men's 10m preliminary round, 4 a.m.
Women's 3m springboard final, 9:00 a.m.

field hockey
Women's Bronze Medal Match: Argentina vs. Belgium, 8:00 a.m.
Women's Final: China vs. Hollande, 2 p.m.

Golf (departure times)
Third women's round, 3 a.m.

Men's handball semi-finals
Germany – Spain, 10:30 a.m.
3:30 p.m. Slovenia – Denmark

swimming marathon
Men's 10 km race, 1 hour 30 minutes.

modern pentathlon
Men's Semi-Final A, 7am
Men's Semi-Final B, 11am

Rhythmic gymnastics
General rotation of groups 1h, 4h
General rotation of group 2, 5:16 a.m.
Individual rotations of the general competition, 8:30 a.m.

Soccer
Women's Bronze Medal Match: Spain vs. Germany, 9:00 a.m.
Men's Final: France vs Spain, noon

sport climbing
Men's Bouldering and Hard Bouldering Semi-Finals, 4:15.
Ultimate men's block and difficult block, 6:35

Table tennis
Men's Team Bronze Medal Match: France vs. Japan, 4:00 a.m.
Men's Final: China vs. Sweden, 9:00 a.m.

taekwondo (about the calendar)
Competitions 67 kg women and 80 kg men, from 3:00 a.m. to 3:37 p.m.

Volleyball
Men's Bronze Medal Match: USA vs. Italy, 10:00 a.m.

Water polo
Men's qualifying match: Spain – Italy, 7:00 a.m.
Men's semi-final: Serbia vs. United States, 8:35 a.m.
Men's qualifying match: Greece – Australia, 12:00
Men's semi-final: Hungary vs. Croatia, 1:35 p.m.

Weightlifting
Men's 89 kg competition, 9:00 a.m.
Women's 71 kg competition, 1:30 p.m.

Struggle (about the calendar)
Men's and women's freestyle competitions, from 5:00 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.

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