W2W4: Usain Bolt, women's hoops top Thursday's must-watch list
— -- RIO DE JANEIRO -- In addition to Round 2 of women's golf, platform diving and BMX cycling, here are a few other events to keep on the radar Thursday:
Women's semifinals, U.S. versus France, 6 p.m. ET: The American women enter the semifinals riding a 47-game Olympic winning streak and will vie for their sixth straight gold medal, which would be their ninth in 10 appearances. They will likely be without star guard Sue Bird, who is day-to-day with a sprained knee capsule. Still, the team is averaging more than 104 points a game. The game is a rematch of the 2012 London gold-medal game, a game the Americans won by 36 points. Spain and Serbia play in the other semifinal (2 p.m. ET).
Men's 200-meter final, 9:30 p.m. ET; Decathlon final, ET: Usain Bolt races for his eighth Olympic gold medal in the 200 final. Not only will he be going for gold, but he'll also be trying to break his own world record in the event (19.19). Justin Gatlin will not be one of his main challengers (the American failed to qualify after his semifinal heat tie wasn't fast enough to advance); instead, LaShawn Merritt and Canada's Andre De Grasse, who toyed and smiled with Bolt as they crossed the finish line in the semifinal heat, will look to pull off the upset.
Earlier in the evening, Ashton Eaton looks to lock up his second straight Olympic gold medal in the decathlon. He'd become the third athlete to complete the feat, joining Daley Thompson (1980, 1984) and Bob Mathias (1948, 1952). Eaton holds the world record, last set at 9,045 points in 2015, and his 8,750 score at Olympic trials is the best score in 2016 by 145 points. Also, Caster Semenya races in the women's 800 semifinal heats, as she looks to better the silver medal she won in London four years ago.
Women's semifinals, U.S. versus Serbia, noon ET: The U.S. women's team faces Serbia and looks for its third straight Olympic final appearance. And after losing to Brazil in both gold-medal matches in 2008 and 2012, the Americans see an opportunity given that the host country was already ousted by China. China plays the Netherlands in the other semifinal (9:15 p.m. ET).
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