Olympics: Day 13 on Nine

Is this a rather telling indication of the differences between Free to Air and Pay TV broadcasts?

While Nine claims there are 13 Gold Medals to be decided on Day 13 of Olympics competition, Foxtel claims there are 23. Typo somewhere or a telltale sign of who is broadcasting what?

Thirteen gold medals will be decided tonight on Day 13 of The Games and host Karl Stefanovic will bring viewers all the action.

This session may include:

Canoeing – Sprint – 6.30pm*
Four more gold medals are on offer at Eton Dorney for the world’s best canoeists and kayakers.

Australia has one crew through to a final. The men’s K4 team of Jacob Clear, David Smith, Tate Smith and Murray Stewart will compete in the K4 1000m final.

Medals will also be decided in the men’s C2 1000m, the women’s K1 500m and the women’s K2 500m.

Athletics – 6pm*
The greatest all-rounders in the athletics world continue their quest for the decathlon gold medal. In this session they’ll contest the 110m hurdles, discus and pole vault.

It’s qualifying time in the women’s high jump and also the first round in the men’s 4x400m relay. Australia is represented by 400m individual finalist Steven Solomon, John Steffensen, Brendan Cole and Tristan Thomas.

Diving
The top 18 divers will look to advance to the final of the women’s 10m platform. Aussies Melissa Wu and Brittany Broben have qualified in fifth and sixth place respectively.

Gymnastics
The individual all-around qualification for the rhythmic gymnastics begins at the Wembley Arena. West Australian Janine Murray is our leading rhythmic gymnast. At the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships in Seattle she won silver medals in the hoop and ball and bronze in her favourite event, the ribbon.
Mark Readings and Liz Chetkovitch will call the action for Nine.

Swimming: Marathon
The Serpentine, an 11-hectare lake in Hyde Park in central London, will be the venue for the women’s 10km swim. Australia will be represented in the 25-strong field by Melissa Gorman, the 2009 world champion over 5km.

Sailing
Australia’s Matthew Belcher and Malcolm Page are in first place in the men’s 470, with the final race of their competition today. They could win Australia’s third sailing gold medal of London 2012.
12.00am London Live continues
Ken Sutcliffe slides into the hosting chair.

This session may include:

Athletics – 3.30am*
Another massive session in track and field, with five gold medals up for grabs. The most talked about event will be the men’s 200m final. Usain Bolt of Jamaica is at Black Caviar odds to win and clinch the 100m-200m sprint double. If he’s successful, he would create history as the first man to successfully defend both Olympic titles.

Australia’s Kathryn Mitchell has qualified for the final of the women’s javelin and will be looking to produce her best to get among the medals.

The men’s 800m, featuring Kenyan world record holder David Rudisha, will be decided along with the men’s triple jump and the final two events of the men’s decathlon, the javelin and the 1500m. In the commentary box for Nine will be the dual decathlon gold medallist, Great Britain’s Daley Thompson.

Also on the program: semi-finals in the women’s 800m and the first round of the women’s 4x100m relay.

Diving
The Australian pair of Brittany Broben and Melissa Wu are hoping to dive their way into the 12-woman field as the medals are decided in the 10m platform event.

Hockey
In the first of the men’s hockey semi-finals, Australia’s in-form Kookaburras face defending Olympic champions, Germany.

Basketball
It’s semi-final time in the women’s basketball competition and the Opals meet the United States, the defending champion. The US has beaten Australia in the past three gold medal finals. The winner of the semi advance to the gold medal final, the loser will play for the bronze medal.

BMX Cycling
The helter skelter of BMX moves into the men’s quarter-final phase. Phil Liggett and Scott McGrory will be following the action from the new 400m BMX track.
The men will have five runs, with points for places on each run. After three runs the best two riders from each quarter-final progress to the semi-finals. Australia’s world champion Sam Willoughby posted the sixth quickest time of the session. All three Aussie riders are through to the quarter-finals.

Boxing
For the first time at the Olympics the women box for gold in their three weight divisions.

Water Polo
It’s finals day in women’s water polo. Australia will play off for bronze against Hungary, while the United States meet Spain in the gold medal final.

Synchronised Swimming
The teams make their appearance for the technical routine, with Russia, the defending Olympic champion, expected to stand out.

6.00am-9.00am on Nine and GEM
As day 13 of competition continues, Cameron Williams and Leila McKinnon host the morning shift. It will include live action and a review of major events.

9.00am-11.00am London Gold on Nine and GEM
Mark Nicholas looks back on the highlights of another great day at London 2012. The program features the best of gold medal action and a wrap of the Aussies at the Olympics.

4.00pm-6.00pm London Gold (replay) on Nine and GEM
Mark Nicholas looks back on the highlights of another great day at London 2012. The program features the best of gold medal action and a wrap of the Aussies at the Olympics.

*All times stated are for Australian eastern standard time.
*As with all major sporting events there can be unforeseen changes to the schedule and times are subject to change.