Noah Lyles will be looking to make history on Thursday by becoming the first American to win the Olympic Sprint Double in 40 years.

Throughout the day there will be more than 30 medals available, in sports such as athletics, boxing taekwondo wrestling, and sailing.

What you should know about Thursday's Olympics:

CLIMBING FAST

Veddriq Lenardo of Indonesia won the gold in men's Speed Climbing, a first for his nation. American Sam Watson took home a bronze medal despite breaking a record during his final race.

TABLE TENNIS SUSPENSE

China's male table tennis team defeated France in the semi-finals with a score of 3-0. However, the close matches were what captivated the French and Chinese crowds.

KAYAK CHAMPION

Lisa Carrington of New Zealand led the women's four-person kayak crew to a gold medal. This performance increased her Olympic total to six golds, one bronze and another outstanding performance.

In the 500 metre finals, Germany's 4-man kayak team beat Australia by just four hundredths of second. Spain took home bronze.

STEEPLECHASE FALL

The International Olympic Committee announced that Ethiopian Lamecha Girma has recovered the day following a shocking fall in the final of the men's 3,00 metre steeplechase.

On Wednesday, the 23-year old world record holder who was sprinting full-speed when he fell over the third from the last barrier during the final lap. He then crashed on to the track where he lay motionless in an alarming scene for several minutes.

SAILING GOLD

Ruggero Banti and Caterina Tita of Italy, the reigning Olympic champions in mixed multihull sailing, won gold at the Mixed Multihull Event. They sailed a confident final medal race that confirmed their overall victory.

After battling their way to the front of the fleet, Austrians Lara Vadlau (left) and Lukas Maher (right) won the gold medal in the mixed-dinghy.

Relay SPRINT

After qualifying fastest in Thursday's heats, the United States will be able to bring more power and firepower into their 4-x100m relay men. Jamaica, however, crashed out following two terrible changeovers.

In spite of a scare during the changeover, it appears that U.S. Women's Team is also well placed to take back their title from Jamaica.

SPRINT DOUBLE FOR LYLES

Lyles returns to the sprint track to add the 200m title to his recent 100m win.

Lyles would be the first American since Carl Lewis to have achieved the Sprint Double.

SMARATHON SWIMMING

Sharon van Rouwendaal, a Dutch ironwoman who trained with Moesha Johnston in Australia, won her second Olympic gold medal for women’s 10km Marathon Swimming.

Chinese Dicing Call

China's Anti-Doping Agency urged the International Testing Agency (ITA) to intensify the testing of U.S. athletes after Erriyon Knighon, an American sprinter who tested positive for trenbolone, urged them to do so.

Knighton was found to have a positive test this year, but the arbitrator determined that the likely cause of the results was contaminated meat.

MAKE WEIGHT

Vinesh Phogat announced that she has retired from the sport of wrestling after being disqualified in the 50kg women's freestyle final on Wednesday.

Phogat, 29, was to compete with American Sarah Hildebrandt to win the gold but fell short by 100 grams despite spending hours in the Sauna to lose weight.

(source: Reuters)