VICE Sports Olympic Preview: August 18, 2016

Good morning, America. Throughout the Olympics, we'll be providing you with morning previews about the action in Rio, with a focus athletes from the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Here's what to watch for today, August 18, 2016.

The following events will all see medals awarded today:

In track and field, we've got the men's and women's 400-meter hurdles, men's shot put, the women's javelin, the men's decathlon, and the men's 200-meter finals. The decathlon, an extremely dope event, features the U.S.'s Zach Ziemek, Jeremy Taiwo, and Ashton Eaton along with Canada's Damian Warner. The men's 400 hurdles features Puerto Rican Javier Culson and the U.S.'s Kerron Clement (pictured). The women's 400 includes the U.S.'s Dalilah Muhammad and Ashley Spencer. American Justin Gatlin didn't qualify for the 200-meter finals, but his teammate LaShawn Merritt and Canada's Andre De Grasse did. They'll have to hold off Usain Bolt if they want to win gold.

Badminton will feature the finals of both the women's and men's doubles tournaments.

Beach volleyball will hand out medals to the men today. After the German women upset the Brazilians in yesterday's finals, the Brazilian men will have some added pressure to defeat their Italian challengers.

Boxing will have medals in the men's bantam, middle, and light heavyweights and the women's fly. The U.S.'s Shakur Stevenson (pictured, missing high on an earlier opponent) will fight in the men's bantam semi final at 7:30 PM local time. He'll fight Vladimir Nikitin, who is widely suspected to have won his preceding bout thanks to match fixing. Good luck, Shakur…

We'll have four canoe and kayak medal rounds today: men's kayak double 1000 meter, men's canoe single 200 meter, men's kayak double 200 meter, and women's kayak single 500 meter. Mexico's Marcos Pulido Rodriguez is in the men's 200 meter canoe event. Canada's Ryan Cochrane and Hugues Fournel will go for gold in the men's kayak 200 meter double.

In the pool, we've got the women's ten-meter platform. Mexico's Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco, Canada's Roseline Filion and Meaghan Benfeito, and the U.S.'s Katrin Young and Jessica Parratto will all hope to qualify out of the semifinal round, which starts at 3 PM local.

We've got the men's field hockey medal rounds today beginning at 5 PM local.

Out in the bay, the men's and women's 470 sailing event and the men's and women's 49er FX will begin at 6:05 PM local. The U.S.'s Annie Haeger and Briana Provancha are in the women's 470 boat while Stuart Mcnay and Dave Hughes are in the men's. The U.S.'s Paris Henken and Helena Scutt will compete in the women's 49er FX.

Taekwondo will award medals in the women's 47kg and 57kg weight classes and the men's 68kg class. Mexico's Saul Gutierrez Macedo is the lone North American left in today's tournaments. His round of 16 match in the 68kg class is scheduled for 5:45 local.

The men's triathlon begins at 4 PM local time. Mexico's Rodrigo Gonzalez, Crisanto Grajales, and Irving Perez; Puerto Rico's Manuel Huerta; the U.S.'s Greg Billington, Ben Kanute, and Joe Maloy; and Canada's Tyler Mislawchuk and Andrew Yorke will all take part.

Lastly, wrestling will have medal rounds in the women's 53kg, 63kg, and 75kg weight classes. Qualifying begins shortly. Canada's Jillian Gallays and Danielle Lappage, and Erica Wiebe will compete in the 53kg, 63kg, and 75kg rounds, respectively. The U.S.'s Helen Maroulis, Elena Pirozhkova, and Adeline Gray will compete in the 53kg, 63kg, and 75kg classes, respectively.