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It’s been a great day already for Minnesota at the Tokyo Olympics — St. Paul’s Sunisa Lee 

took the gold in women’s all-around gymnastics

. There are still plenty of opportunities to watch Minnesotans compete in cycling, swimming, track and field, basketball and volleyball. 

Here’s the lineup of events and how to see them.

 gold medal performance Thursday night at 7 p.m. on KARE 11. If you want to learn about the level of difficulty Lee performs at, check out 

this interactive article from the New York Times

 of St. Cloud will compete in the women’s BMX racing semifinals and finals starting at 8:18 p.m. Those races are also set to air on KARE 11.

 will compete in the men’s 200-meter individual medley swimming event, set to broadcast on KARE 11 at 9:16 p.m.

 and the women’s volleyball team have a tough match against Turkey. The rebroadcast of the match will air at 5 p.m. on NBCSN cable, and will re-air at 11 p.m.

 of the Minnesota Lynx and Team USA will play against host nation Japan for pool play. The game will air on USA Network at 11:40 p.m.

 competes in the 3,000-meter steeplechase qualifying race in track and field at 7 p.m.

 and her teammate Nikole Barnes continue to compete in the women’s 470 with two races scheduled for Thursday, weather permitting. 

The Minnesota athletes competing in Tokyo

Day Six of the Olympics started strong for Minnesota. 

Sunisa Lee won the gold medal in the all-around gymnastics competition. 

 earlier claimed the silver medal as part of the women’s team gymnastics competition, after Simone Biles withdrew from the competition. 

 to her collection Wednesday night with a late-race surge to edge out her U.S. teammate Hali Flickinger. Smith also has a 

That follows the gold medal finish of the 4x100 relay, which included Minnesota Gopher swimmer Bowe Becker.

St. Paul gymnast Sunisa Lee wins all-around gold

Regan Smith wins silver in 200-meter butterfly

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Thursday offers a full slate of events for Minnesota athletes at the Tokyo Olympics, including cycling, swimming, track and field, basketball and volleyball. Here’s the lineup of events and how to see them. 

There’s a full day of events for Minnesota athletes Thursday, including cycling, swimming, track and field, basketball and volleyball. Here’s a line-up of which events and where you might be able to see them compete.

Minnesota Olympians set to compete on Day 6

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