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Highlights - March 20

Track and field competition really hots up today, with Craig Mottram's bid to upset Kenya's world champion Benjamin Limo in the men's 5,000m. Can hometown advantage help Mottram write one of the Games' fairytales?

World record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica is still to win a major event and today's men's 100m could be his chance.

Back in the pool, all eyes will be on the battle between England's Rebecca Cooke and Canada's Brittany Reimer in the women's 400m free, with Scotland's Caitlin McClatchey also in the mix for an event where Australia has only faint medal hopes. Leisel Jones defends her 100m breast stroke title.

9am-12:30pm: Shooting - pistol and small bore: Women's 10m air rifle (singles) final, men's 50m rifle 3 positions (pairs) final: Melbourne International Shooting Club

9am-2pm: Athletics: Women's 20km Walk, Men's 20km Walk: Docklands

9am-2:30pm: Men's 25m centre fire pistol (pairs) final: Melbourne International Shooting Club

10am-11:30am: Athletics: Heats and qualifiers plus men's decathlon, women's seated shot put EAD final: Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

10am-9:30pm: Lawn Bowls: Heats plus men's and women's triples finals: State Lawn Bowls Centre

10am-4pm: Shooting - clay target: Men's skeet (pairs) final, women's skeet (pairs) final: Melbourne Gun Club (Lilydale)

2pm-4:30pm: Weightlifting: Women's 69kg final: Melbourne Exhibition Centre

2pm-6pm: Badminton: Mixed team bronze medal game: Melbourne Exhibition Centre

4pm-9pm: Men's and Women's Team Event Gold Medal Matches: Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC)

6:30pm-9pm: Weightlifting: Men's 85kg final: Melbourne Exhibition Centre

6:30pm-10pm: Athletics: Semi-finals plus men's decathlon, women's hammer final, men's 100m EAD final, women's 100m EAD final, men's shot put final, men's 100m final, women's 100m final, men's 5,000m final: Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

7pm-9:30pm: Swimming: Finals inc. men's 100m butterfly, women's 50m freestyle, men's 50m breaststroke, women's 200m backstroke, women's 100m breaststroke, men's 100m backstroke, women's 400m freestyle, Men's 100m EAD freestyle, women's 50m backstroke, men's 200m IM final, women's 4x100m freestyle: Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC)

7pm-9:30pm: Artistic gymnastics: men's apparatus finals, women's apparatus finals: Rod Laver Arena (Melbourne Park)

7pm-10pm: Squash: Men's and women's singles gold medal matches: Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC)

7pm-11pm: Badminton: Mixed team gold medal game: Melbourne Exhibition Centre