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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Day Two of the Rio Games feature medal action in swimming, womens road cycling, mens fencing, judo and more. Here are some things to watch (all times local):GYMNASTICSThe Americans are heavily favored to repeat as gold medalists in gymnastics. No mystery there.The real drama will surround which of the three American women doing the all-around -- Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman -- will miss out on the final. Each country can enter just two competitors.The event will start at 9:45 a.m. with a subdivision that includes 41-year-old Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan, who will be competing in her seventh Olympics, a record for a gymnast. Her best chance to make an impact is reaching the vault finals, where she will compete against American Laurie Hernandez, among others. The 16-year-old Hernandez was born as Chusovitina was planning to compete in her third Olympics in 2000.SWIMMINGMichael Phelps , the most decorated Olympian of all time, looks to add to his record 22 medals. Hes expected to be back in the pool for the medal round of the mens 4x100 relay, which begins at 11:52 p.m.American Katie Ledecky swims in semifinals in the womens 400 meter freestyle at 2:51 p.m. Look for the world record holder to be a lock for the final at 11:01 p.m.ROAD CYCLINGA day after the men took to Rios streets, women road cyclists are in the medal hunt starting at 12:15 p.m. A strong Dutch squad includes reigning gold medalist Marianne Vos and Anna Van Der Breggen; Americans Evelyn Stevens and Kristin Armstrong, British star Lizzie Armitstead and Polands Katarzyna Niewiadoma are also in the field. They will be tackling a slightly shorter version of the mens course that caused all kinds of problems Saturday when numerous riders lost chains or had other mechanical problems on the cobblestones.FENCINGA full day of mens individual foil competition culminates with medal matches that start at 5:15 p.m., with the gold medal bout at 5:45 p.m. American Alexander Massialas , the youngest U.S. male athlete in London in 2012, is the nations best shot at gold in the event.BEACH VOLLEYBALLMens and womens beach volleyball preliminaries run through the day. Top Brazilian womens team Larissa and Talita play their first match in the morning session at 10 a.m., and 2008 mens gold medalist Phil Dalhausser makes his Rio debut with new partner Nick Lucena at 4:30 p.m.JUDOA day after the lightweight medals in judo were awarded, the half-lightweights take to the mat for a day of combat. 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Dylan Hartley has urged England to look to Chicago for inspiration as they seek to end a decade of failure against South Africa.The autumn series at Twickenham opens with Saturdays visit of the Springboks in a showdown that pits their 10-year dominance of the fixture against the flawless nine-Test triumphant run established under Eddie Jones.One of the records must fall and Hartley has noted the recent seismic sporting events in Chicago that saw Ireland topple New Zealand for the first time in their history and the Cubs win the World Series for the first time 108 years.Rather than dwell on Englands sequence against South Africa of nine defeats and a draw, Hartley believes the time has come to take the next step towards their own goal of global domination.Whatever happened in the past, the Irish wrote their own history and the Cubs wrote their own history, so we want to do the same as a team. We want to write our own history, the captain said.We are a team that have got a goal under Eddie Jones to be the best in the world and winning this game at the weekend is a huge step for us going forward as a team.Losses and wins are all in the past. We have been building for this game for a long, long time. The team is prepared and are desperate to win.The thing for us is the next step as a team. We are always focusing on the next game. Beating South Africa this weekend is just next step in this teams progression.England have built an impressive head of steam under Jones with a Grand Slam and 3-0 series whitewash of Australia among the results that have lifted them to second in the world rankings.But Hartley insists they start from scratch against South Africa while drawing strength from the knowledge they are heading in the right direction.Its not a momentum roll. If we had played the Australia series and then wed gone straight into playing South Africa, then we could take momentum from that, Hartley said.ddddddddddddWhat we can take from it is experience -- we know that weve been in tough corners before and weve fought our way out. During our last Test in Australia in June we showed character there, especially in the final 20 minutes of that game, which was unbelievable.When the chips are down you look around and you see the characters youve got in your team because you know youve been in tough situations with these guys before.So its not so much about momentum, its about experiences and trusting your team-mates, knowing what it takes to regain control of the game or make the final push to win a game.People talk about us being on a run but that is only on paper. We have drawn a line under those matches. If you talk about momentum, well we have just come together as a team.South Africa are at the end of a season so they are battle-hardened and together as a team.But we need to find that Test match intensity in those opening exchanges and get up to speed pretty sharpish because they have been playing week-in, week-out.Hartley has played only twice since recovering from a back injury sustained in early September, but the hooker insists he is ready to win his 76th cap.I had a dodgy back but it was a long time ago and I feel great. I had some time off and Ive played two games for Northampton. Not full games, but the way we train and prepare ... its faster than a game, Hartley said.I know how I need to feel before a game and the way weve prepared here has got me ready for a Test match on Saturday. ' ' '