UPDATE (July 31, 6:00 a.m. ET) -- Round 3 of the women's surfing event is now scheduled for Wednesday, July 31, at 8:00 a.m. ET. The men's and women's quarterfinals, semifinals and medal finals will all be pushed out and are now scheduled for Aug. 1 at 3 a.m. ET due to wave conditions and yellow weather alert.

The men completed their third round on Monday before an incoming storm pushed organizers to postpone the women's third round. No surfing events were held on Tuesday due to the tropical storm. 

After the waves looked suspicious to start Round 2, they steadily improved as the day went on, culminating in Australian Jack Robinson's stellar 9.87 and Filipe Toledo's 9.67 in the final two heats. Hopefully the weather holds for Round 3 on Monday, July 29, as the heavy swells that ended Day 2 are forecasted to hit Teahupo'o for the third round of competition.

Eight men and eight women have now been eliminated, and once again there'll be eight one-on-one elimination heats on both the men's and women's side of the event in Round 3. Half of the competitors will be well rested, riding into Round 3 on the byes they earned with their heat victories on Day 1. Their opponents on the other hand will be riding momentum, all having won their way into Round 3 in do-or-die heats the day before.

Here's what to be on the look out for when the surfers try to move one step closer to their medal dreams and secure spots in the final day of competition.

When looking at the heats for the third round of the surfing competition, one jumps off the page as must-see TV: U.S.'s John John Florence against Australia's Jack Robinson. Both arrived in Tahiti as favorites to contend for the gold medal. After Round 3, only one will still have a chance to stand on the podium. 

Florence is looking to improve upon his performance in Tokyo, where he was eliminated in this round to his U.S. teammate Kolohe Andino. In Round 1, he looked like a man on a mission, putting on a show with a performance that was nothing short of dominant. He charged waves with a ferocious pace, posting two good scores before two minutes had even run off the clock.

The highlight of Florence's opening round was undoubtedly his 9.33 midway through. He made an extremely difficult barrel ride look routine, nonchalantly dropping in at the very last moments and then vanishing behind the whitewater. Several seconds later, he came flying through the spit for the best ride the competition had seen up until that point. After earning a day off in Round 2, he'll hope finding sizable swells comes just as easy to him in the third round.

Robinson took a different path to Day 3, being thrown into a second-round elimination match after he was unable to win his heat in Round 1. He was a completely different surfer on Day 2, though, giving his opponent virtually no chance of winning by nailing the best wave of the Games so far just under seven minutes into the round.

He dropped into an absolute behemoth and disappeared inside for so long, the commentators -- and just about everyone watching -- doubted he would find a way out. However, he did his best impersonation of an escape artist, bursting back into the open air at the very last moment after easily the longest tube ride of the tournament. 

Hopefully these guys put up more outrageous scores in Round 3.

In Round 1, Team USA's Caitlin Simmers and Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb found themselves with World No. 4 Molly Picklum in the toughest heat of the opening round. It ended up being a duel between Simmers and Weston-Webb, with Simmers earning a win in her Olympic debut by 2.60 points, posting two single-wave scores higher than either of Weston-Webb's.

The Brazilian then found herself in an elimination match on Day 2, where she dominated Nicaragua's Candelaria Resano for an easy victory. If you recall, Weston-Webb scored a perfect 10 on this wave at the WSL Tahiti Pro earlier this year. However, she has so far been unable to rekindle that magic at Teahupo'o in the Olympic competition.

Simmers is a decade younger than the Brazilian, yet she enters the Olympics as the top ranked surfer in the WSL through eight of the nine regular season events. The young phenom will be looking to once again beat Weston-Webb, this time bouncing her from the tournament.

When the heats for Round 3 were released, two pairs of teammates saw themselves pitted against one another.

First up in Heat 3 of the women's event is host nation France's Johanne Defay versus the Tahiti native Vahine Fierro.

In Round 1, Fierro made quick work of her competition on her home surf break, notching two single-wave scores better than either of her opponents' totals for the round. Defay had a very different experience on Day 1, getting rag-dolled by a wave and crashing down onto the shallow reef below, banging her head and paddling back out to the takeoff zone with blood dripping down her face. After getting checked out by the medics, she was deemed fine to continue, but stood no chance against the stellar scores Costa Rica's Brisa Hennessy had already tallied. She was unfazed in Round 2, fearlessly charging into huge swells, finally landing a great barrel ride for a 7.87 to seal the heat and secure herself a spot in Round 3. 

Defay will look to continue rolling while Fierro hopes to defend her territory.

Later on in Heat 7, Brazil's Taina Hinckel and Luana Silva will meet for the second time this Olympics. Silva came out on top in a lackluster Round 1 heat where the waves were fairly dull. The next day, Hinckel won her second-round matchup in eerily similar wave conditions. Neither one has had a chance to hit signature barrels this wave is known for, so who knows what these two might do if Teahupo'o is roaring on Monday. 

Surfing for the 2024 Olympics is being held at the iconic Teahupo'o surf break in Tahiti, one of the heaviest and deadliest waves on the planet. For more information about the venue, read the article below.

Round 3 is scheduled for Monday, July 29, starting at 1:00 p.m. ET.