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A gutsy victory by the Aussie Boomers over Italy 86-83. They're now through to the Quarter Finals with a match to spare!

 

Hockeyroos make it three from three with a 1-0 victory over Japan. 

Not as convincing as their first two matches given Japan are arguably weaker opposition, but they got the win. Secured a spot in the Quarter Finals.

Also Sam Stosur/Perez have been knocked out of the doubles in the Tennis with a straight sets loss.

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                                                         A Golden Day For Australia

 

                                                 Rowing Women's Fours - Champions

                    Lucy Stephan,  Rosemary Popa,  Jessica Morrison & Annabelle McIntyre

 

Double Australian gold in rowing as men's and women's fours claim thrilling  wins at Tokyo Olympics - ABC News

 

Olympics: Australian rowers put the 'gold' in the green and gold | Neos  Kosmos

 

                                                       Rowing Men's Fours - Champions

                                Alex Purnell,  Spencer Turrin,  Jack Hargreaves & Alex Hill

 

Olympics 2021: Australia win gold in men's four, women's four rowing events  as Oarsome Foursome mantle passed

 

Australia wins GOLD in the men's rowing at the Tokyo Olympics

 

                                         Ariarne Titmus - 200m Freestyle Champion

 

Olympics-Swimming-Titmus of Australia wins women's 200m freestyle gold |  Nippon.com

 

Tokyo Olympics: Ariarne Titmus breaks trumps Katie Ledecky, Olympic record  for second gold medal | Sky News Australia

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Olyroos 1 - 0 v Egypt at half time.

They have been totally outplayed so far. Can't see them equalising let alone winning. 

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                                         Wednesday Schedule

  • 9.00pm    Football Mens - Olyroos vs Egypt
  • 10.00pm  Beach Volleyball Womens (Del Solar & Clancy)
  • 10.15pm  Hockey Mens - Kookaburra's vs New Zealand

 

                                         Thursday Schedule

  • 10.15am  Rowing Finals (4)  (No Australian Representation)
  • 10.00am  Shooting - Women's Trap Qualification (Laetisha Scanlon,  Penny Smith) Final at 3.30pm
  • 10.50am  Shooting - Men's Trap Qualification (James Willett, Thomas Derek Grice) Final at 4.30pm
  • 11.00am  Cycling BMX Racing Q/F's (Men's & Women's) Anthony Dean,  Saya Sakakibara,  Lauren Reynolds
  • 11.30am  Rugby 7's Women - Australia vs Japan
  • 11.30am  Swimming Men's 800m Freestyle Final (Jack McLoughlin)
  • 11.44am  Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke Final (Izaac Stubblety-Cook)
  • 12.28pm  Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly Final (Brianna Throssell)
  • 12.37pm  Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Final (Kyle Chalmers)
  • 1.30pm    Swimming Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (Australia Represented)
  • 3.00pm    Canoe/Slalom Women's C1 S/F (Jess Fox)
  • 4.55pm    Canoe/Slalom Women's C1 Final
  • 6.30pm    Rugby 7's Women's - Australia vs China
  • 8.00pm    Swimming Heats
  • 8.50pm    Water Polo Men's - Australia vs Serbia
  • 10.15pm  Hockey Women's - Australia vs New Zealand

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48 minutes ago, bingers said:

Olyroos 1 - 0 v Egypt at half time.

They have been totally outplayed so far. Can't see them equalising let alone winning. 

We had a few chances in the 2nd half but Egypt are up 2-0 now with just over 5 minutes left

Del Solar/Clancy make it 2 from 2 with a really tough 22-20, 21-19 victory over the Italians.  Del Solar the star as Clancy had quite the poor service game, but they were able to get over the line and secure a spot in the Round of 16.  Their next match against Russia should determine who they will face there.

Well done Kookaburras on a tough 4-2 win over New Zealand. Were only 2-1 up with about 6 minutes to go, so wasn't an easy win for them.

Should knock off Spain next which will likely see them draw Great Britain in a Quarter Final and here's hoping the Hockeyroos can also knock the Kiwis off tomorrow night.

 

Izaac Stubblety-Cook gets gold for Australia! Breaks the duck of gold for the men in the pool with an Olympic record!

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Gold!

Zac!  Fantastic!


No shock to anyone, Australia's 7's women's team have won their opening match against Japan 48-0.

Silver for Kyle Chalmers in the 100m Freestyle. Looked like he was going to get it, but just touched out.

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5 minutes ago, MadAsHell said:

Silver for Kyle Chalmers in the 100m Freestyle. Looked like he was going to get it, but just touched out.

Swam half a second faster than Rio as well as revovering from having major shoulder surgery

Beaten by a good type too ... silver a big plus in some ways

Well done Kyle!

Bronze to Australia in the Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay. Bit of a shock as we were expected to dominate this race. 

May have got our order wrong, Titmus kicked off and we were 2nd after her leg which got us off on the wrong foot.

Great effort by the girls, but I know they'll be disappointed not to get the gold! Having said all that, the time we swam would have broke the previous World Record. 

Update on some of the more niche sports for the Aussies.

Archer Taylor Worth has won his way through to the Quarter Finals and in the BMX Racing Lauren Reynolds & Saya Sakakibara have win their way through to the Semi Final.


Great Semi Final run from Jess Fox. Well and truly in contention for a medal in the next few hours!

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1 hour ago, MadAsHell said:

Bronze to Australia in the Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay. Bit of a shock as we were expected to dominate this race. 

May have got our order wrong, Titmus kicked off and we were 2nd after her leg which got us off on the wrong foot.

Great effort by the girls, but I know they'll be disappointed not to get the gold! Having said all that, the time we swam would have broke the previous World Record. 

Yeah, Ariarna being saved for the 800m?

She's got to be feeling the pinch but to win the triple would be some sort of achievement

Wasn't all that fast on the opening leg by the audio call.  She'd be in the red zone so I get that the coaches don't want to burn her

But as you said, we still broke the world record and were simply beaten by 2 better teams on the day.  No shame in that

Redemption for Jess Fox. Gold for Australia!!!

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Jess Fox magnificent!

So many variables in this sport where not everything is in the athlete's control

So the athletes have to fight against bad luck as well.  The field contained any number of world champions & Olympic medalists too

A worthy winner!

 

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                                2 More Gold Medals For Australia

                Izaac Stubblety-Cook  200m Breaststroke Champion

 

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Zac Stubblety-Cook wins 200m breaststroke gold, sets  new Olympic record | Cairns Post

 

 

Olympics-Swimming-Australian Stubblety-Cook sticks to the plan

 

                            Jessica Fox C1 Canoe Slalom Champion

 

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Jessica Fox threw up before gold medal win in C1  slalom final

 

 

Jessica Fox, Gold Medal, Parents, Video, Tally, Reaction, Father, Mother,  2021 - Sydney News Today

 

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Ash Barty & John Peers are through to the Mixed Doubles Semi Finals with a 6-4, 4-6, 10-6 (super tie break) win over their Greek opponents.

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                                         Thursday Schedule

  • 8.50pm    Water Polo Men's - Australia vs Serbia
  • 10.15pm  Hockey Women's - Australia vs New Zealand

                                              Friday Schedule

  • 10.00am  Athletics - Heats & Qualifications
  • 10.33am  Rowing Women's Single Sculls Final (Emma Twigg)
  • 10.45am  Rowing Men's Single Sculls Final
  • 11.00am  Cycling BMX Racing S/F's Men's/Women's (Saya Sakakibara) Finals at 12.40pm
  • 11.00am  Hockey Men's - Kookaburra's vs Spain
  • 11.05am Rowing Women's Eights Final (Australia)
  • 11.25am Rowing Men's Eights Final (Australia)
  • 11.30am  Rugby 7's Women - Australia vs USA
  • 11.40am  Swimming Women's 200 Breaststroke Final
  • 11.50am  Swimming Men's 200M Breaststroke Final
  • 12.00pm  Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle Final (Cate Campbell,  Emma McKeon)
  • 12.16pm  Swimming Men's 200m IM Final
  • 3.00pm     Canoe/Slalom Men's K1 S/F (Lucien Delfour) Final at 5.00pm
  • 4.00pm     Beach Volleyball Women - Australia (Del Solar/Clancy) vs ROC
  • 6.30pm     Rugby 7's Women Q/Fs
  • 8.00pm     Athletics - Heats & Qualification
  • 8.00pm     Swimming - Heats
  • 8.50pm     Water Polo Women - Australia vs Spain
  • 9.30pm     Athletics Men's 10,000m Final (Patrick Tiernan)
  • 10.00pm   Basketball Women's - Opals vs China

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Men's Waterpolo team comes crashing back to earth with a 14-8 loss to Serbia. Were down 10-1 at the half, so they fought it out well. Still in contention for a Quarter Finals birth.

 
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36 minutes ago, MadAsHell said:

Men's Waterpolo team comes crashing back to earth with a 14-8 loss to Serbia. Were down 10-1 at the half, so they fought it out well. Still in contention for a Quarter Finals birth.

Tough group we're in but hopefully we're able to eke out a win or 2 to advance

Heard today that the Serbians are all fully professional ... doesn't surprise me as Water Polo is huge in the Eastern European Countries

Where as our blokes are strictly part time and all have full time jobs!

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Might be a bit tougher to get amongst the medals tomorrow but we are in with a chance in 3 Rowing Finals & the 100m Freestyle for Women.  Saya Sakakibara could surprise in the BMX racing whilst Lucien Delfour is in with a chance in the K1 Canoe/Slalom

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