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Kaylee McKeown - 100m Backstroke Champion

Not good TD ... never looked like it. Very disappointing Hopefully we can get a win in the Mens Waterpolo tonight (vs Croatia) *Wednesday's schedule is up (scroll up to view) Busy day with lots of finals and a jam packed evening

Tuesday Schedule 6.00pm Football Womens - Matilda's vs USA 6.20pm Basketball Womens - Opals vs Belgium 6.30pm Rugby 7's Mens - Quarter Finals (Australia vs Fiji at 8pm) 8.00pm Swimming Heats (Kyle Chalmers, Cameron McEvoy, Brianna Throssell, Matt Wilson, Izaac Stubblety-Cook, Jack McLoughlin 8.50pm Water Polo Mens - Sharks vs Croatia 9.00pm Softball - Gold Medal Match Wednesday Schedule 10.45am Rowing Final - Women's Four (Aust) 11.05am Rowing Final - Men's Four (Aust) 11.25am Rowing Final - Men's Quad Sculls (Aust) 11.30am Swimming Semi's & Final's (Ariana Titmus (200m Free) Madi Wilson(1500m Free), Kiah Melverton(1500m Free), Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay) 11.45am Rowing Final - Women's Quad Sculls (Aust) 12.00pm Rugby 7's Semi Finals 12.30pm Cycling Womens - Individual Time Trial (Sarah Gigante, Grace Brown) 1.30pm Canoe/Slalom - Womens C1 & Mens K1 Heats (Jess Fox, Lucien Delfour) 3.00pm Cycling Mens - Individual Time Trial (Richie Porte, Rohan Dennis) 6.00pm Boxing Q/F Women's Featherweight (Skye Nicolson) Winner receives at least a Bronze Medal 6.00pm Beach Volleyball Mens - Aust vs Spain (McHugh & Shuemann) 6.20pm Basketball Mens - Boomers vs Italy 6.30pm Rugby 7's - Bronze Medal Match 7.00pm Rugby 7's - Gold Medal Match 7.30pm Hockey Womens - Hockeyroos vs Japan 8.00pm Swimming Heats 9.00pm Football Mens - Olyroos vs Egypt 10.00pm Beach Volleyball Womens (Del Solar & Clancy) 10.15pm Hockey Mens - Kookaburra's vs New Zealand

Another way to look at it is that how hard is it to win both the K1 & the C1 in this sport? There's always a bit of luck involved with Canoe/Slalom unlike some events where a pure technique & high ability can win out To watch it is nerve-racking enough but imagine the pressure at the top of the run! All that white water going every which way Previously, Jess wouldn't have had a second chance but in this Olympics we have both the C1 & the K1 Anyway, Jess will be doubly determined on Thursday if she gets through to the final, that's for sure

So close hey ... such a fine line between winning and not winning. Nerve racking sport to watch so I'm glad I was only listening in on audio! But Jess can make amends on Thursday in the C1. Anyway, I guess we had our hopes up but that's the roller-coaster of the Olympics A Gold medal is damn hard to attain. They don't hand them out

Thanks for all the updates TD ... much appreciated The Bronze meant a lot to Owen judging by the celebrations. Fierce competion so any medal is great reward Jess Fox has qualified first in the K1 Canoe/Slalom to be run shortly so fingers crossed

What a swim from Kaylee!! Tactically perfect the way she swooped home More Gold!! Fantastic!

Ariarna Titmus - Champion 400m Freestyle .

Monday Schedule 7.00pm Rugby 7's - Australia vs South Korea 7.20pm Water Polo Womens - Australia vs Netherlands 8.00pm Swimming - Heats (Kiah Melverton, Madi Wilson, Ariarna Titmus (200m Free), David Morgan, Matthew Temple, Maddy Gough) 9.00pm Softball - Australia vs Mexico Tuesday Schedule - (Tennis schedule not listed as yet) 7.30am Triathlon Individual - Womens (Ashleigh Gentle, Jaz Hedgeland & Emma Jeffcoat) 9.40am Surfing Mens Q/F (Owen Wright) 10.30am Hockey Mens - Kookaburra's vs Argentina 11.30am Swimming Semi's & Final's (Emily Seebohm, Kaylee McKeown & Mitch Larkin) 11.30am Rugby 7's Mens - Australia vs New Zealand 12.10pm Surfing Womens Q/F (Sally Fitzgibbons) 12.45pm Surfing Men's & Women's Semi Finals 2.00pm Softball Bronze Medal Match (Australia involved if we defeat Mexico on Monday evening) 3.00pm Canoe Slalom Womens Kayak Semi & Final (Jess Fox) 4.00pm Cycling Mountain Bike Womens (Rebecca McConnell) 6.00pm Football Womens - Matilda's vs USA 6.20pm Basketball Womens - Opals vs Belgium 6.30pm Rugby 7's Mens - Quarter Finals 8.00pm Swimming Heats (Kyle Chalmers, Cameron McEvoy, Brianna Throssell, Matt Wilson, Izaac Stubblety-Cook, Jack McLoughlin 8.50pm Water Polo Mens - Sharks vs Croatia 9.00pm Softball - Gold Medal Match

Gold!!!! Ariarne Titmus immense!! You beauty!!

Olyroos did well to hang on for so long against Spain. Conceded late but 3 of our players have now been ruled out of the match against Egypt after receiving yellow cards Win against Egypt and we advance but draw and we may miss Although I'm not sure whether Argentina will hold out against Spain ... bit of a class difference as I see it And Harry Garside has advanced to the last 16 in the boxing (Lightweight division) He looked alright too, winning all 3 rounds. A southpaw with a bit of style Edit: Had a look at Harry Garside's profile and he won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth games and lists his hero as Jim Stynes ( Harry has done a bit of volunteer work for the Reach foundation) Can we assume that Harry is a Demon supporter?

I'll try and post up the schedule as early as possible but apart from today, you'll see it sometime after 8.30pm Monday Schedule (Notable & Aussie Related) ... click for full schedule 7.30am Triathlon Mens - Jacob Bertwhistle, Matthew Hauser & Aaron Royle 7.50am Surfing - Steph Gilmour 11.00am Surfing - Sally Fitzgibbons 11.30am Rugby 7's - Australia vs Argentina 11.30am Swimming - Semi's & Final's 1.15pm Hockey - Hockeyroos vs China 2.30pm Surfing - Julian Wilson 3.00pm Canoe/Slalom - Daniel Watkins 4.00pm Cycling Mountain Bike Mens - Daniel McConnell 4.00pm Beach Volleyball Mens - Australia vs ROC (Chris McHugh & Damien Schumann) 4.50pm Surfing - Owen Wright 7.00pm Rugby 7's - Australia vs South Korea 7.20pm Water Polo Womens - Australia vs Netherlands 8.00pm Swimming - Heats 9.00pm Softball - Australia vs Mexico

I watched a reasonable amount of Ash's match and she wasn't on her game today So the surprises can work both ways as I had Ash as at least making the semi's ... but the Hockeyroos are off to a great start and our rowers are well placed. Beach Volleyball as well but the softballers had a close loss There are going to be some ups and downs ... bit of a rollercoaster really

Winners! The Womens 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Champions

Gold!!! World Record in the Womens 4 x 100m Freestle Relay! 3 seconds clear of the rest of the world That was amazing!!

Elijah was disappointing and Mack Horton looking on might have fancied his chances Still, we weren't the raging favourite to take out the event so Jack taking out the silver is a mighty effort Not sure we are going to have it all our way in the 4 x 100m freestlyle relay (womens) ... should win but we've got some tough opposition who may not have shown their hand

He'll be better equipped in 3 years time TD ... out of contention for gold once they hit the breaststroke leg but as you said, flew home Rated 50th in the world 12 months ago so it's a meteoric rise. Needed the experience but that's ok A bronze medal is something to be proud of! Seeing we're on a new page ... Sunday Schedule (Notable Events) 10.00am Rowing: Semi's & Quarter's 11.00am Hockey: Hockeyroos vs Spain (previously listed as 8.00pm) 11.00am Softball: Australia vs USA 11.30am Swimming Final's & Semi's 12 Noon Tennis: Ash Barty vs Sorribes 1.00pm Womens Beach Volleyball: Aust vs Cuba 2.00pm Cycling: Womens Road Race 2.15pm Canoe Slalom: Mens & Women (Australia represented in both - Watkins & Nicholas) 4.00pm Diving: Womens Synchronised 3m Springboard Final 4.30pm Mens Waterpolo: Australia vs Montenegro 6.20pm Mens Basketball: Boomers vs Nigeria 7.30pm Hockey: Kookaburra's vs India 8.00pm Swimming: Heats 8.30pm Football: Olyroos vs Spain .

We had our chances but Sweden were the superior team ... I can see them winning the gold medal as they are very talented. Sam Kerr had a terrific game. That thunderbolt from Rolfe for them was amazing The top 2 from our group go through plus the 2 best 3rd placegetters out of the 7 groups. Next up is the USA and we might have to win the game to advance if the Americans are ahead on goal difference prior to the game starting (USA leads NZ 2-0 at half time)

Sunday Schedule (Notable Events) 10.00am Rowing: Semi's & Quarter's 11.00am Hockey: Hockeyroos vs Spain (previously listed as 8.00pm) 11.00am Softball: Australia vs USA 11.30am Swimming Final's & Semi's 12 Noon Tennis: Ash Barty vs Sorribes 1.00pm Womens Beach Volleyball: Aust vs Cuba 2.00pm Cycling: Womens Road Race 2.15pm Canoe Slalom: Mens & Women (Australia represented in both - Watkins & Nicholas) 4.00pm Diving: Womens Synchronised 3m Springboard Final 4.30pm Mens Waterpolo: Australia vs Montenegro 6.20pm Mens Basketball: Boomers vs Nigeria 7.30pm Hockey: Kookaburra's vs India 8.00pm Swimming: Heats 8.30pm Football: Olyroos vs Spain

Brendon Smith has qualified fastest for the 400IM Final to be raced tomorrow morning. Smashed his personal best Hope he gets a good night's sleep! He's a big chance after tonight's performance In the footy ... Demons battling away but we'll need to get a move on

Thanks for the updates and match summaries TD ... first class! Listening in on the SEN app (forgotten that the ABC aren't covering the games) And so far, SEN are doing a fine job crossing to the relevant sports when applicable. Overall updates very good as well

And the Kookaburra's have started off well leading 2-0 in the 2nd quarter Audio only now due to work committments but there's lots going on already! Edit: Now we're down 2-3 at half time Yikes!

Yes TD but the Opening Ceremony had its moments. A tad subdued but that's what I was expecting (all things considered) To me the highlights were the Global Drones combination, Hiromi's virtuoso performance, Lennons 'Imagine' well performed by various artists, the figurine forms representing the various sports and the lighting of the cauldron Compared to other Opening Ceremonies, it pailed, but circumstances did govern (no crowd interaction etc) The number of athletes represented was way down but that's quite understandable as well Tough one to grab the attention and they were probably never going to able to make the whole thing a memorable event (again, all things considered)

All of our rowing crews and singles advanced from their heats this morning so that's a good start But to add to the events to look out for over the weekend is the Cycling Mens Road Race at about 12noon Saturday Australia is represented by Like Durbridge, Lucas Hamilton & Richie Porte. There are any number of notable's competing including the Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar