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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

Yeah TD, as you're no doubt aware, it's really difficult to keep up with everything once the Opening Ceremony is over and done with That's one of the reasons why I at least mark down when all the team events involving the Aussies are on. But the track & field and swimming tops the list in terms of must-watch Watched both the Matilda's & Olyroos games in their entirety and thoroughly enjoyed them both. No crowds wasn't a big deal either With the Olympics, we really are concentrating on the athletes primarily. The crowd involvement is often noticed more once the event is finished. As opposed to say footy where the crowd is involved in the game Anyway, the Olyroos will be the talk of the town tomorrow. That's a big scalp!

Well there's a turn up for the books! Australia 2 Argentina 0 Who would have thought? We played very very well despite all the yellow cards Fantastic performance!

Didn't see the match but we're back in the hunt for a medal in the Softball after defeating Italy 1-0 today The Olyroos/Argentina game is about to start on 7Mate and if we can eke out at least a point we'll have done well The other 2 teams in our group (Spain & Egypt) drew 0-0 today

Best Bet Caulfield Saturday Race 2 No.3 The Inevitable $6 (Win) That's about 35-1 the double ... worth a flutter!!

Well summarised TD Take the win tonight but we're going to have to be at our very best in the other 2 group games. The USA & Sweden are both rated in the top 5 in the world and it's going to be tough Sweden up next on Sat (6.30pm)

New page so here's the mini guide again (hopefully I'll be able to update on Sunday) Here are some of the Aussie chances ... Swimming: Womens 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Ariarne Titmus: 200 Freestyle, 400 Freestyle Jessica Fox: Canoeing C1 & K1 Rohan Dennis: Individual Time Trial (Cycling) Laylee McKeown: 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 IM Field Hockey: Kookaburra's, Hockeyroos Sally Fitzgibbons: Surfing Stewart McSweyn: Athletics - Middle Distance Elijah Winnington: 400m Freestyle Soccer: Matilda's Basketball: Opals & Boomers Rohan Browning: 100m Sprint Rowing: Mens Fours & Womens Fours Tennis: Ash Barty Sailing: Mens 470, Mens Laser Swimming: 4 x 100 Freestyle womens, Mixed 4 x 100 Medley Relay Triathlon: Mixed Team Relay Kurtis Marschall: Pole Vault Brandon Starc: High Jump Kersey-Lee Barber: Javelin Equestrian: 3 Day Event Rugby 7's: Mens & Womens Softball: Womens (Aussie Spirit) Water Polo: Stingrays & Sharks Kyle Chalmers: 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle Jack McLoughlin: 800 Freestyle, 1500 Freestyle Olympics Official Site (Schedule) ... Once into the site, click on any date for the full rundown Roy & HG Daily Podcast (begins July 23rd) Thurs 22/7 Softball Aust vs Italy 3.00pm Thurs 22/7 Football (Mens) Olyroos vs Argentina 8.00pm Sat 24/7 Hockey (Mens) Kookaburra's vs Japan 10.30am Sat 24/7 Softball Aust vs Canada 11.00am Sat 24/7 Water Polo (Womens) Stingrays vs Canada 4.15pm Sat 24/7 Football (Womens) Matilda's vs Sweden 6.30pm Sun 25/7 Softball Aust vs USA 11.00am Sun 25/7 Hockey (Womens) Hockeyroos vs Spain 8.00pm Sun 25/7 Water Polo (Mens) Sharks vs Montenegro 4.30pm Sun 25/7 Basketball (Mens) Boomers vs Nigeria 6.20pm Sun 25/7 Hockey (Mens) Kookaburra's vs India 7.30pm Sun 25/7 Football (Mens) Olyroos vs Spain 8.00pm Other events on the weekend to keep an eye out for (involving the Aussies) Swimming heats (Sat & Sun evening) Swimming finals (Sunday morning) Rowing Heats & Semi Finals (Fri, Sat, Sun morning) Cycling Womens Road Race Final (Sun 2pm) Equestrian, Diving, Canoeing, Sailing, Shooting, Surfing and lots more Maybe 6 other sports with Aussie representation

Nicely put together goal to the Matilda's ... clinical finish by Tameka Yallop We are in the same group as Sweden & the USA so we need to win this game against NZ Edit: Sam Kerr scores from a corner kick! Excellent set piece ... 2 nil now

Storm in a teacup

Does it really matter in the whole scheme of things ... happens every other day in a myriad of other sports There's thousands of athletes in Tokyo ... there are going to be indiscretions and numerous Covid positives ... as there is in numerous other sports Footy is a great example ... they are trying to outrun Covid and the fixture has been hopelessly compromised. Issues everywhere with isolation & quarantining. Yet the show goes on The Olympics has been held up as the scapegoat for Covid ... all the other sports are spreading Covid everywhere (esp in the USA & soccer) Where's the consistent argument TD?

Watched a bit on the app and we did have a few chances to score including a bases loaded situation Was always going to be a test against Japan who are not only very good, but they have a proper professional league Still, it's all about making the semi's (if that's how it works?) and then anything can happen Thanks for the updates TD ... keep it up if you can!