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As TD mentioned above, the Opals battle hard but we lack star power and difference-makers. Even so, we're going to need a couple of results going our way just to advance and then win our remaining game by 30+ points against Puerto Rico (which is do-able as Puerto Rico have been thrashed in their first 2 games) If everything falls into place we can advance but it's what happens from there which remains problematical

From an overall perspective (re the teams) we are still well in the hunt with the Matilda's, Kookaburra's, Hockeyroos, Boomers, the Women's Water Polo team & the Women's Beach Volleyball team. The Men's Water Polo team are still alive but it's tough to win a medal against the Eastern European Nations And the Equestrian team in the 3 day event are often in the running for a medal of any colour Opals need to get a win on the board against China tonight to be in the mix 2 gold out of all that as a conservative prediction? Has to be at least 1 gold but 3 gold would be an excellent outcome

A remarkable win and a fabulous contest And a great spectacle Our Matilda's were magnificent TD and we are right in the hunt for Gold now as the Brits were highly rated Matilda's 4 Great Britain 3

Friday Schedule 7.00pm Football Women's Q/F - Matilda's vs Great Britain 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 Saturday Schedule 8.30am Triathlon Mixed Relay Final (Australia) 10.00am Athletics - Heats & Qualification 10.00am Shooting Trap Mixed Team (James Willett, Laetisha Scanlan) 11.30am Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly Final (Matthew Temple) 11.37am Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke Final (Kaylee McKeown, Emily Seebohm) 11.46am Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle Final (Ariarna Titmus, Kiah Melverton) 12.30pm Water Polo Men's - Australia vs Spain 12.43pm Swimming Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final (Australia) 12.45pm Hockey Women's - Australia vs Argentina 3.00pm Diving Women's 3m Springboard S/F (Annabelle Smith, Esther Qin) 6.20pm Basketball Men's - Australia vs Germany 7.00pm Rugby 7's Gold Medal Match 7.35pm Boxing R/16 Men's Lightweight Australia (Harry Garside) vs Namibia (Jonas Jonas) 8.10pm Athletics - Heats, S/F's & Qualification 9.15pm Athletics - Men's Discus Final (Matthew Denny) 10.35pm Athletics - 4 x 400m Relay Mixed Final 10.50pm Athletics - Women's 100m Final

Emma McKeon - 100m Freestyle Champion

Wow! That is a surprise We are currently 2nd in the Men's 470 but the details on some of the women's events are a bit sketchy ... we'll know more in a day or 2

Fantastic! We're now up to 9 gold (we remain ahead of the count TD!) Magnificent win by Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell swum her heart out (again) Another great start to the day! Gold!!! (And Bronze!!)

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Yeah we've got 8 gold in 6 full days of competition but as we know, once the swimming is over and done with, gold medals are harder to come by. Be nice if we could keep up that sort of strike rate though TD! One gold tomorrow would satisfy Track Cycling, Sailing, all the team events, Equestrian and maybe the Tennis & Athletics remain our best chances Hockeyroos are making hard work of it against these plucky Kiwi's!

New page so here is the schedule again ... 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's 4 x Q/Fs 7.00pm Football Women's Q/F - Matilda's vs Great Britain 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

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

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!

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

2 More Gold Medals For Australia Izaac Stubblety-Cook 200m Breaststroke Champion Jessica Fox C1 Canoe Slalom Champion

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!

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

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!

Gold! Zac! Fantastic!

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

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

A Golden Day For Australia Rowing Women's Fours - Champions Lucy Stephan, Rosemary Popa, Jessica Morrison & Annabelle McIntyre Rowing Men's Fours - Champions Alex Purnell, Spencer Turrin, Jack Hargreaves & Alex Hill Ariarne Titmus - 200m Freestyle Champion

What a morning for Australia ... it's a Gold rush! How good is Ariarna! A true champion! 2 more bronze in the Rowing ... we're up to 6 Gold & 5th in the standings!

Fabulous listening in ... Awesome! (Pardon the pun) Just held on! More Gold!!

Gold!! Fantastic win to the Womens Fours in the Rowing! What a great start to the day!

Kaylee McKeown - 100m Backstroke Champion