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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

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!