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... and the Men's 470 (Belcher & Ryan) race twice today at 1.15pm For those unfamiliar, the competitors race up to 10 times and their worst result doesn't count So far, Belcher & Ryan have finished 2nd, 5th, 1st, 1st, 4th & 3rd with 4 races to go ... so the 5th placing doesn't count but will count if we finish worse than 5th in any of our remaining races

Emma McKeon what a champion! Wins the 50m Gold in classic style! Counting the gold that we will receive for Matt Wearn in the sailing later on we're now up to 12 gold

In other sailing news (apart from the certain gold to be awarded today to Matt Wearn in the laser) the Aussies are currently in 1st position in the Men's 470 (Mathew Belcher & Will Ryan) ... 4 races to go! And in the Nacra 17 mixed we are in 4th place with 3 races left to run. Should be able to medal if we finish off well

Rohan Browning through to the Men's 100m S/F's after winning his heat ... 6th fastest to qualify as well The Semi's are on at 8.15pm tomorrow night whilst the final will be run at 10.50pm Plucked from obscurity after showing some serious speed playing Rugby Union at school (Trinity) Now he's arrived in the big time!

Saturday Schedule 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 Sunday Schedule 10.10am Athletics - Heats & Qualification 11.10am Cycling BMX Freestyle - Women's Park Final (Natalie Diehm) 11.30am Swimming - Men's 50m Freestyle Final 11.35am Athletics - Women's Shot Put Final 11.37am Swimming - Women's 50m Freestyle Final (Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell) 11,44am Swimming - Men's 1500m Freestyle Final 12.15pm Swimming - Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final (Australia Lane 3) 12.20pm Cycling BMX Freestyle - Men's Park Final (Logan Martin) 12.36pm Swimming - Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final (Australia Lane 7) 1.00pm Hockey Men's - Q/F Australia vs Netherlands 3.30pm Sailing Medal Race - Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser (Matt Wearn) 4.00pm Diving - Women's Springboard Final (Esther Qin) 6.00pm Gymnastics - 4 Finals (Men's Floor, Women's Vault, Men's Pommel Horse, Women's Uneven Bars) 8.10pm Athletics - Semi Finals 8.10pm Athletics - Men's High Jump Final (Brandon Starc) 8.50pm Water Polo Women's - Australia vs South Africa 9.15pm Athletics - Women's Triple Jump Final 10.00pm Beach Volleyball - R/16 Australia (Del Solar & Clancy) vs China 10.50pm Athletics - Men's 100m (Rohan Browning in a Semi Final at 8.15pm!!) .

Kaylee McKeown - 200m Backstroke Champion (along with the 100m Backstroke Title) .

Harry 'The Demon' Garside has won through to the quarter finals in the Light Weight Boxing after winning all 3 rounds against his Namibian opponent One more win and he is assured of a medal but he'd have grander designs you'd imagine!

Saturday Schedule 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

Wow!! Kaylee McKeown again!! Gold!! What a champion!! The Double!! (100 & 200 Backstroke Gold) Emily Seebohm takes the Bronze with another fabulous swim

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