The Australianschedule for Day 10, Monday 5 August (all times in AEST):
Australia’s relay team includes Matt Hauser, Luke Willian, Sophie Linn, and Natalie Van Coevorden. In the triathlon mixed relay event, each athlete swims 300m, cycles 7km and runs 1.8km before handing over to their teammate. Australia finished ninth in this event in Tokyo.
The Hockeyroos topped Pool B with four wins and a draw (against Tokyo silver medallists Argentina) in the pool stages in Paris. Can they continue their unbeaten streak against China, who lost three of their five pool games?
17-year-old Ellie Cole and five-time Olympian Melissa Wu are the Aussies competing in this event. Wu debuted in Beijing as a 16-year-old and won a silver medal in the 10m synchronised. This event features 29 divers who each get five attempts. The top 18 divers advance to the semi-final at 11:00pm tonight. Of those 18, the top 12 will advance to the final tomorrow night.
27-year-old Nina Kennedy, coming off a hot streak of wins at international competitions, opens her gold medal campaign.
This is the Sharks’ last group game before the knockout stages. After upsetting water polo powerhouse Hungary and defending Olympic champions Serbia, can they continue their run of form?
After beating her older sister Jess (among others) in the heat, Noémie Fox is in the quarter-final and must finish in the top two to advance to the semi-finals at 12:15am. The finals will be raced from 12:43am.
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Tim Anderson and Tristan Carter have cleared the heats to make the quarter-finals. They must finish in the top two to advance to the semis (12.28am), with the gold medal final to follow at 12:48am.
Track cycling at the Olympics starts tonight. Australian teams will feature in the Men’s Team Pursuit (1:27am) and the Men’s Team Sprint (3:09am). The finals for the Women’s Team Sprint, for which Australia does not have a team, will commence at 3:46am.
The surfing in Tahiti has been repeatedly delayed due to poor waves. If the waves are good tomorrow, this will be a battle for the ages. The two surfers have competed directly against each other six times, both winning on three of those occasions. Last year, Robinson edged out Medina at the Olympic surf break, Teahupo’o, to win the final of the Tahiti Pro.
🏃♂️And then it’s time for track and field finals…
Australian Kurtis Marschall cleared 5.7 metres to reach the final. Marschall won bronze at the 2023 world championships and is now looking for a medal on the Olympic stage after not making it past the first round in Tokyo. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis, the defending Olympic champion and world record holder (6.24m), is the heavy favourite for the event.
Australian Rose Davies finished third in her heat. Watch out for defending Olympic champion Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands.
