Thefor Day 9, Sunday 4 August (all times in AEST):
After a less-than-ideal first two days, Australian golfer Jason Day had an excellent day on the course yesterday to catapult himself into tied 10th place. Today is the final day of the event, and while unlikely, Day could replicate yesterday’s form and sneak onto the podium. Fellow Australian Min Woo Lee is tied for 29th.
Plenty of Australian action in today’s program — Australians Cara Feain-Ryan and Amy Cashin will line up in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase, Stephanie Ratcliffe is in the Women’s Hammer Throw, Torrie Lewis and Mia Gross will be in the heats of the Women’s 200m, Chris Mitrevski and Liam Adcock in the Men’s Long Jump, Tayleb Willis in the Men’s 110m Hurdles, and Sarah Carli and Alanah Yukich in the Women’s 400m Hurdles.
There are three Australians in this medal event: Simone Pearce, Jayden Brown and William Matthew.
🥊 7:32pm, Women’s Boxing: 75kg QuarterfinalCaitlin Parker, Australia’s boxing captain, is looking to become the first Australian to win a female boxing medal, and she’s only one win away from a guaranteed medal. She’ll have to beat Morocco’s Khadija Mardi, the first Arab and African woman to win gold at the World Championships.
Tennis’ past and present meet its future, as Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz face off to split the gold and silver medal of the men’s singles tennis competition.
Gold medallist Grace Brown is back on the bike, and will have Australian teammates Ruby Roseman-Gannon and Lauretta Hanson alongside her for the 158km event.
Australia’s women’s water polo team will be inspired by the men’s defeat of Hungary last night. A win here will shore up their spot in the quarter-finals, but it won’t be easy — Hungary is one of the powerhouses of world water polo.
Three medal events – the Men’s Rings and Vault finals, and the Women’s Uneven Bars final – make up this two-hour session.
The mighty Fox sisters, Jess and Noémie, will both be looking to secure spots in tomorrow night’s quarter-final. In the Men’s, Tim Anderson and Tristan Carter are a little further behind but a strong performance in tonight’s races could keep their tournament alive.
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Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy will hit Centre Court at the Eiffel Tower Beach Volleyball Stadium for their first knockout game. Their Brazilian opponents are undefeated in Paris so far.
We’re into knockout hockey. Win here, and a semi-final berth awaits. Lose, and it’s the end of the Kookaburras’ Olympic competition.
Shayna Jack and Meg Harris are the two Aussies in this sprint. They’ll have to overcome Sarah Sjöström in lane 4, who’s already a winner in the 100m Freestyle and currently holds both the World and Olympic Records in this event.
No Australians in this event – the longest in the indoor section of the Olympic swimming program – but the 30-lap feat is always a final worth watching. Irish sensation Daniel Wiffen was the fastest to qualify, and will be looking to add to his gold medal in the 800m Freestyle.
Keep an eye on Australia in lane 7, particularly on Kyle Chalmers who will likely anchor the team in the final freestyle leg.
Australia holds the Olympic Record in this event and was the fastest to qualify across both heats. Expect some changes to personnel here after Ella Ramsay contracted COVID-19.
Australia is one of two countries with two competitors in this final: Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson. The Aussies are facing strong competition from Ukraine, the other country with two candidates. Olyslagers goes into the event with the second-highest season-best jump (2.03m), but Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh is the one to beat with a season-best (and world-best) jump of 2.10m.
The Opals will be up against a French side with a loud home crowd advantage. France are unbeaten from their two games so far, and it’s a must-win for Australia if they are to keep their tournament alive.
One of the highlights of every Olympic Games, featuring the fastest men and the biggest personalities. The semi-finals are on at 4:05am (AEST), with the final about an hour and a half later. Ones to watch: Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville, and Noah Lyles and Fred Kerley of the U.S. Keep an eye on the UK’s Zharnel Hughes, too.
