/ 02 September 2024

C’mon Aussie…

Alexei Popyrin

Our Paralympic team took our gold medal tally to 6 overnight, with Jed Altschwager and Nikki Ayers winning our first-ever gold medal for para-rowing in the PR3 mixed double sculls. And a shout out to 2 women who defended their Tokyo golds – Emily Petricola (who won the women’s C4 3000m pursuit event despite an MS flare-up) and Amanda Reid (who won the C1-3 500m time trial – she’s one of 4 Indigenous athletes in Paris). Australia’s 6th on the medal tally as we finish up day 4 of competition. And how good are our blokes at the US Open… Alexei Popyrin, Jordan Thompson and Alex de Minaur are through to the Round of 16 after making epic efforts to progress. For Popyrin, that involved taking down defending champ Novak Djokovic – and the hype is he could go on to win the whole thing… He plays home hero Frances Tiafoe this morning, while De Minaur and Thompson will meet on Tuesday.

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