/ 01 August 2024

The Paris Sprint – 1 August 2024

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Paddler Jess Fox has won her second gold medal in Paris in the canoe slalom, making her the first Aussie to win 6 individual Olympic medals. In her next event, the kayak cross, she’s up against little sister Noemie. It’s described as a contact sport, as most sibling rivalries are… 

French swimmer Leon Marchand raised the roof when he took gold in the 200m butterfly final, breaking US GOAT Michael Phelps’ Olympic record. He’s aiming to do what even Phelps couldn’t and win the 200m butterfly and the 200m breaststroke hours apart… Also in the pool, our women’s hopes for gold in the 100m freestyle were dashed – world record holder Swede Sarah Sjöström edged out Shayna Jack and Mollie O’Callaghan.

And while the Hockeyroos maintained their winning streak, thumping the USA 3-0 to move into the quarterfinals, the Matildas had no such luck against the Americans in the women’s football, going down 2-1 early this morning. That means it’s au revoir to their Olympics campaign…

3 upcoming Olympic events:

🏊‍♀️ 6.31am – Zac Stubbelty-Cook will be out to claim back-to-back gold in the 200m breaststroke – trying to stop him will be home-crowd favourite Leon Marchand. And straight after that race, Kyle Chalmers is hoping to retake his men’s 100m freestyle title. 

🚶‍♂️3.30pm – Three Aussies will be struttin’ through the Parisian streets in the first of the athletic events – the men’s 20km race walk, which finishes at the iconic Trocadero, facing the Eiffel Tower. 

🚣‍♀️ 7.06pm – The Rowsellas men’s four are racing for gold to add to their Tokyo win.

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