Queenslander Kaylee McKeown found another gear to take gold in the 100m backstroke final, defending her Tokyo title and beating US rival Regan Smith, who recently broke her world record. Later in the week, she’s got her 200m backstroke title to defend… And in the 800m men’s freestyle, Elijah Winnington missed out on a medal – but Irishman Daniel Wiffen made history by winning gold to become Ireland’s first ever male medallist in the pool. 

After blazing their way into the semi-finals, our women’s rugby sevens team suffered 2 shock losses overnight to be booted out of medal contention. We went down to Canada and then the USA finished us off in a tussle for bronze – we’ll now play for fourth place. 

Gymnast Simone Biles wowed crowds to win gold along with Team USA in the artistic gymnastics final. It’s a sweet victory for Biles and it’s her first gold medal since the Rio Games in 2016. Emotions were also running high in the men’s team event with Japan causing an upset over China.

3 upcoming events:

🚴 9.10pm Natalya Diehm is in the final for the BMX Freestyle event and at 10.44pm, reigning men’s champ Logan Martin has a shot at a second gold medal to add to his Tokyo Games win. 

🚣‍♀️ 11.00pm Paddler Jess Fox will be back in action in the canoe single heats with another gold medal in her sights. If she makes the final, it’ll be another early one at 1.25am tomorrow. 

⚽ 3.00am tomorrow – Another one to set the alarm for is the Tillies’ match against the USA where they’ll be hoping to build on Monday’s win over Zambia and advance to the quarterfinals.