Australia has surpassed our highest number of gold medals at an Olympics after a gold-rush night in Paris, with 4 gold and 2 bronze medals added to our haul putting us in 3rd place on the medal tally. 

Our men’s pursuit team beat Great Britain this morning after breaking the world record in their heat yesterday – the first world record broken by Aussies in these Games. It adds to yesterday’s bronze medal effort by the men’s sprint team.

Perth sailor Matt Wearn has become the first back-to-back Olympic champion in the men’s dinghy – aka a one-person boat. The 28yo went into the final so far ahead of the pack he was guaranteed a silver before the medal race.

Australia has cemented our domination of skateboarding with Tokyo gold medallist Keegan Palmer doubling down on his Tokyo win, taking out the men’s skateboarding park final a day after 14yo Arisa Trew won the women’s event.

And our reigning world pole vault champion Nina Kennedy led the field from the get-go through 3+ hours of competition to take the gold in the final. It’s Australia’s first-ever gold medal in a field event. Just brilliant… 

What’s Coming Up:

🧗‍♀️ 6.00pm Sport climber Oceana Mackenzie has qualified for the women’s boulder & lead final – aka speedy indoor rock climbing with points. She’ll complete the lead part of the course tonight, and reach for the gold in the final on Saturday at 8.35pm. 

🏃‍♂️ 8.00pm – Distance runner Peter Bol finished 7th in his 800m heat, but he’s not out yet – he gets another chance to make the semi-finals in the repechage round tonight. Fellow Aussie Joseph Deng joins him, while Peyton Craig went through to the semi-finals. 

🤽‍♀️ 3.35am Friday – The Stingers – aka our women’s water polo squad – are into the semi-finals against the USA after we beat Greece 9-6 in the quarters. We haven’t made it to the podium since winning gold in Sydney. 

🏃‍♀️ 3.35am Friday – Running champ Jess Hull is in the semi-finals of the 1,500m. She ran a comfortable 2nd in her heat, and if she makes it through to the final, she’ll be going for gold on Sunday morning.