Aussie Chris Burton has ridden his way to a silver medal in the equestrian individual eventing. The 42yo and his horse Shadow Man had terrific dressage and cross country legs over the weekend and delivered a clear showjumping performance overnight. “We’re going to sleep well tonight,” he said. 

The Kookaburras – aka our men’s hockey team – remain unflapped after outplaying Ireland to clinch their second win on the hop. They’ll take on Belgium next, who they have beef with after the Belgians pipped them to the gold in Tokyo in a penalty shoot-out. Also undefeated are our Hockeyroos, beating Great Britain last night 4-0.

And in tennis, the 60th meeting of legends Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in the second round gave fans plenty of bang for their buck. But Nadal, known as the King of Clay, was outgunned by the Serb 6-1, 6-4. And it wasn’t a great night for Aussie pair Alex de Minaur (who pulled out of the singles due to a hip injury) and Alexei Popyrin, who were knocked out of the doubles by the USA.

3 things coming up:

🏊‍♂️ 4.00pm – Aussies Matthew Hauser and Luke Willian are taking to the Seine (thoughts and prayers) for the men’s individual triathlon. Hauser won gold at the World Triathlon Championship Series in Hamburg recently so he’s going in with some form.

⛹️‍♂️ 9.30pm – The Boomers have their work cut out for them against Team Canada but veteran player Andrew Bogut reckons the Canadians are “beatable” – especially given our basketballin’ blokes’ first round win over Spain.

🚴 11.00pm – BMX Freestyler and reigning Olympic champion Logan Martin will be doing his thing in the men’s park qualifiers. He’s the one who had some of his gear stolen last week – luckily none of his bikes. If your experience with a BMX ended when you were 8yo, here’s a bit about the sport.