38 of Australia’s 40-strong team were in action across the city, from a 6am open water swim to 11pm Beach Volleyball matchup.

Wakeboarding

Number one seed Cory Teunissen advanced straight to tomorrow’s finals after winning his heat at Doha’s Leqtaifiya Lagoon.

Despite a crash at the end of his first run, the 22-year-old did enough to go through with a top score of 80.0.

“It’s a great venue to wakeboard in, and good to get a feel and adapt to the conditions here,” he said. “It’s really salty which means we’re more buoyant and really need to dig into our turns, and the salt makes it more slippery on grabs."

“It’s so refreshing being at an event with other athletes and sports, I’m absolutely loving it. Mixing with the other Aussie athletes is great – although I woke up this morning and my roommate Bailey was walking in the door – he’d finished competing and swimming 5km and I’m just waking up!”

“I just want to compete well tomorrow, if I compete well I’m happy and hopefully the results will be there.”

Cory will take on five other finalists for the gold medal tomorrow from 7pm AEDT.

Sport Climbing

Oceana Mackenzie and Campbell Harrison took to the walls for the Bouldering preliminaries. 

The competition was fierce with only the top six progressing to the final and multiple Bouldering world champions in the field.

With four Boulder walls to solve, both climbers cracked one and had partial points on others, Mackenzie finishing 17th and Harrison in 19th.

“I felt alright on the first boulder – and the second was really tricky,” Mackenzie said. “I only cracked it at the end of my time so just missed out and the last two were really tough.”

“This experience is really good for us going forward, with the Olympics coming up any experience in a high pressure environment like this is good. 

“The nationals are coming up in a few weeks which is the first step on the way to Olympic qualification. I’ll use this experience to keep getting better and keep committing to do everything I can to make that Tokyo team.”

Kitefoil racing

Teenager Breiana Whitehead claimed third in the first race of the Kitefoil Racing competition, with compatriot Natalie Flintrop in 12th.

After patchy wind delayed the start of the competition, the racers were able to get on the water at Katara Beach for just one of their scheduled races.

Both Australians are hoping for some improved wind conditions tomorrow morning, with seven races scheduled.

Beach Handball

The men’s Handball secured their spot in the quarter finals with a dramatic penalty shootout over the USA in today’s final pool match.

In the highest scoring game of their campaign so far, the Aussies took the first set 30-26 before falling 28-18 in the second.

Goalkeeper Lucas Turecek again stood tall in the penalty shootout, saving two goals to help secure Australia’s passage to the finals.

The team will take on undefeated hosts Qatar tomorrow night in the quarter finals.

The Australian women fell to Vietnam 17-16, 26-9 in their final pool match. They will enter their 9-12 ranking games tomorrow, with USA first up.

Beach Volleyball 4x4

Both men’s and women’s teams had a mixed day, winning their first game and dropping the second in their double header.

The women beat Vanuatu 22-13, 22-17 before falling to Canada 21-18, 21-15.

The result means the team finishes their pool in second place, booking a quarter final matchup against Czech Republic tomorrow.

“We really wanted to take that game to top the pool, but we knew it would be a really tough matchup,” blocker Stef Weiler said.

“There are some things we needed to work on from our first game that we did improve on which is a positive sign.

“Tomorrow we need to be more aggressive and stick to our game plan – the positive is we know what we need to change and its all within our power, so looking forward to the quarters tomorrow.”

The men won a tight game against Poland 23-21, 21-15 before Mozambique took them down in a 3-setter, 21-16, 16-21, 11-15. 

Despite the loss the team still topped their pool and will face Indonesia in tomorrow’s quarter final.

Swimming

Swimmers Mackenzie Brazier and Bailey Armstrong battled 28 athletes and the elements in a challenging 5km Open Water Swim at the ANOC World Beach Games.

With water temperatures pushing past 30 degrees, Armstrong finished in 14th in 56.07 in the men’s race while Brazier finished in 16th in 1.01.18 in the women’s.

“The pace was on from the start,” Brazier agreed. “Even though it was so warm everyone was eager and there was no caution in the pack, they really pushed it early.”

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Tomorrow sees Wakeboarding ride for gold, Beach Volleyball and Handball in knockout finals action, and Kitefoil Racing. Follow along the livestream here.