The action and must win match-ups continue on at Tokyo 2020. The amazing moments are definitely outnumbering the disappointment for the Australian athletes. What is certain is that all athletes are giving 110%.
Some of the highlights on Tuesday across the 14 sports include:
- Sport Climbing makes its exciting Olympic debut
- Medals are on the line for Australian athletes in Artistic Gymnastics, Athletics, Canoe Sprint, Cycling, Sailing and Weightlifting
- Our Boomers, Kookaburras and Stingers have must-win games to keep their medal hopes alive, along with our beach volleyball women
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Sport by Sport Preview
Artistic Gymnastics
Tyson Bull has already made history at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as the first male artistic gymnast to ever make an Olympic final. Now the 28-year-old will put that history in action on the horizontal bar at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Tuesday night. Bull qualified seventh to solidify his position in the eight-person final, where he will face tough competition from 2020 Olympic All-Around gold medallist Daiki Hashimoto and 2019 World Championships All-Around gold medallist Nikita Nagornyy. Bull takes to the horizontal bar at 7:30pm AEST.
Artistic Swimming
Emily Rogers and Amie Thompson are back in the water for their second way of the Artistic Swimming Duet competition. On Monday night the Australians performed their first free routine to a score of 76.36 enough for a 21st place finish. They will now dive in for the technical routine where they will look to punch their ticket through to Wednesday’s free routine final. Technical routines get underway at 8:00pm AEST.
Athletics
One of the most highly anticipated events on the schedule will begin on Tuesday with the men’s 1500m, while in the field, Kurtis Marschall will compete for gold in the men’s pole vault and our javelin athletes will compete for spots in the final.
The men’s 1500m is set to be one of the most exciting events for Australia on the track, with the nation experiencing a golden era in middle distance running. Stewart McSweyn, US-based Oliver Hoare and national champion Jye Edwards will be flying the flag in the 1500m at Tokyo 2020 and all three are focused on progressing to the semi-finals.
The women’s javelin will commence tomorrow at 10.20am, with a full field of Australians including reigning world champion Kelsey-Lee Barber, Commonwealth champion Kathryn Mitchell and Olympic debutant Mackenzie Little.
Brooke Stratton is back in action at 11.50am AEST for the long jump final and high hurdler Nick Hough will kick off the Aussie action at 8.10pm AEST in his heats.
Basketball
It’s a must win game for the Boomers as they take on Argentina on Tuesday night at Saitama Super arena. The Australians have won each of their three games in tournament play topping Group B in the process. On the other hand, Argentina come into the game with a one-win two-loss record sliding into knockout stage as a third-place qualifier. The winner of Tuesday’s clash will move through the semi-final playing either Spain or the United States. Australia will play Argentina at 10:00pm AEST.
Beach Volleyball
The Australian team of Artacho del Solar and Clancy are through to the quarterfinal of the women’s beach volleyball tournament. They will meet the Canadians, Pavan and Melissa, who have won each of their games in two sets at Shiokaze Park Centre Court. The Australians, who have only dropped one set of the tournament, most recently came out on top over China on Sunday night. Australia plays Canada at 11:00pm AEST.
Boxing
Tuesday night will be a night that Harry Garside never forgets as he steps into the ring at Kokugikan Arena and into a fight for an Olympic medal. Garside will square off against Kazakhstan’s Zakir Safiullin in his Men’s Lightweight quarterfinal bout. So far in his Olympic tournament, Garside has bested John Ume of Papua New Guinea and Jonas Jonas of Namibia decisively. Garside faces Safiullin at 7:30pm AEST.
Canoe Sprint
Tuesday will see first semi-finals and finals at Sea Forrest Waterway with all four Australian boats from the qualifying progressing through to the next round of racing.
Australian team youngsters Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen will lead the charge lining up in the same men’s K1 1000m semi-final at 11:08am AEST.
Cycling
The Australian combination of Georgia Baker, Annette Edmondson, Ashlee Ankudinoff and Alexandra Manly rode 4:13:571 in the Women’s Team Pursuit qualifier and are out of contention for the gold and silver medals. They will face sixth-fastest team New Zealand in the first round and could progress to the bronze medal ride-off on Tuesday and will be ready to give a big lift in performance.
In a dramatic Men’s Team Pursuit qualifier, with a rider going down, the team made a valiant effort to place fifth after a restart. The Track Cycling schedule resumes on Tuesday from 1630 AEST.
Equestrian
With equestrian dressage and evening done and dusted after a thrilling silver medal winning performance from the Australian riders in the Team Eventing, the Australian jumpers kick-off their Tokyo 2020 action on Tuesday. Katie Laurie and Edwina Tops-Alexander will be in the saddle for the individual jumping set to being at 8pm AEST at Equestrian Park. Tops-Alexander will be riding in her fourth Olympic Games with Katie Laurie in her second after a hiatus of 13 years.
Hockey
Looking to punch their ticket into the gold medal game, the Kookaburras play Germany in the semi-final match at Oi Hockey Stadium. Led by captains Edward Ockenden and Aran Zalewski, the Australians are fresh of a shootout victory over rivals the Netherlands on Sunday. The Australians have been exceptional in the Olympic torment remaining undefeated throughout. Germany most toppled Argentina to secure their position in the semi-final match-up.
Sailing
Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin will feature in Tuesday's Medal Race, which is scheduled to start at 4:30pm AEST. The cousins from Sydney’s Northern Beaches will be back and ready to attack the race course aggressively in order to secure a spot on the podium.
Finn sailor Jake Lilley ensured he qualified for his second successive Olympic Medal Race, which he will contest at 3:30pm AEST on Tuesday, on the Enoshima race course.
Sport Climbing
Sports climbing makes its Olympic debut on Tuesday with the men set to enter the qualification rounds. Oceania champion Tom O’Halloran will be climbing for Australia across three disciplines, speed, bouldering, and lead. O’Halloran will have to come up against reigning world champion Tomoa Narasaki of Japan on his quest to the final. O’Halloran will need to finish in the top eight if he is to advance to the final. Action gets underway at 6:00pm AEST.
Water Polo
The Stingers head into their quarterfinal clash with the Russian Olympic Committee with an impressive 3-1 record from Olympic play. But the opponents won’t be going down without a fight. The Russian Olympic Committee have won two, drawn one and lost one of their games to date, most recently topping the host nation of Japan 20-16. Australia will look to secure their position in the semi-final round at 8:50pm AEST as they take on the Russian Olympic Committee.
Weightlifting
It’s the final day for Australian weightlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with one Aussie in action for the green and gold. Matthew Lydement, a 27-year-old from Brisbane, will step up to the platform at the Tokyo International Forum in the Men’s 109kg category. To date his personal bests are a 167kg snatch and a 199kg clean and jerk for a total of 356kg. Lydment will face the very best in the world at the Tokyo International Forum including the current world record holder Simon Martirosyan of Armenia who claimed silver in the event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Lydement will lift with Group B of the 109kg category at 2:50pm AEST.
Matthew Barnard, Courtney Akrigg & Andrew Reid
