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Day 4 Review

 

Day 4 Review

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Day 4 Review
Australia has continued its strong performance at the Olympics with two more medals on Day 4, to hold down fourth on the medal tally with four gold and five bronze.

Day 4 Review

Australia has continued its strong performance at the Olympics with two more medals on Day 4, to hold down fourth on the medal tally with four gold and five bronze.

ARCHERY: Team bronze medallist Taylor Worth has progressed to Friday’s finals of the men’s individual archery competition while fellow first-day bronze medal winner Alec Potts has been beaten at the Sambodromo.

Worth easily defeated Egypt’s Ahmed El-Nemr to book himself a spot in the final 32. He then edged out Elias Malave of Venezuela, who is ranked 46th, and showed he has what it will take to push for a second Olympic medal by shooting three straight tens in the deciding fifth set to progress to Friday’s finals. Potts was beaten 6-4 by local hero Bernardo Oliveira in front of a boisterous crowd. 

BASKETBALL: Australia has defeated France 89-71 to remain unbeaten in the women's basketball competition and be placed in a strong position to win its pool. Captain Penny Taylor led the way with 31 points, while Liz Cambage added 16 and Mariana Tolo 14. 

BOXING: Australian middleweight (75kg) Daniel Lewis made a dream Olympic debut, beating Poland’s Tomasz Jablonski in a split decision in the preliminary round at Riocentro. Lewis won the first two rounds (29-28, 29-28) but the third went to Jablonski 29-28.

CANOE SLALOM: Australia’s Ian Borrows finished an agonising 0.09 of a second outside qualifying for the 10-man final in the C1 event at the Deodoro Whitewater Stadium. The sixth man to hit the water in the 14-man semi-final, Borrows had to watch on as paddler after paddler bettered his time of 101.32 seconds.

EQUESTRIAN-EVENTING: Australian horsemen Stuart Tinney, Sam Griffiths, Chris Burton sand Shane Rose have won bronze in the team three-day event at Rio’s Deodoro equestrian centre. With Shane Rose eliminated from competition in yesterday’s cross country phase, the three remaining riders did well enough to grab third place. Griffiths and Burton narrowly missed out on medals in the individual eventing, finishing fourth and fifth respectively.

FOOTBALL: Australia has earned its passage through to the knockout stages of the women’s football tournament after defeating Zimbabwe 6-1 at the Fonte Nova Arena. Goals from Lisa De Vanna, Clare Polkinghorne, Alanna Kennedy, Kyah Simon and Michelle Heyman (two) underlined Australia’s dominance – its breakthrough win of these Olympic Games arriving at the most crucial juncture.

GYMNASTICS ARTISTIC: Dual Olympian Larrissa Miller has failed to qualify for the women’s artistic gymnastics finals but can hold her head high after posting one of her highest international scores in the qualification round today. Miller’s 14.533 (difficulty of 6.1) was one of her best on uneven bars; and her floor routine (difficulty of 6.4 if executed) was near faultless until coming out of a difficult tumble the final seconds. The fault attracted a full 1.0-point deduction, leaving her with a score of 12.733. She was 30th in the bars and 67th on the floor.

HOCKEY: Australia suffered a rare second consecutive defeat, this time 1-0 at the hands of Belgium as Tanguy Cosyn’s close range finish in the 16th minute proved the difference. The result sees Australia lying fourth in the six-team pool on three points after three matches, with the top four set to progress to the quarter-finals.

JUDO:Australian Katharina Haecker’s Olympics campaign ended at the hands of dual bronze World Championship medallist Miku Tashiro of Japan with just 10 seconds left in the match. Tashiro had already scored a wazari and a yuko against Haecker in the earlier stages of the match, but with 10 seconds remaining she threw Haecker to the mat to secure the win by ippon. Only one Australian judoka remains in the competition, Miranda Giambelli, who will compete in the opening round of the women’s -78kg category on Thursday.

ROWING: Birthday girl Kim Brennan was back in fighting form today, winning her quarter-final race in the women’s single sculls to progress to Thursday’s semi-finals. Rhys Grant also had a good day on the water, finishing second in his quarter-final to progress to the semi-finals of the men’s single sculls, while the men’s pair put in a fantastic performance in their semi-finals to book a place in the A-Final of their event on Thursday.

Australia’s men’s and women’s double sculls finished outside of the top three in each of their semi-finals, which means they’ll both contest the B-Finals, for world rankings.

RUGBY SEVENS: Our men’s sevens team started their Rio campaign poorly with a 31-14 loss to France and had a major scare against Spain before winning 24-12 to keep their hopes alive at Deodoro Stadium. The second match featured perhaps the quickest try scored in rugby history when Cameron Clark scored virtually from the kick-off when the ball bounced up between Spanish defenders and he toed through and regathered.

SAILING: Australia’s Tom Burton has had a strong day in the Laser class, recording a second place and a 10th in today’s two races to move up into fourth overall.  In the Finn class, Australia’s Jake Lilley had a tough first day, finishing the first race in 16th before receiving a start line U-flag penalty in the second race to be in 19th overall.

SHOOTING: Australian pair Lalita Yauhleuskaya and Elena Galiabovitch have missed a place in the final eight of the women's 25 metre pistol.

SWIMMING: In a big night in the pool, Emma McKeon won bronze in the women’s 200m freestyle. The men’s 4x200m freestyle team finished fourth, Bronte Barratt equal fifth in a personal best time in the women’s 200m freestyle and Alicia Coutts fifth in the 200 IM. Kyle Chalmers (first) and Cameron McEvoy (third) qualified for the men’s 100m freestyle final, while Madi Groves (first) and Brianna Throssell (seventh) qualified for the 200m butterfly final.

TENNIS: Samantha Stosur’s fourth Olympic singles campaign ended in n the third round at the hands of German world number two Angelique Kerber 6-0 7-5 but she departs with her best ever result in the competition.

WATER POLO: Our men’s water polo side has kept its finals hopes alive after a gutsy 9-9 draw against powerhouse Hungary, the most successful team in Olympic history. It was the return to form the Aussies were hoping for after a disappointing loss in the first match up against host Brazil. The women’s team kick started its Rio campaign with a strong, dominate win over Russia 14-4. It was the start the Aussies were hoping for after playing Russia six weeks ago and managing only a one goal win in the last four seconds.

 DAY 4 Superlatives

 Medal Tally Australia Gold            4 Bronze        5

Total               9 Australia is placed fourth on the medal tally.

 Medallists – Roll of Honour

BRONZE

Swimming:

Women's 200m Freestyle

Emma McKEON

Equestrian Eventing Team:

Sam GRIFFITHS

Christopher BURTON

Stuart TINNEY

Shane ROSE

MEDALS – 34 Australians have now won nine medals for Australians

 Personal bests

Tamsin Cook     400m Freestyle                     4:04.36

Kyle Chalmers 100m Freestyle                       47.90 (heat)

Kyle Chalmers 100m Freestyle                       47.88 (semi)

Bronte Barratt 200m Freestyle                       1:55.25

David Tarbotton and Neil Cadigan

olympics.com.au

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