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Day Four Preview: Aussies in action across 19 sports in bumper day of action

 

Day Four Preview: Aussies in action across 19 sports in bumper day of action

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Kaylee McKeown

Australians will compete in 19 sports on the fourth full day of competition at Paris 2024. Six of these sports include medal events, with Australians aiming to feature.

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Badminton

Women’s Doubles team of Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu will take on Indian pair Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa in their final group stage match. 

The pair will be looking to end their group stage on a high after losing their first match against the doubles from Japan. 

Setyana and Angela will be in action from 10:50pm AEST.  

Basketball

The Boomers, coming off a tournament-opening win against Spain, are set for a showdown against a powerhouse Canadian team from 9:30pm AEST.

Both teams boast well known NBA talent and slowing down Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will be key to Australia’s chances at a win.

“We want to play good defence which creates pace,” Boomers coach Brian Goorjian said.

Dante Exum, who missed the game against Spain with injury, is a chance to play after participating fully in training.

3x3 Basketball

After missing out on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the Gangurrus are taking to the court for their Olympic debut against Canada.

For the 2023 World Cup bronze medallist Australians, it will be the first of seven pool matches at Paris 2024.

Lauren Mansfield, Anneli Maley, Marena Whittle and Alex Wilson take on Canada from 2:35am AEST on Wednesday 31 July, the team they beat to qualify for the Olympics.

Beach Volleyball

Australia’s Thomas Hodges and Zachery Schubert will be on centre court at the Eiffel Tower stadium for their first game of the pool stage. 

The pair will face Polish athletes Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak in Pool C. 

Their match will take place at 5pm AEST. 

Boxing

Three Aussie boxers will make their Olympic Games debut at the North Paris Arena on Tuesday night in the second day of Australian boxing competition at the Paris Games. 

Three-time Australian Champion Yusuf Chothia will take on Spain’s Rafael Lozano Serrano to open his Paris campaign in his Men’s 51kg Round of 16 fight. 

Callum Peters will face 2023 World Champion and world number two Nurbek Oralbay of Kazakhstan in his opening match up in the Men’s 80kg, while Tiana Echegaray will become an Olympian when she meets Hatice Akabas of Turkey in her opening bout. 

Aussie boxing action continues on Tuesday at 7:30pm AEST.

Canoe Slalom

Aussie golden girl Jessica Fox will be back on the water at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium for the Women’s Canoe Single heats. 

Jess won gold in this event in Tokyo 2020 and will be looking to defend her title. The fastest 18 will qualify for the semi-final. 

She will be in action from 11pm AEST. 

In the men’s competition, Tim Anderson will compete in the Men’s Kayak Singles heats. The fastest 20 will progress to the semi-final. 

Cycling - BMX Freestyle

Australia’s freestyle BMX riders hit the course at La Concorde attempting to qualify for the final. 

Among them is Logan Martin who will be out to defend his gold medal from Tokyo when he headlines the men’s park event from 11.11pm AEST. 

Natalya Diehm, who was fifth in Tokyo, is Australia’s representative in the women’s competition from 9.25pm AEST.

Riders complete two runs in qualifying and the top nine progress to the finals beginning at 9.10pm AEST on 31 July.

Equestrian

After a silver day for the Aussie Equestrian Team in the Individual Eventing, attention now turns to the Individual Dressage.

Queenslander Jayden Brown will make his Olympic debut on board Quincy B, with the event starting at 7pm AEST.

Hockey

The in-form Kookaburras hope to continue their undefeated Olympic streak when they face arch-rivals Belgium in their third pool match in Paris.

The match-up is a replay of the Tokyo Olympic gold medal encounter where the Aussies went down in a penalty shootout to their European rival and were relegated to silver.

Colin Batch’s team are undefeated so far after winning their opening rounds matches against Argentina (1-0) and Ireland (2-1).

The Australian Women’s Hockey Team have delivered a statement in Paris firing a warning shot to their nearest rivals and cementing their spot at the top of Pool B dominating Great Britain 4-0.

The Hockeyroos went into the evening match at Stade de Yves Manoir in Colombes unbeaten, following their 2-1 win over South Africa in the opening match just 24 hours earlier.

Boosted by the return of rising star striker Alice Arnott, who was forced to miss the opening match due to injury, the Hockeyroo dominated the match.

Judo

Australia will have Katharina Haecker in the Women’s -63kg Elimination round of 32. 

In her first fight of the competition, Katharina will face British athlete Lucy Renshall. 

She will be sixth on the mat at Champ-de-Mars Arena in the first session of the day from 6pm AEST.

Rowing

Tara Rigney, a bronze medallist in the women’s Single Sculls at the 2023 and 2022 World Championships, steps up in the quarter-finals. 

She is one of three Australian boats to race at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, east of Paris. 

The other two are the new-look Australian Double Sculls crew of Amanda Bateman and Harriet Hudson and Four of Olympia Aldersey, Lily Alton, Molly Goodman and Jean Mitchell.

Amanda and Harriet will race in the Double Sculls semi-final, needing a top three place to make the A Final. 

The Four will race a repechage in which they must finish top two to qualify for the final.

Competition begins with Tara Rigney at 5.30pm AEST, followed by the Double Sculls semi-final at 7pm AEST and  Women’s Fours repechage at 7.30pm AEST.

Rugby Sevens

Australia’s Women’s Rugby Sevens will face off in semi-final against Canada in Paris at midnight AEST on 31 July.

Canada beat host nation France, and the winner will meet either USA or reigning Olympic champions New Zealand from the other semi-final.

The gold medal match is set for 3.45am AEST on 31 July and the bronze medal game for 3am AEST on 31 July.

Sailing

The forecast promises better winds with 8 to 16 knots expected and sailors excited to pick up speed and stretch their legs.

The Skiff classes continue to stay on schedule, having completed six races, marking the halfway point of their series.

The Windsurfing event is under pressure to catch up, with 16 races planned across five days of racing. Races begin at 8pm AEST.

Shooting

The final day of men’s Trap qualification takes place on day four, with James Willett and Mitchell Iles strongly positioned for a chance at making the six man final.

Penny Smith and Catherine Skinner will also step out onto the shotgun range, for day one of qualification in the women’s Trap event.

Surfing

It will be an all-Australian quarter-final in the men’s Shortboard after Jack Robinson and Ethan Ewing won their heats on Monday.

Both surfers battled mother nature in their tough-fought heats at the Games venue of Teahupo’o on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia.

The all-Aussie quarter final takes place at 4.48am AEST on 31 July.

Swimming

One of the races of the swim meet is set to unfold in the Olympic pool on the fourth day of competition as Australia’s Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown and American world record holder Regan Smith go head-to-head in the 100m backstroke.

Sam Short and Elijah Winnington could have the chance to race for gold in the 800m freestyle while Australia will be looking to get on the podium in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay. 

On another massive day for the Dolphins, world champion Mollie O’Callaghan and new relay golden girl Shayna Jack will be in action in the heats and semis of the women’s 100m freestyle, while Kyle Chalmers and William Yang step out as the men take flight in the must-see 100m free sprint. Finals start at 4:30am AEST.

Tennis

Day 4 at Roland Garros will see world No.63 Alexei Popyrin up against three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka as they compete for a place in the third round.

On the doubles court, Matt Ebden and John Peers face Spanish pair Pablo Carreno Busta and Marcel Granollers in the round of 16. While Ajla Tomljanovic and Olivia Gadecki meet Mirra Andreeva and Diane Shnaider (AIN) in the first round of the women’s doubles.

Triathlon

Around the picturesque triathlon course and historic landmarks, Australia’s two male triathletes Matt Hauser and Luke Willian are looking for their own piece of Paris history in the men’s Individual event. 

Australia has never won a medal at the Olympics in men’s triathlon. If everything goes to plan in Paris, Matt and Luke are more than capable of delivering superb results.

Matt is ranked number five in the world and gained great confidence from his recent win at the World Triathlon Championship Series in Hamburg. His victory followed a second-place finish in Yokohama.

Water polo

The Aussie Sharks will return to the Paris Aquatics Centre pool today for their second game of the Paris Olympics against Serbia.

The Sharks will be on the hunt for a big result against the Tokyo Olympic gold medalists, who managed to only come away with a one goal win over Japan in their first game.

For the Aussies, they’ll be looking to bounce back after a four goal loss in game one against Spain.

Olympic debutant Angus Lambie scored two goals in the Aussie Sharks opening game, but said there will be no ‘easy’ opponents from here on out.

“People back home ask me what game we should win, but it’s not that easy. Every game at the Olympics is a difficult one - this is the best of the best,” Lambie said.

“It’s so difficult to win a game against such world class teams, but anything’s possible, and that’s what we’re riding on - bringing them to our level, and playing hard and fast.”

The game begins at 6:30pm AEST.

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