Athletics

For the first time ever, Australia has two medallists in the same field event at the Olympic Games.

Nicola Olysagers won back-to-back Olympic silver medals and Eleanor Patterson took bronze in the Women’s High Jump at the Stade de France in Paris.

Nicola cleared 2.00 but was beaten for the gold on a countback with Ukrainian world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh, while Eleanor shared the bronze with Iryna Gerashchenko (UKR) at 1.95m.

On the track, 21-year-old Reece Holder announced himself to the athletics world with a blistering 400m, in a personal best time of 44.53, the second-fastest ever by an Australian, held by Darren Clark (44.38), while rising sprint star Torrie Lewis also registered a PB, clocking 22.89 seconds to finish fourth in the women’s 200m heats. The top three athletes advance to the semi-final, so Torrie goes to the repechage round. Team-mate Mia Gross joins her running 23.36 to place sixth in her heat.

Others in the repechage rounds include Alanah Yukich and Sarah Carli (400mH), Tayleb Willis (110mH).

Abbey Caldwell (5th, 1.58.51) and Claudia Hollingsworth (7th, 2.01.51) ended their competition in the 800m in respectable finishes in the semi-finals.

In the women’s 3000m steeplechase, Cara Feain-Ryan made up for the disappointment of missing Tokyo 2020 by running a personal best (9.28.72) on Olympic debut, finishing with a personal best but missing out on the final. Amy Cashin ran 9.32.93.

Also at her first Games, Steph Ratcliffe threw a best mark of 70.07m in the qualification round of the women’s Hammer Throw however did not advance to the battle for medals.

It was a disappointing day for Chris Mitrevski and Liam Adcock who were unable to qualify in the long jump.

Basketball

The Opals will play Serbia in the quarter-finals of the Women's Basketball competition in Paris, after defeating France in a tight final pool game, 79-72. 

Captain Tess Madgen was influential in the game with 18 points, while Sami Whitcomb continued her strong form with 12 points, seven assists and five rebounds.

Australia's quarter final is Wednesday 7 August at 7 pm AEST. The winner of Australia vs Serbia will play a semi final against the winner of the USA and Nigeria quarter final.

Beach Volleyball

Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar have progressed to the Women’s Beach Volleyball quarter-finals after a clinical victory over Brazilian world number three Carolina Solberg Salgado and Barbara Seixas de Freitas.

Under a blistering Parisian sun at the Eiffel Tower Stadium, Taliqua and Mariafe withstood the pressure from the Brazilian pair for a straight sets win (24-22, 21-14).

The Brazilian pair came into the match undefeated having only dropped one set in the group stage. However that mattered little, with the Australian Tokyo silver medallists looking composed and confident in victory.

They will now face Swiss pair Zoe Verge-Depre and Esmee Boebner for a spot in the semi-finals

Boxing

Caitlin Parker has achieved her dream of winning an Olympic medal, creating history in the process.

Caitlin defeated reigning Moroccan World Champion Khadija Mardi 4-1 in the women’s 75kg quarter-finals at the North Paris Arena, guaranteeing her at least a bronze medal.

It will be the first time an Australian woman has won an Olympic Boxing medal.

Caitlin will now face Chinese boxer Li Qian in the semi-finals on August 8 at Roland-Garros Stadium, and said that she is ready for the challenge of facing the number one ranked boxer in her division.

Canoe Slalom

Four Aussies took part in the Kayak Cross heats with Jess Fox, Noemie Fox, Timothy Anderson and Tristan Carter competing to secure a place in quarter finals. 

It was a successful day for the men with both progressing to the next round, with Timothy finishing first and Tristan second in their races. 

Noemie and Jess had an unfortunate draw of competing against each other in the same race, with Noemie coming out on top to finish first in the heat. Unfortunately for Jess, the dream of three gold wasn’t meant to be. A tussle off the ramp has Jess at the back of the pack from the start, coming in fourth in the heat and missing out on a progression place.

The quarterfinals and then semi and medal races will take place at 11:30pm on 5 August.

Cycling - Road

Australia’s Women’s Road Race team has gone down fighting on the streets of Paris.

Newly crowned Olympic time trial champion Grace Brown and her teammate Lauretta Hanson were in position as the race entered the decisive final kilometres, but they were unable to go with the leaders who attacked up Montmarte Hill and took the medals.

The race was won by American Kristen Faulkner from The Netherlands’ Marianne Vos and Belgian Lotte Kopecky.

Lauretta finished 22nd, Grace 23rd and fellow Australian Ruby Roseman-Gannon was 39th after being caught up in a mid-race crash on the tight and tricky circuit.

Golf

Australian competitors Jason Day and Min Woo Lee completed their Olympic golf campaign at Le Golf National. Jason finished tied for ninth at 12-under par and Min Woo completed his maiden campaign with a final round of three-under 68 and tie for 22nd, showing resilience after a tough first round.

Gold eventually went to Scottie Scheffler (USA), silver Tommy Fleetwood (GBR) and brzone Hideki Matsuyama (JPN).

The Women’s Golf competition starts Wednesday 7 August with Hannah Green and Minjee Lee competing for Australia.

Hockey

The Australian Men’s Hockey Team’s pursuit for their eighth medal in nine Olympic Games fell short on a quarter-finals day where three medal favourites were sensationally knocked out of the race.

The Kookaburras had many moments of brilliance themselves, but ultimately, the Netherlands won crucial big game moments in front of a roaring, bright orange crowd and it wasn’t Australia’s evening under the lights at Yves du Manoir stadium.

"The Netherlands played a really good game today, so we have to acknowledge that we were very even first up, but they took their chances and then defended very well. I think we put up a pretty good show, even though we lost today,” coach Colin Batch said.

Sailing

Matt Wearn kept his gold medal defence alive on the waters of Marseille, posting consistent results in variable conditions, proving he can handle anything the weather throws at him in the Men’s Dinghy.

The 28-year-old from Perth described the day as “super tricky racing” but focused on keeping things simple and fighting for every point.

The Mixed Multihull had their second day of racing, with Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown now in 12th overall after a strong day of competition for the young pair.

Kitesurfing made its debut for Paris 2024, with Australia’s Breiana Whitehead posting solid results across her four races.

Zoe Thomson fought hard in the Women’s Dinghy in what is an extremely tight fleet. The Western Australian sailor is ready to push hard in the next two races to make that final Top 10.

In the Mixed Dinghy, Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas are positioned strong in eighth overall with four more races to contend for a podium finish. 

Shooting

Day Nine of competition at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre wrapped up individual events across the pistol and shotgun disciplines.

The sun stayed behind the clouds for the remaining 50 targets of Skeet Women’s qualification. Aislin Jones added to her Day One score of 67 out of 75 targets, with rounds of 23 and 22, resulting in a total qualification score of 112 out of 125. Jones finished in 25th place.

On the 25m range, in his second Olympic Games campaign, Melbourne local Sergei Evglevski competed in the Rapid-Fire Pistol event. 

The shortest qualification across all the shooting events, Evglevski fired 12 series of five shots in quick succession across eight, six and four second intervals. He finished with a score of 573 out of a maximum 600. The minimum score required to qualify for the final was 585. The final will be contested on the last day of competition.

Swimming

Australia collected two silver medals to close out the final night at the Olympic pool, with Meg Harris in the 50m Freestyle and the women’s 4x100m Medley relay making their way onto the podium.

The latest additions saw Australia finish the week with seven gold medals, eight silver and three bronze to be second on the medal table behind the United States of America (eight gold, 13 silver, seven bronze), who had a show stopping final night with world records to Bobby Finke (14:30.67) in the 1500m and women’s medley relay (3:49.63).

It was also the final race for retiring Dolphins great Emma McKeon, who stood on the podium with relay teammates Kaylee McKeown, Jenna Strauch and Mollie O’Callaghan to collect a stunning 14th Olympic medal across three Games.

Head coach Rohan Taylor said he was proud how the team performed given there were multiple cases of COVID throughout the squad during the week.

Water Polo

The Australian Stingers will play Greece the quarter-finals of the Women’s Water Polo competition in Paris.

The undefeated Aussies topped their pool after a dramatic victory against Hungary in a penalty shootout, their second of the tournament.

The 14-12 win against the world number two ranked nation followed strong performances against China, the Netherlands and Canada in the group stage.

Reflecting on the match, Australian coach Bec Rippon, a dual Olympian and bronze medallist from Beijing 2008, praised her team’s preparation and mindset.

“We’ve had the best preparation I believe we could have had, and we’re just trusting the processes that we’ve got in place. Trying to believe in that and not panic has been a really big key.”

The winner of the Australia v Greece quarter final meets the winner of USA against Hungary.