Swimming - McKeown proves that three is the magic number 

At only 19 years of age, young backstroke phenom McKeown came away with three Australian and Commonwealth records in three days, first in the 200m on Friday, before claiming the 100m and 50m titles over the weekend.

McKeown's backstroke masterclass also saw her come away with the second-fastest time ever recorded for the 100m event with a time of 57.63, only 0.06 off the world record.

Her 200m event dazzled as she came away with the fourth-fastest time ever, shaving 0.19 seconds off her previous best of 2:04.31, while in the 50m backstroke, she swam in a time of 27.16.

 Some additional swimming success saw Zac Stubblety-Cook become the second-fastest all-time Australian performer in the 200m breaststroke event with a time of 2:07.00. This time moved Stubblety-Cook from the 10th spot on the events all-time performers rank to the sixth. 

Rowing - Australia qualifies Women's Quadruple Scull for Tokyo 2020

 Caitlin Cronin, Harriet Hudson, Rowena Meredith and Ria Thompson have secured their place in the Australian Olympic Team for the Tokyo Olympic Games. This comes after their victory over the weekend in the Women’s Quadruple Scull team event in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The team showed great dominance throughout the regatta, backing up their preliminary race win with a victory in their final, they led from start to finish and crossed the line in a time of six minutes 29.93 seconds. 

Nine boats are now set to represent Australia in Tokyo in the following boat classes - the Men’s and Women’s Pairs, Fours and Eights, along with the Men’s and Women’s Quadruple Sculls and the Women’s Double Sculls.

Shooting - Gold for Tokyo 2020 shooters at Brisbane Cup

Exciting results came about for our Australian shooting stars at the Brisbane Cup Pistol and Rifle competition over the weekend.

Tokyo 2020 pistol team member, Dina Aspandiyarova, competed with great confidence with home range experience to her advantage. Aspandiyarova, reached gold in the individual 10m Air Pistol and the Mixed 10m Air Pistol Pairs where she teamed up alongside NSW’s four-time Olympian, Dan Repacholi.

She registered her best 10m Air Pistol finals result of the 2021 Performance Series with a total of 237.5 points. Aspandiyarova will be one to watch in her fourth Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Olympian Dane Sampson came a mere 0.4 points off breaking his third Australian National record in two months when winning the Open 10m Air Rifle gold medal. Although he did not set a new record, his score of 251.3 points would have easily won the gold medal at the 2018 World Championships.

Dan Repacholi, who celebrated his 39th birthday on Saturday, was on a roll winning the Mixed 10m Air Pistol teams event and the 50m Pistol final. However, it was fellow Tokyo Olympic Games team-mate Sergei Evglevski that stole the victory in the 10m Air Pistol final. Evglevski topped the tally with 238.3 points to out-score Repacholi’s 237.3 points. Evglevski made it a gold medal double after he won in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol final.

Basketball - Lauren Jackson inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame

Four-time Olympian Lauren Jackson is now the first Australian player ever inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

A girl from country NSW with big dreams, determination and a hard-working attitude to match, has now cemented her status as a legend of the game.

 Throughout her career, Jackson soared to great sporting heights. She won Olympic medals with the Opals at four Olympic Games, as well as gold at the 2006 FIBA World Championships and 2010 Commonwealth Games.

In the US she won two WNBA titles, was a seven-time WNBA All-Star and was MVP of the league three times.

Jackson now joins coach Lindsay Gaze as the only Australians with a place in the Hall of Fame. Her fellow inductees in the 2021 class include NBA champs Chris Bosh and Paul Pierce.