DAY 3 RECAP
JULY 29-30
.jpg "Mollie O'Callaghan set a new Olympic Record on her way to victory in the Women's 200m Freestyle in a famous Aussie one-two.")
Each day Stan Sport is hosting two exclusive daily shows to help keep viewers up to speed with the action in Paris. Olympics Daily recaps the biggest moments from overnight, while Paris Preview looks at what's to come ahead. Both shows feature a host of Olympics legends and experts in their field to break down all the action.
Olympics Daily with Tara Rushton
Live & Exclusive on Stan Sport 7:00am AEST Daily
Paris Preview with Adam Peacock
Live & Exclusive on Stan Sport 8:30am AEST Daily
Experts in studio on today's shows:
- Grant Hackett (Swimming)
- Casey Dellacqua (Tennis)
- Michael Hooper & Morgan Turinui (Rugby Sevens)
- Mark Bosnich (Football)
- Shane Heal (Basketball)
Live from Paris on today's shows:
- Chris Stubbs with Pau Gasol review/preview Basketball
- Chris Stubbs with Sam Offord on Biles and review/preview Gymnastics
- Michael Atkinson with Alicia Lucas review/preview Rugby Sevens
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Information up to date as of 6:30am AEST
AUSSIES IN ACTION
.jpg "Australia's Chris Burton won Individual Eventing Silver aboard Shadow Man.")
Swimming
- Mollie O'Callaghan set an Olympic Record to overpower Ariarne Titmus in the Women's 200m Freestyle Final. It is the first time Australia has claimed a women's Olympic one-two since 1996 with O'Callaghan winning her first individual Gold and her fourth overall.
- Reigning Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown has set up an epic showdown with world record holder Regan Smith (USA) in tomorrow's Women's 100m Backstroke Final with just 0.02s splitting the star duo. Debutant Iona Anderson will line up next to McKeown in the final after qualifying fourth-fastest.
Equestrian
- Chris Burton claimed the Silver medal in the Individual Eventing on Shadow Man, a horse he has only been riding for five months. Germany's Michael Jung took out the event for the third time in the last four Games.
Rugby Sevens - Women's
- Australia followed up a tight 19-14 pool game victory over Ireland with a dominant 40-7 win in their quarter-final rematch. Madi Hinds was once again dominant, moving to an Olympic record 11 tries two matches still to play. Australia now face Canada at midnight (AEST) tonight for a place in the Gold medal match against New Zealand or USA.
Basketball - Women's
- The Opals medal campaign took a big hit with a shock loss to Nigeria. The 75-62 win was Nigeria's first victory at the Games in two decades and leaves Australia needing to regroup ahead of their next clash with Canada. (vision)
Hockey
- The Kookaburras made it two-from-two with a 2-1 victory over Ireland.
- The Hockeyroos also continued a perfect start to the tournament with a 4-0 victory over Great Britain.
Beach Volleyball
- Mark Nicolaidis & Izac Carracher were brave in a close loss to their Italian opponents, however Nicolaidis pulled off arguably the defensive play of the tournament so far - watch it here.
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
.jpg "Summer McIntosh was dominant on her way to gold in the Women's 400m Individual Medley.")
Swimming
- Summer McIntosh (CAN) broke through for her first Olympic Gold medal with a commanding five-second victory in the Women's 400m Individual Medley Final. Australia's Emma Ramsay finished fifth.
- Romanian sensation David Popovic edged out Matthew Richards (GBR) and Luke Hobson (USA) in the Men's 200m Freestyle Final, with just 0.07s splitting the top three swimmers. Australia's Maximilian Giuliani finished seventh less than a second back on Olympic debut.
- Italy claimed their second Gold at the pool in as many nights with Thomas Ceccon taking out the Men's 100m Backstroke.
- South Africa's Tatjana Smith upgraded her Tokyo Silver to Paris Gold in the Women's 100m Breaststroke Final.
Diving
- Tom Daley claimed silver with new partner Noah Williams in the Men's 10m Synchronised Final. China took out the Gold as Daley scored his fifth Olympic medal at his fifth Games. Australia's Cassiel Rousseau and Dom Bedggood finished 5th.
Gymnastics
- Japan (259.594) defeated China (259.062) by the narrowest of margins to take out the Men's Team Final, with the United States claiming Bronze.
Archery
- Much to the disappointment of the French fans, Korea took down the home nation in the final of the Men's Team event. It was Korea's seventh Gold medal from 10 Olympic Games since the competition was first introduced at Seoul 1988.
Cycling - Mountain Bike
- Great Britain's Tom Pidcock made a successful defence of his Tokyo Gold medal with a nine-second victory ahead of local favourite Victor Koretzky.
Tennis
- Top seeds and clay court specialists Iga Swiatek (POL) and Carlos Alcarez (ESP) had comfortable second round victories while Novak Djokovic (SRB) defeated Rafael Nadal (ESP) in the 60th clash between the pair. (vision)
- Nadal and Alcarez then combined in a doubles pairing dubbed 'Nadalcaraz' to win their opening match and set up a second round clash against the Netherlands.
PLACE | COUNTRY | G | S | B | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Japan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
2nd | France | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
3rd | China | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
4th | Australia | 5 | 4 | - | 9 |
Information up to date as of 6:30am AEST
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July 29, 2024