Paris Olympics: Aussies in action on Day 10 and Day 9 results

AUSTRALIA: 12 gold, 11 silver, 8 bronze (fourth overall)

What’s on tonight?

MAJOR AUSTRALIAN MEDAL HOPES

While golden girl Jessica Fox has bowed out, little sister Noemie looks like she could continued the medal parade in the family in the kayak cross.

Two-time medallist Melissa Wu will make Australian Olympic history when she dives for her country for the fifth time at a Games, lining up in the 10m platform.

Luke Willian, Natalie van Coevorden, Matt Hauser and Sophie Linn are an outside chance of sneaking a triathlon mixed relay medal.

OTHER AUSTRALIANS IN ACTION

The Hockeyroos medal hopes go on the line when they take on China in a quarter-final.

Tim Anderson and Tristan Carter are also in the hunt in the men’s kayak cross quarter-finals.

Aussie cyclists Kelland O’Brien, Sam Welsford, Conor Leahy, and Oliver Bleddyn will fly the flag in the men’s team pursuit.

Hilary Scott, Thaisa Erwin and Edwina Tops-Alexander get their time to shine in the individual showjumping.

Olympic champion Matt Wearn is looking to maintain his lead in he men’s dinghy with two days racing remaining.

Campbell Harrison will make his Olympic debut in the men’s boulder and lead climbing competition.

The Aussie Sharks will wrap up their men’s water polo group campaign against last-placed Japan before quarter-finals get underway.

WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING

The apparatus finals continue in the gymnastics with the women on the beam and floor and the men featuring in the parallel bars and horizontal bars.

How the Aussies fared on Day 9

SILVER

Nicola Olyslagers – (athletics – women’s high jump) – Olyslagers pushed hard for the gold with a gutsy final clearance at 2m only to come up just short against Ukrainian world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh.

Meg Harris – (swimming – women’s 50m freestyle) – A popular medal for one of the unheralded members of the star-studded Dolphins squad.

Kaylee McKeown, Emma McKeon, Mollie O’Callaghan and Jenna Strauch – (swimming – women’s 4x100m medley relay) – Australia signed off a hugely successful swimming campaign in style with yet another medley medal.

BRONZE

Eleanor Patterson – (athletics – women’s high jump) – Patterson added a first Olympic medal to her gold and silver from the past two world championships.

OTHER HEADLINE GOLD MEDALLISTS

Novak Djokovic beat Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) in the men’s singles final to add Olympic gold to his record haul of grand slam titles.

World No.1 Scottie Scheffler shot an extraordinary final round of nine-under 62 to win the Olympic men’s gold gold.

US cyclist Kristin Faulkner, AKA Fox, outsmarted her rivals to win the women’s road race.

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED

Reece Holder moved to second on the Australian alltime list with a cracking run of 44.53 seconds in the opening round of the men’s 400m on his Olympic debut.

Caitlin Parker will win Australia’s first Olympic women’s boxing medal after downing world champ Khadija Mardi from Morocco in the 75kg quarter-finals.

Australia’s best beach volleyball pairing, Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar, are only two matches away from the gold-medal match after downing Brazil 24-22 21-14.

– WITH AAP