Paris Olympics: Aussies in action on Day 12 and Day 11 results

What’s on tonight?

MAJOR AUSTRALIAN MEDAL HOPES

Tokyo champion Australia’s Matt Wearn is guaranteed a gold or silver medal in the men’s dinghy competition at the Paris Olympics after the gold medal race was rescheduled due to poor weather conditions.

Reigning world champion Nina Kennedy will be looking to bag her first ever Olympic medal in the women’s pole vault after qualifying in equal first.

Matt Denny is hoping to nab a podium position in the men’s discus throw final.

A world record broken but can Australia continue their strong form to grab top spot on the podium in the men’s team pursuit as they face long-time rivals Great Britain in the gold medal ride off.

She’s got a bronze already under her belt, but Australia’s Jemima Montag will strut for a second Olympic medal in the mixed relay marathon race walk final alongside Rhydian Cowley.

It is a do-or-die quarter-final for Australia’s men’s water polo team as the Sharks face the United States in order to keep their Olympic medal campaign alive.

Australia’s Bailey Lewis will look to progress further in the men’s taekwondo (58kg class) as he faces Niger’s Nouridine Garba Issaka in the round of 16.

Hannah Green and Minjee Lee will begin their campaign for an Olympic medal in the women’s golf.

Sailing duo Conor Nicholas and Nia Jerwood will fight for an Olympic medal in the mixed dinghy medal race.

WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING

Olympic history will be made when the first gold medal is won in the men’s speed sport climbing final in its inaugural Games.

Weightlifting kicks off on day 12 of the Paris Olympics with medals decided in the men’s 61kg weight class and the women’s 49kg and 59kg weight class.

How the Aussies fared on Day 11

GOLD

Arisa Trew (women’s park skateboarding) – After falling in her first run, 14-year-old Arisa Trew left no prisoners in her third and final run to become the youngest Australian ever to win Olympic gold after scoring 93.18 in the skateboarding park final.

BRONZE

Matthew Glaetzer, Leigh Hoffman and Matthew Richardson (men’s team sprint cycling) – Australia’s time of 41.597 seconds was enough to trump hosts France’s 41.993 seconds in their ride-off in front of a raucous home crowd.

OTHER HEADLINE GOLD MEDALLISTS

Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez has made history as the first athlete to win five Olympic golds in the same event, taking another title in the men’s Greco-Roman heavyweight wrestling.

American Cole Hocker upstaged defending Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and reigning world champ Josh Kerr to win the men’s 1500m gold medal.

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED

Australia have broken the men’s team pursuit world record, setting up a gold-medal ride-off for the ages against long-time rivals Great Britain.

Australia’s water polo Stingers have overpowered Greece 9-6 to storm through to the semi-finals of the women’s tournament and another step closer to their first Olympic gold since Sydney 2000.

Tokyo silver medallists Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy have charged into the semi-finals of the women’s beach volleyball after beating Switzerland 2-1.

Patty Mills has thrilled in his likely last appearance for the Boomers at the Olympics although they fell to Serbia in the men’s basketball quarter-final, going down 95-90 in overtime.

Five-time Olympian Melissa Wu and high-schooler Ellie Cole battled bravely in the final but missed the podium in the women’s 10m platform.

Australia’s Jessica Hull has eased into the women’s 1500m semi-finals as she strives to end the nation’s barren dozen years on the Olympic athletics track.

A Greek athlete has tested positive for banned substances at the Paris Olympics and has been expelled from the athletes’ village, according to the Greek Olympic Committee.

– WITH AAP