Paris Olympics: Aussies in action on Day 2 and Day 1 results

AUSTRALIA – three gold, two silver

What’s on today?

MAJOR AUSTRALIAN MEDAL HOPES

Aged just 14 and ranked world No.2, skateboarder Chloe Covell can become Australia’s youngest ever gold medal winner if she wins the street event in Paris.

After winning two bronze and a silver medal from her previous three Olympic campaigns, Jessica Fox will chase an elusive gold in the K1 event.

Already the most decorated Australian Olympian in history, Emma McKeon can add to her haul in the women’s 100m butterfly.

OTHER AUSTRALIANS IN ACTION

The medal hopes are on the line early for the Matildas as they take on Zambia in the women’s soccer. Both teams lost their opening pool games 3-0 and will be desperate for a win.

With their male counterparts banking an opening win over Argentina, the Hockeyroos kick off their Olympic tournament against South Africa.

Competing in her fourth Olympics, mountain biker Rebecca Henderson will look to recapture her 2022 form when won three World Cup races.

After a shock quarter-final exit in Tokyo, Australia’s women’s sevens team have won almost every trophy on offer and take on South Africa and Britain in pool games.

How the Aussies fared on Day 1

GOLD

Ariarne Titmus (swimming – women’s 400m freestyle) – “The Terminator” left great rivals Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky in her wake in a commanding title defence.

Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay – The team of Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris clinched Australia’s fourth-straight Olympic title in the event, winning in Games record time.

Grace Brown (cycling – women’s time trial) – The 32-year-old Brown will head into retirement later this year with a gold medal draped around her neck after dominating the competition on the rain-sodden streets of central Paris.

SILVER

Elijah Winnington (swimming – men’s 400m freestyle) – Germany’s Lukas Martens was a deserving winner, but no-one got as close to him as the fast-finishing Winnington.

Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay – A flying Kyle Chalmers hoisted the men’s squad also including Jack Cartwright, Flynn Southam and Kai Taylor to silver behind Team USA.

OTHER RESULTS

The unflinching Boomers survived a fiery Spanish foul-fest to exact some Olympic revenge and notch a crucial first-up win in the basketball. Bendigo’s Dyson Daniels (13 points, seven rebounds) was effective at both ends.

With three gold medals and two silver, Australia finished day one on top of the medal table courtesy of the pool haul.

Chris Burton, on board Shadow Man, is in the bronze medal position after the dressage section of the three-day event at Versailles with his Australian team lying eighth overall.

Blake Govers scored the only goal on the stroke of halftime as the Kookaburras won their opener 1-0 over Argentina.

The Stingers overcame a COVID-disrupted preparation to post a hard-fought 7-5 women’s water polo victory over China.

 – WITH AAP