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Paris Olympics: Aussies in action on Day 11 and Day 10 results

August 6, 2024 BY

Noemic Fox won gold in the women's kayak cross in the canoe slalom competition. Photo: JULIEN POUPART/ABACAPRESS.COM

AUSTRALIA: 13 gold, 11 silver, 8 bronze (third overall)

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 final races were scrapped due to poor weather conditions.

The Australian men’s team sprint feel they have more in the tank after qualifying for Tuesday action with the third fastest time.

In the women’s park skateboarding, 14-year-old Arisa Trew will be looking to make her first podium, with some of her stiffest competition coming from team-mate Ruby Trew (no relation).

Five-time Olympic diver Melissa Wu and Sydney teenager Ellie Cole are out for a podium finish in the women’s 10m platform final.

OTHER AUSTRALIANS IN ACTION

Led by Jessica Hull, Georgia Griffiths and Linden Hall hit the track in the women’s 1500m.

Eyeing successive Olympic medals after breakthrough Tokyo bronze, the Boomers’ campaign goes on the line against Serbia in the men’s basketball quarter-finals.

Australia’s Stingers will be looking to continue their stellar Olympic form and book a women’s water polo final four berth when they face Greece.

Star beach volleyball duo Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy play off against Switzerland in the quarter-final as the Australian women seek to build on their silver medal in Tokyo.

The women’s team pursuit will be looking to match the track-topping feats of the Aussie men when they line up for qualifying.

WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING

Bronze medallists in Tokyo, the United States have higher ambitions in 2024 but must first take down German in their women’s football semi final.

The athletics program continues with five gold medals up for grabs including in the final of the women’s 200m where 100m Paris champion Julien Alfred is back in action.

How the Aussies fared on Day 10

GOLD

Noemie Fox – (canoe slalom – kayak cross) – This story is getting more improbably magnificent by the day. For so long stuck behind behind her superstar sister Jessica on the Olympic stage, Noemie finally gets her moment in the sun. And wins the gold. As you do.

OTHER HEADLINE GOLD MEDALLISTS

Swede Armand Duplantis has gone one better in defending his Olympic gold in the men’s pole vault final, breaking his own world record and shattering the Olympic record with a jump of 6.25m.

Great Britain have broken the world record and secured gold in the women’s team sprint track cycling after a nail-biting finish against New Zealand.

Teenager Kayla Nemour wept tears of joy as she won Algeria’s first ever Olympic gymnastic gold and first medal for her country in Paris in the women’s uneven bars.

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED

The Hockeyroos’ Olympic campaign is over after a shock loss to China going down 3-2 in their women’s hockey quarter-final.

The Aussie Sharks are looking to put a narrow loss to lowly Japan behind them as they march on to the quarter-finals.

Pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall battled through an ankle injury to finish sixth in the men’s pole vault final, improving from his Tokyo Olympics result.

Australian world champion Nina Kennedy has cruised into the women’s pole vault final after recording a jump of 4.55m.

Australia are out of medal contention in the men’s team table tennis after crashing 3-0 to Tokyo bronze medallists Japan.

The Australian men’s team pursuit qualified the fastest at the velodrome in the track cycling ahead of the finals later this week.

– WITH AAP

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