Australia triumphed yet again in the swimming adding another gold medal in the 200m backstroke, but suffered a major upset as the rugby sevens fell short of a medal.

Kaylee McKeown defends 100m backstroke title with gold

McKeown claimed Australia’s most recent gold medal, becoming the second woman to ever win consecutive golds in the 100m backstroke in Olympic history.

She finished with a time of 57.33 seconds defeating second-placed Smith who recorded a time of 57.66.

“I knew it would come down to that last 25m,” McKeown said following the race.

Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team claim bronze in a gutsy effort

The team of Max Guiliani, Flynn Southam, Elijah Winnington and Tommy Neill placed third after a hard-fought race where they ultimately claimed Australia its first bronze medal.

Although Winnington came into the race having placed last in the 800m freestyle final, he turned his form around.

He finished with the fastest split on the team, helping his group finish only seconds behind first-placed Great Britain.

Aussies claim huge win over Serbia in men’s water polo

After a triumphant 8-3 win over the defending gold medallists in the group match , the Australian side will look ahead with hopes to advance out of the group stage.

The men’s water polo team now hold a 1-1 record and sit second in the Group B standings.

Nic Porter had a standout performance as keeper for Australia, helping the Australians take a 6-1 lead into half-time, propelling them towards victory.

Fox advances to the semi-final in search for another gold

Jess Fox continued her brilliance after posting a second-best heat time only 0.61 seconds behind Czechia’s Gabriela Satkova.

Despite a slight error around gate seven, Fox’s momentum and strength supported her to get the result.

She will advance to the semi-final where she looks to defend her gold medal from the Tokyo Olympics, as well as claim her second of the games.

BMX freestyle riders advance to finals chasing gold

Men’s rider Logan Martin finished third in his qualifier with a score of 89.39, whilst women’s rider Natalya Diehm also went through with a score of 83.89.

Martin will aim to defend his gold title from Tokyo, while Diehm looks to win the first gold of her career after injury forced her out of the Tokyo games.

Australia moves to six gold medals, with 11 in total after day three

Australia sits third in the gold medal count while Japan is on top of the table with seven after day three.

Australia has six golds, four silvers, and one bronze totalling 11 medals which means they are tied sixth in the count of total medals.

Gold-medal favourites in women’s rugby sevens leave medal-less

It was a golden dream turned nightmare for the Australian women rugby sevens side as they went down in both the semi-final and the bronze medal matches.

In the semi-final, Australia went down to Canada 21-12 even after a perfect start with the Aussies leading 12-0 at half time.

The Australians couldn’t get their hands on the ball in the second half, with a costly mistake by Teagan Levi handing the ball back to Canada.

Then in the bronze medal match against the USA, the Aussies had a great start leading by five points at half-time thanks to the Levi sisters, Teagan and Maddison, helping Australia achieve what looked like the bronze-medal play.

With USA’s chances of a bronze medal fading in the second half, Alex Sedrick ran at Teagan Levi with the ball and broke the tackle giving the team the lead at the final siren.

“We more than wanted to come home with a medal. To have this feeling we’re disappointed,” said Australian captain Charlotte Caslick.

“It sucks but we gave everything. We gave our hearts out and I think that’s the beauty of Sevens and sport, that’s why we play it.”

Boomers struggle to keep lead and lose to Canada in the basketball

 The Boomers went down to Canada by 10 points after a close first half where the Aussies led by four points at half-time.

Josh Giddey led the scoring with 19-points for the Aussies, but Canada’s Lu Dort shut his ex-teammate down keeping him to four points in the second half.

While Canada’s RJ Barrett led the scoring for the game with 24 points.

Canada is undefeated in the group stage of the tournament and the Australians sit with a 1-1 win-loss ratio.

The Australians still have a chance to get through the group stage when they face Greece who are yet to win against a Group A side.

Australians lose their first match in 3×3 women’s basketball

Canada ran away with their first ever win against Australia in the 3×3 women’s basketball, winning 21-14.

Canada’s Plouffe sisters, Katherine and Michelle, were stars for the Canadian side as they kept Australia scoreless for the first three minutes of the match.

Although Australia made an effort to come back, it was a final pair of two-pointers from Katherine and Michelle that sealed the game for Canada.

Kookaburras face big loss against reigning gold-medallists

In a rematch of the gold medal in Tokyo 2021, the Australians went down to Belgium 6-2.

Although the Kookaburras led the possession and had three more shots at goal their poor execution let them down.

Belgium’s Tom Boon played brilliantly, scoring a hat-trick making up half of Belgium’s final score.

Story: Hayley Wapper and Mason Loring

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