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The Australian Olympics schedule for Day 12, Wednesday 7 August (all times in AEST):
Wednesday 7 August
⛳ 5:00pm: Women’s Golf (Round 1)
The women’s Olympic golf tournament begins today and will feature two Australians, Minjee Lee and Hannah Green. American Nelly Korda is the defending Olympic champion and current world number one.
🏃♂️ 6:00pm: Track and Field (Morning Session)
The track and field morning session will feature plenty of Australians. Brandon Starc, Joel Baden and Yual Reath will all contest the men’s High Jump. Michelle Jenneke, Liz Clay, and Celeste Mucci will race in the heats of the 100m Hurdles. Kelsey Lee-Barber, Kathryn Mitchell and Mackenzie Little will represent Australia in the qualifying round of the women’s Javelin. Stewart McSweyn and Morgan McDonald will race the heats of the 5000m. Peter Bol, Joseph Deng, and Peyton Craig will race in the heats of the men’s 800m.
🏊♀️ 6:00pm: Diving, Men’s 3m springboard (Preliminary)
Kurtis Mathews finished in the top 18 of the preliminary round last night and will compete in this semi-final. The top 12 in the semi-final will advance to the final. Mathews is making his Olympic debut after he won the Australian trials for this event in June.
🏀 7:00pm: Women’s Basketball, Australia v Serbia (Quarter-Final)
This match is a must-win for the Opals to progress their Olympic campaign. It’s set to be a nail-biter after the men’s team, the Boomers, lost to Serbia last night.
🛹8:30pm: Skateboarding, Men’s Park (Preliminary)
Australians Keegan Palmer, Kieran Woolley, and Keefer Wilson are skating in this event. Palmer is the defending Olympic champion from Tokyo. Can he follow Arisa Trew’s lead and win gold in Paris too?.
⛵9:13pm: Sailing, Men’s Dinghy (Medal Race 🥇)
Australian Matt Wearn is the reigning Olympic champion in this boat class and must finish in the top seven in the medal race to successfully defend his title at back-to-back Olympics. He is already guaranteed silver.
Thursday 8 August
🚴♂️ 2:33am: Track Cycling, Men’s Team Pursuit (Final 🥇)
The Aussie men set a world record in the qualifying round for this final and won bronze in this event in Tokyo. They have already improved upon their result from Tokyo and are racing Great Britain for gold.
🏐 3:00am: Men’s Water Polo, Australia v United States (Quarter-Final)
The Sharks take on the U.S. in their first knockout stage match of the Olympic tournament. Australia’s best result in men’s water polo at the Olympics is 5th (1984, 1992). If the Sharks win tomorrow they will go deeper into the Olympic tournament than any Australian team before them.
🏃♂️And then it’s time for track and field finals…
2:15am: Women’s Pole Vault (Final 🥇)
Nina Kennedy goes for gold in Paris. Kennedy is the current world champion (she shared the medal with American Katie Moon in Budapest) and has shown impressive form in Diamond League events leading up to the Olympics. Moon is the defending Olympic champion.
4:25am: Men’s Discus Throw (Final 🥇)
Matt Denny is another one of Australia’s medal hopes in the track and field events. He had the second best throw in qualifying behind world record holder Mykolas Alekna from Lithuania. The 28-year-old is competing in his third Olympics and finished fourth in Tokyo.
5:20am: Men’s 400m (Final 🥇)
No Australians in this race after Reece Holder came fifth in his semi-final. Grenada’s Kirani James was the fastest qualifier from the semi-finals and could become the only man to win four consecutive medals in the 400m. The 31-year-old claimed gold in London, silver in Rio and bronze in Tokyo. Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith and the U.S.’ Michael Norman won the other two semi-finals.
5:43am: Men’s 3000m Steeplechase (Final 🥇)
No Australians in this event. Morocco’s Mohamed Tindouft was the fastest qualifier in round one. The 3000m steeplechase includes 28 barrier jumps, seven of those into water.
