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COMEBACK QUEENS: AUSSIE STINGERS DEFEAT EUROPEAN GIANTS
Down but not out, the Stingers managed to score five in the third quarter and prevented the Dutch getting an extended lead, drawing it up for a thrilling fourth quarter. But the protest was quickly shot down by officials, who told the Aussie camp the interpretation of the ruling was simply that athletes risked not having their wave scored if they ventured beyond the competition bounds, if judges could not properly see it.
Medina went to the air early and often, scoring a 7.5 with his first wave of the heat before repeatedly failing in his next attempts.Women’s doubles team Sam Stosur and Ellen Perez cruised past Romania’s Monica Niculescu and Raluca Olaru, winning 7-6 , 7-5.They head to the quarter finals next. They will go up against either Spain or Switzerland.The decision to bring Samu Kerevi off the bench could cost Australia a place in the Olympic finals admits gold medal-winning coach Tim Walsh.
Hindsight is a beautiful thing, but Walsh admitted Kerevi’s telling impact, where he set up one try and scored another, could have been an influential and calming presence in the second half. Two Josh Turner tries and some Kerevi magic saw Australia close within a try, before Argentina’s late try sealed the deal.
With the Olympics finals hanging over their heads, Australia made a meal of the opening kick-off and then had to defend for the live until that man again Kerevi made use of his 108kg frame in a massive tackle that led to a turnover.
It was just “one of those days” though, with Winwood failing to fire as four judges sided with his opponent in the final count. But Brook Peris – the cousin of Australia’s first Indigenous gold medal-winner – knows medals are not won in the first week and it is about keeping your feet on the ground.“We’ve got to keep our feet on the ground and take it day by day,” Peris told News Corp.“It’s always good to get the first game over and done with. I think we had 10 debutants at these Olympic Games - those nerves are going to happen,” Peris said.
Millman went down 4-6 in the first but fought back to take the second 7-6 in the tie breaker to cling on to his Olympic dream for at least one more set. Watkins went to the top of leaderboard with a superb time of 101.28 in a flawless effort and although he was knocked off his perch immediately after, he finished high enough to ensure he would be in this afternoon’s final.
After a slow start in his first two races, Australian Matt Wearn has finished second behind Sweden’s Hesper Stalheim in the third race. However, it was bad news for Tommy Neill in the men’s 200m freestyle as he missed out on a place in the final by just three one-hundredths of a second.Ariarne Titmus has done what nobody else has been able to; taking down American legend Katie LedeckyThe pair faced off in the first instalment of their much-anticipated Tokyo showdown, with 20-year-old rising star Titmus timing a late charge perfectly to win in 3:56.69 ahead Ledecky and China’s Bingjie Li .
Samu Kerevi, who only joined the Australian sevens side a month ago, was wrongly penalised for leading with the arm and the moment in front of a packed house proved pivotal. The first-up defeat is a major setback for the medal ambitions, with a simple enough match to come against South Korea before facing Olympic favourites New Zealand in their final pool match on Tuesday.Aussie 48-year-old Jian Fang Lay has won her first match in round two of the women’s table tennis against Poland’s Li Qian, a player ranked 121 places above her in the world.
Buitendag took the lead at Tsurigasaki Beach by jumping on the first big wave of the contest, and Gilmore was left to rue her decision to let her have it. Fitzgibbons went through with a combined score of 10.86, beating Ado’s 9.03 as she is now Australia’s only medal hope in the surfing.Australia has been eliminated from the archery after a nervy shoot-off loss to Chinese Taipei.
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