UNBELIEVABLE! 🥉🐎 In his eighth Games, 62-year-old Andrew Hoy has claimed TWO medals in a night, winning individual bronze - his sixth Olympics medal, 29 years after his first. And he says he wants to compete until Brisbane 2032! MORE: Tokyo2020
The Hockeyroos’ stunning run towards a medal in Tokyo is over after India sprung a major ambush to win their quarter-final, while Australia is hunting redemption in the track cycling.Follow all of the Aussie news from day 10 below!Australia must beat Puerto Rico by 25 points or more in the final group match of the Olympic women’s basketball to make the quarter-finals.
With Jenna O’Hea shooting three of four from beyond the arc and Marianna Tolo scoring 18 points and nine rebounds in the opening two stanzas, the Aussies finally opened up a six-point lead.AUSSIES IN THE ATHSAndrew Hoy has claimed two medals on the same night, helping Australia claim silver in the team equestrian eventing, before earning bronze in the individual event.
The Aussie then cleared 125kg in the clean and jerk, moving into second place temporarily. She eventually cleared 138kg for a total of 243, good enough for fifth before the favourite from China was scheduled to lift. The Sharks had already booked their plane tickets home after their 16-5 loss to Spain put them out of reach of a quarterfinal spot.
An Aaron Younger double and goal by Richard Campbell saw the Sharks go up 4-1 heading into the second quarter.Head coach Elvis Fatovic looked to give very deserved praise to Aussie goalkeeper Joel Dennerley, who saved 8 of 9 shot attempts in the first half. He was riding at the back of the four-man team a quarter of the way through the 4km race and rounding the edge of the velodrome when his handlebars simply fell off, causing him to plummet face-first into the wood.Anna Meares added: “You do not see that happen.”
“They’re the only team that’s ridden five kilometres. You burn most of your energy in that first kilometre getting up to top speed, so having to do it twice... yeah.”Australia took to the velodrome for the, looking to finally climb back up on the pedestal they have so dramatically fallen off on the Olympic stage.
Since then, Great Britain have won 22 gold, 10 silver and six bronze to Australia’s one gold, four silver and four bronze.Australia have brought in a Brit to overhaul the cycling since Rio in Simon Jones and after positive results in the Commonwealth Games and world championships since his arrival, we will finally see the fruits of his labour on the Olympic stage.
Li started off great with a dive comprising of two and a half somersaults and two twists, scoring 69.70 and putting him well in contention of a semi-final spot.
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