Australia’s golden flood dried up but two silver medals were pocketed, while the Stingers earned a shot at gold with a dramatic water polo win
Moesha Johnson and the sprint kayak racing crew of Riley Fitzsimmons, Jackson Collins, Pierre van der Westhuyzen and Noah Havard secured silver medals while Australia’s women will play for gold in the water polo final after a sudden-death shootout win over rivals the USA. On the athletics track, there was drama after the men’s 200m final and a world record in the women’s 400m hurdles.
A second silver medal came Australia’s way later in the day thanks to the sprint kayak racing crew of Riley Fitzsimmons, Jackson Collins, Pierre van der Westhuyzen and Noah Havard.Australia’s women, the Stingers, claimed a famous victory over the USA in a dramatic shootout to earn a shot at gold over the weekend. With the scores locked at 8-8 at the end of regulation time, penalties and then sudden-death penalties were needed to separate the two rivals.
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