Australia's men's hockey team has booked themselves a quarterfinal berth after hammering New Zealand in Paris.
Meanwhile, the women's 3x3 basketball team has condemned defending Olympic champions Team USA to their third successive defeat.
The Kookaburras' 5-0 win in Paris on Thursday was a timely return to goal-scoring form and improved their startling head-to-head record to 35 wins and one draw from their last 38 clashes since Rio's 2016 Games.It was a fourth straight Games loss for the Black Sticks, while Tokyo silver medallists Australia improved to 3-1 to secure a quarterfinal passage ahead of a final pool game against India on Friday.
Wickham was everywhere for Australia, somehow contorting his body to dodge an Aran Zalewski strike on goal but still get a touch to hand Australia the opener. The goal-fest was timely after two circumspect victories and a 6-2 loss to Belgium in Tuesday's Tokyo gold medal rematch. In a tense affair where turnovers were plentiful, Australia was able to hold their nerve when it mattered.
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