Emma McKeon grabbed gold, finishing in 51.96 seconds - a new Olympic record
The United States have crashed and bashed their way past Australia in a 14-12 women’s rugby sevens result that’s turned the defending Olympic champion’s title defence on its head.
Blake Govers’ drag flick was saved by the Spanish goalkeeper, only for Tom Wickham to show off his quick reactions by volleying it back into the net on his backstick for the lead. That’s equal with our output at Beijing 2008 and only one behind Athens 2004 for our best performance at a Games held outside of Australia. Melbourne 1956 is still the high water mark.McKeon speaks: “It doesn’t feel real”
“I feel like this week’s been a bit of an emotional roller-coaster just getting up for your races and trying to relax again. So honestly, my emotions are a bit all over the place right now.“I know all of my family back home are watching and I felt them with me in my race. I know all the support they’ve given me over all the years of me swimming - they’re part of it all. Mostly my coach, he’s just put so much hard work in.
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