World record holder Kaylee McKeown is chasing gold in the women's 100m backstroke today, before Mitch Larkin races in the men's edition. Follow our live Tokyo Olympics coverage:
Tim Walsh’s side finished third in their pool but points differential has put the Australians through to the final eight.Credit:The bad news is Australia will play Rio gold medallists Fiji, who are one of the tournament favourites.New Zealand will play Canada , Great Britain will face the United States and South Africa will take on Argentina in other quarter-finals.That’s it for Sally Fitzgibbons and a nation’s hopes in the women’s surfing at Tokyo.
This is a fair upset; Fitzgibbons is the world No.3 according to the World Surf League and one of surfing’s biggest names, while Tsuzuki is ranked 18th and is only 20 years old.Vince Rugari There’s 10 minutes left in Sally Fitzgibbons’ quarter-final heat against Japan’s Amuro Tsuzuki, and she’s behind.
Tsuzuki has scored waves of 6.67 and 6.60, giving her a total of 13.27 - which leaves Fitzgibbons needing a 7.10 at Shidashita Beach to take the lead.A win here would put Fitzgibbons, 30, into the final four in surfing’s debut appearance at the Olympics, with the medals to be handed out later on this afternoon.1.24pm AEST.
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