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Sport
Young athletics star Ash Moloney is today celebrating becoming Australia’s first decathlon medallist as our women’s beach volleyball pair chase gold and four Aussies vie for medals on the track in the 1500m.
Sport
Australia’s Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy have reached the women’s gold medal match in beach volleyball while our decathletes, high jumpers and javelin throwers vie for medals in the pointy end of their track and field competitions.
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Australia’s great track medal hope Stewart McSweyn has cruised into the men’s 1500m semi-finals with a strong heat run this morning, while three of our canoe sprinters prepare to paddle for gold this afternoon.
The Matildas’ dreams of gold have been dashed in heartbreaking fashion with a 1-0 defeat to Sweden in their semi-final, as Australia mounts a new challenge for medals on the athletics track on day 11 of the Tokyo Olympics.
Australian runners Linden Hall, Jessica Hull and Riley Day have put in solid heat performances this morning to join 800m runner Peter Bol as among our leading medal hopes on the track.
Matildas captain and star striker Sam Kerr is in doubt for the women’s Olympic soccer semi-final against Sweden, as Australia celebrates its greatest haul in Games history with four gold medals in a single day.
