Looking to day nine, Australia has high medal hopes in high jump, as other Australian athletes try to make their mark in boxing, cycling and hockey.
Athletics
Olyslagers took home silver at the Tokyo Games and Patterson, who was in recovery from a broken foot earlier this year, impressed in the qualifying round with a single miss at 1.92m.
Nicola Olyslagers said the recent new world record was motivating to see. Source: Getty / Cameron Spencer
Mahuchikh, Patterson and Olyslagers were on the podium at last year’s world championships in Budapest and Olyslager said watching the Ukranian beat the record was motivating.
On the track, 21-year-old Reece Holder is up in the men’s 400m, while Claudia Hollingsworth and Abbey Caldwell will represent in the women’s 800m.
The 100m men’s record is still held by Usain Bolt, who ran a record 9.63 seconds at the London Games in 2012.
Swimming
They ranked fourth and fifth respectively in the semi-finals the 50m event.
Shayna Jack (second from left) and Meg Harris (far right) took home golds in the 4x100m freestyle relay. Source: Getty / Xavier Laine
Boxing
Amid fears that Paris would be the last appearance of boxing at the Olympics earlier this year, Parker spoke out against the potential decision saying that the dreams of kids starting out in the sport “could be shattered” and that it would be particularly devastating for women “who are just starting to create history in this sport”.
Caitlin Parker is the first Australian woman boxer to appear at two Olympic Games. Source: Getty / Matt King
Hockey
Their path to gold now involves the face-off with Netherlands and later, Belgium.
Cycling
Roseman-Gannon proved the unpredictability of road cycling earlier this year in the final stage of the Tour of Britain when she passed Luxembourg’s Christine Majerus, who had started celebrating her victory too early at the line.
Paris is Roseman-Gannon’s first Olympic Games.
Tennis
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz will face long-time dominant force Serbian Novak Djokovic at 8pm AEST in a dream match for the Olympic final.
The Olympic gold is the only major tennis victory that Djokovic has failed to claim so far.