The Tokyo Olympics have delivered some headline acts for the Australians on Day 13 as the Matildas and Kookaburras chase medals, while the Boomers try to position themselves in a place to do the same against the kings of basketball, USA.
First off, however, we have the women’s beach volleyball semifinals featuring Australian pair Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy up against Latvia.
In athletics, we also have some Aussies contesting for medals in the track and field.
The race walk was kind to Australia in Rio, producing our only two athletics medals in 2016. Kyle Swan and Declan Tingay are Australia’s hopes in the 20km race walk final this time around.
Meanwhile, in the heats, Ash Moloney and Cedric Dubler continue their grueling efforts in the men’s decathlon while Nicola McDermott and Eleanor Patterson are just starting off with the women’s high jump qualifiers.
Aussies Oliver Hoare and Stewart McSweyn are on a mission to end Australia’s Olympic drought in the 1500m and have progressed to the semi-final, which will get underway later tonight.
For you gold hunters, other notable athletics men’s finals include the triple jump, shot put, 110m hurdles, and the 400m. While in the women’s schedule, the pole vault final is the drawcard.
There will also be gold medals aplenty in the men’s kayak singles, women’s kayak singles, men’s skateboarding, women’s diving and cycling. While gold medal bouts will be held in the lightweight boxing, karate and wrestling events.
We’ll also be keeping an eye on the 10m women’s diving final with Australia’s Melissa Wu looking for another strong result.
In a huge day of team sports, we’ll have separate live blogs for the big Australian matches including the Boomers vs the USA, the Matildas vs USA and the Kookaburras going for Gold against Belgium.
For everything else, stay tuned for live updates in our rolling blog.
Key athletics events Day 13 (AEST)
10:10am – Women’s high jump qualifying round
11am – Women’s 4x100m relay round 1
12pm – Men’s triple jump final
12:05pm – Men’s shot put final
12:30pm – Men’s 4x100m relay round 1
12:55pm – Men’s 110m hurdles final
5:30pm – Men’s 20km race walk final
8pm – Women’s pole vault final
9:10pm – Men’s 1500m semi-finals
10pm – Men’s 400m final
JGK
Roar Guru
So we need to beat Luca for that elusive medal.
JGK
Roar Guru
Plus the beach volleyball.
David Holden
Roar Guru
What a day. Losses for the Boomers, Matildas and Hockeyroos...BUT...it's also a day that Australian won two golds, one silver and two bronzes. Australia continues to excel. The feel good story of the day was Melissa Wu, who finally earned her first individual Olympic medal.
David Holden
Roar Guru
In the basketball, France have held on to beat Slovenia 90-89
David Holden
Roar Guru
Decathon Final Results are: GOLD: Damian Warner (CAN) - Olympic Record SILVER: Kevin Mayer (FRA) BRONZE: Ash Moloney (AUS) - Australian Record Full listing is in the link
Graham
Guest
great high to finish the day on!
David Holden
Roar Guru
Decathlon 1500m: Moloney has come home in a rush and we now wait for confirmation. Brilliant. Moloney has the BRONZE
David Holden
Roar Guru
Decathon 1500m: It doesn't look good for Moloney.
David Holden
Roar Guru
Decathlon 1500m: This is going to be close. Moloney has drifted back
David Holden
Roar Guru
Decathlon 1500m: Moloney is in touch with his main competition early
David Holden
Roar Guru
Decathlon 1500m: Here we go...can Moloney hold on for a surprise bronze medal?
graham
Guest
whats his pb? What does he need for bronze?
David Holden
Roar Guru
This is how they line up in the last event of the decathlon. It really is a race in 3 for the bronze medal with Aussie Ash Moloney needing close to a personal best
JGK
Roar Guru
Looks like Warner needs to run 4.33 in the 1500m to break 9000 points
David Holden
Roar Guru
Late in the 3rd quarter, France leads Slovenia by 10 pts. We need to remember that France beat the USA a week ago. Can they hold on here and go back to back in the gold medal match?
JGK
Roar Guru
Blew them away in the last 150m.
David Holden
Roar Guru
Mens 400m Final: Steven Gardiner from the Bahamas has lit it up down the back straight to eventually win in 43.85. Anthony Jose Zambrano wins silver and Kirani James comes late for bronze GOLD: Steven Gardiner (BAH) SILVER: Anthony Jose Zambrano (COL) BRONZE: Kirani James (GRN) A full listing of results is found here
Fraser
Roar Rookie
Gardiner opted to go for the tank instead of the T-shirt. Hope he wins.
David Holden
Roar Guru
Men's 400m Final: Introductions are underway and we are close to a start. Kirani James is probably the sentimental favourite but he has a lot of competition tonight
JGK
Roar Guru
That's about 7 seconds he can give the 4th placed guy. And the 5th placed guy is close too.