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🗞 Biggest ever single-day haul
G'day sports fans,
"The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself."
- Dawn Fraser (Australian swimmer, 3-time winner at the Olympics)
🗞 In today's edition of Sport Journal:
🥇 Medal Mania
🏎 F1 goes wild
🦁 Lions tamed
🥇 Olympics
🥇 Australia created Olympic Games history, winning FOUR gold medals for its biggest ever single-day haul.
After Emma McKeon led the golden girls’ charge in the pool, Logan Martin won the first gold medal in the history of BMX Freestyle.
Then all Matt Wearn needed to do to seal gold in the men’s laser sailing was simply turn up for the final race — such as the magnitude of his commanding lead.
He duly obliged, and Australia’s record day was complete.
The national team is poised for its biggest Olympics gold medal haul and the best may be yet to come.
Gold medal winners so far;
Kaylee McKeown, swimming, women's 100m backstroke
Australia, swimming, women's 4x100m freestyle relay
Ariarne Titmus, swimming, 400m freestyle
Ariarne Titmus, swimming, women's 200m freestyle
Australia, rowing, men's four
Australia, rowing, women's four
Jessica Fox, canoe slalom, women's canoe
Izaac Stubblety-Cook, swimming, men's 200m breaststroke
Emma McKeon, swimming, women's 100m freestyle
Kaylee McKeown, swimming, women's 200m backstroke
🏃🏾♂️Peter Bol pulled out a stunning run in the 800m, becoming the first Australian man into the final since 1968 after winning the second heat with an Oceanic record of 1:44.11.
“He can win the gold medal. He is in the mix,” Bruce McAvaney said on Seven.
The final will be held on Wednesday night at 10:05pm AEST.
The World's fastest Mullet - Rohan Browning didn't qualify for the 100m final after running a 10.09 in the semis.
Italian sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs blitzed the field in the men's 100m final in just 9.80 seconds.
🏀 Australia’s men’s side will face Argentina in the quarter-finals of the Olympic basketball tournament.
⚽️ Australian captain Sam Kerr is one of five players at risk of being sidelined or benched for tonight's Olympic semi-final against Sweden.
“The Matildas captain (Kerr) will likely be deemed fit to play but her involvement could be reduced to the role of dangerous impact player from the bench,” the report stated.
🇦🇺 AFL
🇳🇿 The Demons crush the Suns, the Hawks stun the Lions, the Swans come from behind to beat the Bombers, the Dockers edge past the Tigers, while Port Adelaide outlast GWS.
Watch all the best highlights from a thrilling round of football
🏉 NRL
📺 Bulldogs v Titans and Sharks v Sea Eagles, will close out an eventful Round 20 today.
🦵🏽 Off-contract champion Roosters centre Josh Morris is in serious danger of having played his final NRL game after he was today ruled out for five weeks due to a hamstring injury.
✅ The Storm's 16th consecutive triumph has given them the longest winning streak in club history and seen Melbourne improve their points differential to the greatest of all time.
Craig Bellamy's men surpassed the points differentials of the 1995 Manly outfit (plus-439) and 1935 Eastern Suburbs side (plus-442) as they improved to plus-465.
🌍 World Sport
🏎 In one of the wildest races ever seen, Esteban Ocon claimed a debut victory after six drivers crashed out and Lewis Hamilton fought from 14th to the podium. (Fox)
Lewis Hamilton regained the world championship lead for the first time since May after fighting back to finish third having been last five laps into the race.
🦌 v 🦁 The British and Irish Lions' series with South Africa will go to a decider after the Springboks won a fiery second Test 27-9 at Cape Town Stadium. In a dour affair.
😷 Shane Warne, London Spirit's head coach, and another unnamed member of the management team have gone into isolation after returning positive Covid-19 tests.
✈️ A sprinter from Belarus claims she was taken to the airport in Tokyo against her will after publicly criticising the national coaches of her country. ‘I will not return to Belarus,” she told the Reuters
🐴 Racing
📺 An update from Trainer Liam Howley on our Toronado x Alittle loose colt.
📺 Live sport 👇🏼
TODAY
07:00 - ATP Atlanta Open - Brandon Nakashima v John Isner (BeIN Sports 1)
09:00 - 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (7mate, 7Plus or Channel 7)
09:08 - MLB Regular SeasonTampa Bay Rays v Boston Red Sox (ESPN or Sky Sports 3)
10:30 - Women's Hockey - Germany v Argentina (7Plus)
13:00 - Women's Hockey - Australia v India (7mate, 7Plus or Channel 7)
14:40 - Women's Basketball - France v United States (7Plus)
18:00 - NRL - Canterbury Bulldogs v Gold Coast Titans (Fox League)
18:00 - Women's Football - Canada v United States (7Plus)
19:30 - Women's Hockey - Netherlands v New Zealand (7Plus)
20:05 - NRL - Cronulla Sharks v Manly Sea Eagles (Fox League)
21:00 - Women's Football - Australia v Sweden (7mate, 7Plus or Channel 7)
22:00 - Women's Basketball - Australia v Puerto Rico (7mate or 7Plus)
22:00 - Women's Hockey - Spain v Great Britain (7Plus)
00:00 - The Hundred Women's - Oval Invincibles Women v Welsh Fire Women (Fox Cricket)
TUESDAY
03:30 - The Hundred - Oval Invincibles v Welsh Fire (Fox Cricket)
04:00 - ATP Citi Open, Round 1 (BeIN Sports 1)
04:45 - Super League - Hull FC v St Helens (Fox League)
04:45 - Scottish Championship - Kilmarnock v Ayr United (BeIN Sports 2)
09:00 - 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (7mate, 7Plus or Channel 7)
09:00 - ATP Citi Open, Round 1 (BeIN Sports 1)
09:05 - MLB - Washington Nationals v Philadelphia Phillies (ESPN)
11:00 - Men's Basketball, Quarter-Final (7Plus)
11:30 - Men's Hockey, Semi-Final (7Plus)
11:40 - MLB - Arizona Diamondbacks v San Francisco Giants (Sky Sports 3)
14:40 - Men's Basketball, Quarter-Final (7Plus)
18:00 - Men's Football - Mexico U23 v Brazil U23 (7Plus)
18:20 - BasketballMen's Basketball, Quarter-Final (7Plus)
20:00 - HockeyMen's Hockey, Semi-Final (7Plus)
21:00 - Men's FootballJapan U23 v Spain U23 (7Plus)
22:00 - Men's Basketball, Quarter-Final (7Plus)