We’ve won 18 gold medals so far. How many more could we win?
There has never been an Olympics like it for Australia. In Paris, Australia are now on a total of 18 gold medals, the greatest haul in the country’s Olympic history.
Time flies when you are having fun and the last day of competition is this Sunday, with the closing ceremony to follow at the Stade de France. With four days left of competition, which Australians are still in with a chance of gold before the Games say au revoir?
Women’s golf – round 2
Thursday 5pm (AEST)
Minjee Lee is currently on -1 after round 1 of the women’s golf tournament, trailing France’s Céline Boutier, who is leading on -7. If Lee can put together a strong three rounds at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, France, she could fight her way to gold.
Minjee Lee acknowledges the crowd on the 18th green during Day One Credit: Getty Images
Diving – Women’s 3-metre springboard semi-final
Thursday 6pm
Maddison Keeney leads Australian medal hopes, after winning bronze in the synchro event in Rio and then going on to win gold in her individual event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She will face off against Yiwen Chen of China, who is the strong favourite to add to her gold already secured in the synchro event.
Sailing – mixed dinghy final
Thursday 7.43pm
The next Australian Olympic gold medal chance is in the southern city of Marseille, where childhood friends Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas are fighting for gold in the mixed dinghy race.
Canoe sprint – men’s K4 500 metres semi-final
Thursday 7.50am
In the men’s K4 500 metres, Riley Fitzsimmons, Pierre van der Westhuyzen, Jackson Collins and Noah Havard are in strong contention for gold. They will face off against favourites Germany.
K4 paddlers Riley Fitzsimmons, Pierre van der Westhuyzen, Jackson Collins and Noah Havard in action.Credit: AP
Track cycling – men’s sprint finals
Friday 2am
Australia’s strongest gold medal hope in track cycling is Matthew Richardson, who will aim for gold in the sprint event, should he qualify for the finals.
He also will have another opportunity to go for gold in the keirin , with the finals on Sunday, again if he qualifies.
Women’s water polo semi-final
Friday 3.35am
The Stingers will take on the USA for a chance to compete for gold. It has been 12 long years since Australia got past the quarter-finals in women’s water polo, but they managed it when they beat Greece 9-6 on Wednesday morning.
If Australia can get past the USA, the strong favourites, they will face either Spain or the Netherlands for the gold medal game on Saturday at 11.35pm AEST.
Women’s 1500 metres semi-final
Friday 3.35am
At the same time as the Stingers jump into the pool, Jessica Hull will be fighting to lay down a marker against Kenya’s Olympic and world champion Faith Kipyegon before the final on Sunday at 4.25am. Hull is in career-best form. She will push Kipyegon throughout the race, and is looking a secure bet to reach the podium.
Jess Hull and Nelly Chepchirchir lead the way in their 1500m heat.Credit: Getty Images
Women’s beach volleyball semi-final
Friday 5am
Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy have the opportunity to go one better than their silver in Toyko as they face off against Brazil in the beach volleyball semi-finals in front of the Eiffel Tower. The match offers an opportunity to play for the gold medal on Saturday at 6.30am.
Mariafe Artacho Del Solar and Taliqua Clancy celebrate victory over Switzerland in their beach volleyball quarter-final.Credit: AP
Women’s boxing – 75kg semi-final
Friday 6.02am
Australia’s boxing captain Caitlin Parker will face a huge test against the gold-medal favourite, China’s Li Qian. If Parker can get past Qian at Roland Garros Arena, she is in contention to become Olympic champion against the odds.
Men’s canoeing – K-2 500 metres semi-final
Friday 7.20pm
Australia’s Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen will compete for gold in the event, which is half the distance of their gold-medal winning race in Tokyo three years ago.
Women’s basketball semi-final
Saturday 1.30am
Tests don’t really come much bigger in the Olympics than facing a dominant USA team who have not lost at the Olympics since 1992, but the Opals will arrive ready to compete.
Men’s diving– 10 metre platform final
Saturday 11pm
Cassiel Rousseau is a chance for the gold medal, but will need to defeat the strong favourite from China, Yang Hao. Rousseau comes from strong Olympic stock, his grandfather Michel Rousseau was a track cyclist who won sprint gold for France at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
Rousseau has a fascinating story, as a former child acrobat who is afraid of heights. Learn more about Rousseau here.
Women’s weightlifting – 81kg
Sunday midnight
Eileen Cikamatana represented Fiji before switching to Australia in 2019, and just missed out on competing in Tokyo due to eligibility issues. Now a gold medal chance for Australia, Cikamatana’s incredible story was captured in this masthead . Cikamatana will compete against strong favourite Solfrid Koanda from Norway.
Eileen Cikamatana before travelling to ParisCredit: Nick Moir
Women’s javelin final
Sunday 3.30am
Mackenzie Little and the veteran Kathryn Mitchell will compete in the javelin final, with Little representing Australia’s best chance at gold in the event against Japan’s strong hope, Haruka Kitaguchi.
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