Daily recap: Australia’s medal wins & highlights at the Paris 2024 Olympics

Four-time Olympian and this year’s flag bearer Jessica Fox won gold in the women’s K1, making her the first woman to win four medals in this event, in four straight Olympic Games.

In Badminton, Tiffany Ho went down 21-9, 21-4 to America’s Beiwen Zhang, while women’s doubles pair Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu lost 2-0 to Japan’s Matsuyama and Shida.

The Australian men’s water polo team faced a challenging start to the Paris Olympics, falling to Spain 9-5 in their opening match.

The Women’s Hockey team, the Hockeyroo’s, won 2-1 to South Africa in an exciting game.

The Women’s Rugby 7’s tournament kicked off with the Aussie’s winning their first pool match against South Africa, 35-5. They backed it up with another convincing win, this time against Great Britain, beating them 36-5.

The Matildas, Australia’s Women’s Football team staged a thrilling comeback to defeat Zambia 6-5 in a Group B match at the Stade de Nice.

In the Women’s Street Skateboard, 14-year-old Olympic debutant Chloe Covell skated well and finished up in 8th.

In the Mountain Biking, Rebecca Henderson achieved a Olympic best result, coming in 13th.

After the first three Sailing races, Evie Haseldine and Olivia Price (49erFX) sit in 7th, while Shaun Connor and Jim Colley (Men’s Skiff class) sit in 16th.

Day one of the Paris 2024 Olympics was actioned packed for the Aussie team.

In exciting news, cyclist Grace Brown won the Women’s Individual Time Trial to secure our first gold medal of the games, and our first-ever Olympic medal in this event.

In the Women’s Beach Volleyball, our Aussie pair of Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy won against team China two sets to one, and the Men’s Beach Volleyball team of Mark Nicolaidis and Izac Carracher lost in two sets to Sweden.

In the Judo, Aussie hopeful Joshua Katz’s campaign came to an end after being defeated by Italy’s Andrea Carlino.

The Men’s Hockey team, the Kookaburra’s won their first pool match against Argentina, 1-0.

It was an incredible first night in the pool for the Australian swim team, as they secured two gold medals and two silver medals. Ariarne Titmus won the 400m Freestyle, and backed up her Tokyo 2020 Olympic medal in the same event. The 4 x 100m Women’s Freestyle Relay team won gold, for the fourth consecutive time. In the Men’s 400m Freestyle, Elijah Winnington brought home the silver medal, and the Men’s 4 x 100m Men’s Freestyle Relay team also won silver.

The Men’s Rugby 7’s team lined up against reigning Olympic champions Fiji in the Semi Final match, sadly losing 31-7. In the bronze medal match they lined up against South Africa in a tightly held game they unfortunately losing 26-19.

The Aussie Boomers Men’s Basketball team had their first pool match against a strong Spanish side. After a tough match, the Boomers came out on top winning 92 to 80.

One day before the official start and we had Australian’s competing across three different sports. In their opening match our Australian Women’s Football team, The Matildas, played against Germany, and unfortunately lost 3-0.

In the Rugby 7s, the team had their final pool match against Argentina and won 22-14, and headed into the Quarter Finals against the United States, where they showed a dominant display and won 18-0. They now will play reigning Olympic champions Fiji in the Semi Final.

The Archery events kicked off as well with the ranking rounds, where Peter Boukouvalas and Laura Paeglis competed in the Mixed Team event, and also their respective Men’s and Women’s Individual events.

Two days before the official start of the games, the Australian Rugby Sevens team played their first two pool matches, winning both in style. First game against Samoa they won 21-14, and then they followed up with a 21-7 win against Kenya.