Paris 2024 Olympics RECAP: Matt Wearn, Nina Kennedy and Peter Bol highlight day 12
Australia is on course for its best-ever Olympics, can they keep up their golden run on day 12 while the Opals and Sharks face knock-out quarter-finals?
WA’s Minjee Lee and Hannah Green will also be in action as the women’s gold get underway while our tack cyclists will go for gold in the men’s team pursuit after their world-record effort.
Recap all the action as it happened below.
Key Events
Wilson leaves room to improve
Each skater has three attempts to wow the judges, and in his first attack Aussie Keefer Wilson scored a 40.03.
The 17-year-old shot up the rankings to finish in the top five with a strong qualifier.
The three riders before him all stacked and Wilson put up a solid run but fell with 22 seconds left to ride.
Go for Gold - Skateboard finals kick off
Australia will look to lock away another medal with two athletes in the men’s park skateboarding final.
Reinging gold medalist and world No.2 Keegan Palmer has qualified in top spot and will look to bring it home again.
While Keefer Wilson finished in the top five as he is in with a medal shot.
Impressive finish
After the first day of the women’s golf action, WA’s Minjee Lee has found herself inside the top seven with a -1 stroke.
She was in strife early in the day with some unfortunate putt’s, but stormed back with an impressive finish
Australian teammate Hannah Green could not find the same form late, finishing with a +5 stroke at 47th overall.
Lee lets it fly
With a chance to Eagle on a par 5, Minjee Lee was unlucky to not have her putt fall in - but the Perth golfer was all smiles after finishing the hole a stroke under.
It puts her count for the day at -1, helped by strong play on her back six after sitting at +3 earlier.
She now finds herself inside the top seven in the women’s golf.
Off to the semis
The Australian diving pair of Maddison Keeney and Alysha Koloi have both earnt a spot in the women’s 3m springboard preliminary final.
Keeney impressed and finished in second place overall with her score of 337.35 - letting her jump second last tomorrow.
While Koloi ended up in 16th overall with a 276.60.
Keeney carries on
Maddison Keeney brought it home with impressive closing jumps in the women’s 3m springboard.
Her score of 337.35 has her on top of the standings currently and guarenteed a spot in the top 18, sending her to the semifinals.
WEARN-NER WEARN-NER - MATT BRINGS HOME GOLD
Needing to just finish in the top seven to bring home the title, Perth’s Matt Wearn won the final race to soldify the gold medal.
After the headache that came with the weather and questions if the race would go ahead at all, it eventually jumped and Matt Wearn brought home the 15th gold medal for Australia.
He wins back-to-back golds in the event, and the fourth straight for Australia in the men’s dinghy.
Wearn had silver guarenteed but he blitzed the competition for the win - finishing on 40 points.
All squared up
Minjee Lee is back even on her stroke count following a birdie on the par 3 course.
Her impressive drive set up a putt with the chance to go to 0, which she nailed to climb back to 12th on the standings.
Wearn hunting Kontides
With a gold medal arms reach away, the only player in the race that can disrupts Matt Wearn’s chances is Cyprus’ Pavlos Kontides.
If Kontides finishes first and Wearn crosses six places worse then he losses the grip on gold.
Wearn is going right at the Cyprus sailor, not giving him an inch in the hunt for the top spot.
Lets go Lee
A rocky start thanks to an unfortunate putt game had Minjee Lee falling in the women’s golf standing.
Back-to-back performances under par has improved her stroke count to +1.
An impressive drive straight on to the green on a par 3 gives the WA athlete a chance to sit square.
