Paris 2024 Olympics RECAP: Matt Wearn, Nina Kennedy and Peter Bol highlight day 12

Aussie park skater Keegan Palmer is in with a chance for a medal after qualfiying for the finals of the men’s park skateboarding with a score of 94.73 - the best in his heat.

He will look to repeat the efforts of fellow Aussie Arisa Trew, who took out gold in the women’s park final yesterday.

His teammate Kieran Woolley did not have the same luck, finishing fourth in the heat with a best score of 80.04

Palmer will have a chance to impress the judges later tonight at 11.30pm.

Leigh Hoffman has qualified past the qualifying stages of the men’s cycling track sprint with the fastest time so far of 9.242.

He blitzed the competition that had run so far and guarenteed his spot in the next round.

Distance runner Linden Hall has failed to qualify in the women’s 1500m repechage with her 4:09.1 time.

The Australian was up in front of the pack early, leading neck in neck with Great Britain’s Revée Walcott-Nolan with two laps remaining.

With 400m seperating the runners and a qualification, Hall had the advantage but started to get caught late - eventually dropping all the way back for a seventh place finish.

Australia is on to the women’s basketball semifinals following their handy 85-67 win over Serbia.

The Opals avenge the Boomers, who lost yesterday in their quarter-final thriller at the hands of the Serbian mens side.

The girls were a bucket machine all game with four players adding double digit points, and the side dropped at least 20 points in the first three quarters to outpace Serbia who struggled from the field.

Opals were sent to the line 25 times in the match, and took full advantage - shooting at 88 per cent.

Alanna Smith lead the side in scoring with 22 points and 13 rebounds, while WA’s Sami Whitcomb finished the game with 15 points and four assists.

It’s their first time since the London Olympics that the women’s side will go to the semifinals - fighting for a chance at a medal.

The fourth quarter game plan from both sides has come at no surprise, Serbia are looking to erase a 19-point deficit by jacking up threes.

While the Opals are looking to drain the clock and hold on to their comfortbale advantage.

The fast pace of play will drain Serbia’s stamina, as they continue to run a hyper aggressive defence.

Perth’s Peter Bol has had a horror start to his Olympic campaign, finishing 7th in his 800m heat at the Paris Games.

The 30-year-old, who became a household name when he finished fourth in Tokyo, was in a strong position leading into the final 100m, having been near the front of the pack for much of his heat.

When it became clear he would not finish in the top three, required for automatic qualification, Bol watched on as runners past him, finishing with a time of 1:47.50.

It was not the triumphant return Bol would have hoped for after a botched drug test threw his preparation for Paris into turmoil.

His Olympic dream is not over yet, as he gets a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals in the repechage.

He will join fellow Aussie Joeseph Deng, who finished 6th in an earlier heat, in the do-or-die race on Thursday (AWST).

Australia’s Peyton Craig finished third in a time of 1:45.81 in his heat to automatically qualify for the semifinal.

Bol’s heat was won by Algeria’s Djamel Sedati while Great Britain’s Elliot Giles and the United States’ Hobbs Kessler finished second and third to advance.

Serbia has come out the gate playing full court press, hoping to force mistakes on the Opals.

So far Australia has done well to take care of the ball and punish their opposition.

Opals are up 24 points at the three quarter break over Serbia in the women’s basketball quarter-final.

They will hope to maintain the lead and not mirror their male counterparts - who choked a 24 point lead to Serbia yesterday.

Refs have not been swallowing their whistles so far in the game, and it has favoured the Opals.

The Australian girls have been sent to the line 17 times in the game, missing just one of those shots.

For better or for worse, both sides have been firing from deep in this game but it has favoured the Opals.

Australia has been far more efficient in finding players open from beyond the arc, while the Serbians poor shot selection has not helped them with the deficit.

The power passing from the Opals continues to deliver, finding WA’s Sammi Whitcombe in the corner for a wide open three.

With the dagger, Australia’s lead extends out to 28 points with two mintes to play in the third.