Paris Olympics 2024: Plenty of medals already on offer as day one of competition gets underway
Australia made a brilliant start to the Paris Games, snaring three gold medals on an action-packed opening day. Recap the best of the day one action here!
Alex Perkins fights hard
She was nowhere after the turn but flew home to finish third in 57.46 and with the top16 going through to the semifinals she should be safe.
Emma McKeon is in the pool
It’s the 100m buttefly heat in what his the Australian champions last Olympics.
She finishes second in the heat behind China’s Zhang Yufei in a time of 56.14. It’s a strong heat but you sense there’s more time to come.
Boomers underway
Josh Giddey wins the tip-off and Australia knock down the first points before they take the offensive rebounds and stretch the Spanish defence to to allow Jock Landale to knockdown a three in a 6-0 start
Pool almost open
It’s always the biggest part of any Australian Olympic challenge with our swimmers minutes away from entering the pool.
5pm: Women’s 100m Butterfly (Emma McKeon, Alexandria Perkins)
5.12pm: Women’s 400m Freestyle (Ariarne Titmus, Jamie Perkins)
5.30pm: Men’s 100m Breaststroke (Sam Williamson, Josh Yong)
5.45pm: Men’s 400m Freestyle (Elijah Winnington, Sam Short)
6.15pm: Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay (Australia)
6.26pm: Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay (Australia)
Almost Boomers time
Despie the time difference there’s good news for basketball fans with the Boomers given favourable time slots for their pool games. Their campaign gets undeway against Spain from 5pm but will have to do it without Dante Exum who is recovering from a dislocate finger.
Joshua Katz loses his Judo bout
The Australian was up against Italian Andrea Carlino in the 60kg round of 32 but went down 1-0. It’s a brutal format the judo and his Olympics is done with every match an eliminator.
Tara Rigney breezes through her first heat
The Perth born talent was doing it easy in her single sculls heat.
It’s a gruellling race over 2000m but she looked comfrotable out there.
She broke out to an early lead and then controlled the pace to come home in 7:30:71 more than six seconds clear of second.
Bigger challenges await but she’s straight through to the quarter-final and is a strong medal chance.
What did you think of last night?
Celine Dion was no doubt the star of the show but the pouring rain defintely put a dampener on the opening ceromony.
Rose speaks
“We’re really confient with what we can produce,”
“We’ve preapered really well and now it’s time to deliver.
“It’s pretty hard out there which I think will suit us.
WA stars in play
For those on the look out for local talent Harry Grigson has the run down of the WA talent in action.
