Paris Olympics 2024: Mackenzie Little, Jessica Hull among Aussies in medal hunt for track and field events
Jessica Hull lived up to the hype as she produced a rare Aussie track medal on the penultimate day of the Paris Olympics.
Recap all the action from the penultimate day in Paris in our live blog.
Here we go Ko
Lydia Ko has holed out for par on 17 and will head for the final hole holding a one shot lead for the tournament.
She would need to shoot a triple bogey or worse to bring Australia’s Hannah Green back out for a bronze medal playoff.
That could be it for Green’s medal hopes
China’s Janet Xiyu Lin has made birdie on hole 18 at Le Golf National to jump Hannah Green into the bronze medal spot.
She now heads for the clubhouse at seven under par, one stroke ahead of Green at six under and one behind clubhouse leader Esther Henseleit of Germany at eight under.
Green’s medal hopes now depend on a spectacular collapse from leader Lydia Ko, who is about to tee off on 17 and would need to shed three strokes in the final two holes to bring her back out for a playoff.
No birdie for Green
And Hannah Green was not quite able to make the birdie putt, two-putting for par.
Having shot three under today, she is currently in a four-way tie for the bronze medal spot at six under.
Her fate is now in the hands of her competitors and the possibility of her having to come back out for a playoff is very real.
Green finds the bunker
Hannah Green found the bunker with her tee shot from 18 but has recovered well with her next two shots.
She is looking at a long putt for a birdie she needs to stay in the mix for a medal.
Spain too strong
Australia’s Stingers have suffered Olympic heartbreak, going down in the women’s water polo final 11-9 to Spain as their frustrating 24-year wait for the biggest title in the sport goes on.
Unbeaten throughout the tournament, Bec Rippon’s side finally met their match in a brilliant Spanish side, inspired by four-goal Bea Ortiz and hat-trick star Maica Garcia Godoy at a throbbing La Defense Arena on Saturday.
And just like that, she’s back out
Hannah Green missed a golden opportunity to make a birdie on hole 17 and a pair of her competitiors have caught fire to boot her from the medal places for the moment.
Her putt of around 15 feet lipped out, with Japan’s Miyu Yamashita and China’s Xiyu Janet Lin both coming up with birdies on their last two holes to jump into a tie for second with Henseleit.
Green birdied the par five 18 on day two and three and will likely need to do something similar here to get back in the mix for a medal.
Hannah back to bronze spot
Back to Le Golf National, where hole 16 saw Hannah Green make par but drop back to third after a birdie from Henseleit.
She is currently in a three-way tie for the bronze medal spot and a playoff looks a real possibility.
Gold gone?
Macia Garcia Godoy scores for Spain and the gold medal is out of Australia’s reach.
The world No.1’s have proved too strong for the Stingers, who trail 11-7 with less than two minutes in this gold medal match.
Back and forth
Macia Garcia Godoy makes it a three-goal game for Spain.
Alice Williams responds for Australia to bring it back to two goals.
Paula Leiton Arrones pushes it back out to three for Spain.
The Stingers are putting up a good fight but they need to score - and stop Spain from responding. Two minutes to go.
Fourth for diver Rousseau
Cassiel Roussaeu has finished fourth in the men’s diving 10m platform final, being overtaken by Japan’s Rikuto Tamai and China’s Yuan Cao with their final dives.
An unbelievable final dive put him in the mix for a medal but he was beaten out in the end by silver medallist Tamai — who scored a near-perfect 99 with his last effort — and the gold medal winner Yuan, whose victory has continued China’s clean sweep of every diving event so far.
Great Britain’s Noah Williams beat Rousseau out for bronze.
