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Experts: Stephanie Rice, Ash Barty, Heath Thorpe, Nick Green, Craig Foster, John Steffensen and Geoff Ogilvy with Nick Green and John Steffensen in Paris.
Highlights & expert opinions from today’s shows:
Stephanie Rice on the Australian Swimming team’s success in the pool so far and the last couple of days of competition:
“I think that [the medal tally] will be so tight as we still have a couple of relays to go. We have the Mixed Medley Relay and the Individual Medley Relays as well and we don’t have a breaststroker for Australia which I feel handicaps us so much for a couple of Golds there potentially. I’d love to see Kaylee [McKeown] and hopefully Cam [McEvoy] get up in the individual events to give us a couple of Golds which would boost us enough to get ahead of the medals.”
“All the preparation is done in the training pool. You just go to the competition to collection your medals really. The likes of Kaylee, Mollie [O’Callaghan], Ariarne [Titmus] – they have a huge training program, they’ve been sweating it out every day, twice a day, weeks on weeks on weeks to prep, whether it’s with Dean Boxall’s program or Michael Bohl’s program, that’s where you put in the effort. When you do flick into competition and you do flick into autopilot… your mindset is ‘I’ve done everything I am going to do. I am not going to get any faster, any fitter now. This is all about executing in one moment in time in two minutes – that is actually the only time it’s going to matter in the next four years’. That amount of stress and pressure is what makes the Olympics so special. Some athletes can handle that, and some can’t – it’s too much. It’s been impressive to watch, especially the Aussies in the swimming pool because I feel like they have handled that expectation really well this time around.”
Stephanie Rice on Kaylee McKeown heading in to the 200m Backstroke Final with the aim to do the “double double”.
“Kaylee has made the sacrifice to purely focus on her backstroke races here in Paris. She’s up against the US in Regan Smith who has kind of had the opposite approach; she’s had 200 Fly, she’s had so many different races, that as you get into it you start to get really mentally, emotionally and obviously physically fatigued and I think that Kaylee keeping her program smaller allows her to have a little bit more freshness so I am hoping that will serve her in the final.”
“Both girls, Kaylee and Regan have brilliant underwater, so I am really looking forward to watching them side-by-side. I’d love to see Kaylee do the double-double. She did the 100-200 [Backstroke] Gold in Tokyo and I’d love to see her do it again in Paris. She’s such a brilliant girl, you look at her and she’s super happy, bubbly and excited and it makes you as Aussies just want her to do well.”
Stephanie Rice on Cameron McEvoy at his fourth Olympics and eyeing the Gold Medal in the Men’s 50m Freestyle.
“There is no margin for error in a 50 freestyle, it’s all about skills. What I think will be interesting, is Cam is on form, but his skill is really the back 25m of the 50 free whereas some of the other boys are a lot faster off the start, the underwater, the breakout stroke. He won’t be worried. He is such a mature athlete, this is his fourth Olympics, he’s done it all before. Your start has to be perfect, your underwater has to be perfect but that’s what he trains for.”
Stephanie Rice previews the ultimate showdown ahead with Ariarne Titmus going head-to-head against Katie Ledecky in the 800m Freestyle.
“This is the one I am most intrigued about. Katie Ledecky, she won the 1500m. She is the GOAT of women’s distance swimming, but Ariarne is so powerful over the 200, 400, she is definitely a 400-specialist vs 200. This 800 is the convergence of both of those and I will be interested to watch the race play out. It would technically sound like Arnie would go out faster over the first 400 and hold on and you’d hopefully see Ledecky come back with that distance endurance. I’m really hoping Arnie can do it. It would be an incredible success story for her.”
Ash Barty on Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz and his match up with Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first men’s tennis Semi-Final tonight.
“He’s confident, winning has become a habit for him even when he’s in some tough situations and the biggest moments like set point down he brings out his best tennis. At the moment players have to elevate their level to compete with him and I am not sure anyone has the ability to take the Gold medal off him at this stage.”
John Steffensen looks ahead to the athletics kicking off on the purple track in Stade de France tonight.
“The women’s 100 – this is the event that I think can really captivate the sporting audience globally. [Shericka Jackson withdrawing] made no sense to me. I would have thought she would have run the 100 not the 200 considering she’s got to run around a bend, and she’s been hurt and it’s further distance with her fitness, so it’s a shame. I really think she could have been the one to take it to Sha’Carri Richardson. I think Sha’Carri is the medal favourite, but I wouldn’t be sleeping on Julien Alfred and you cannot deny the Queen of sprinting Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. If she could win it would be absolutely amazing to see it. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it.”
“We started the Australian athletics program so well with Jemima Montag [in the 20km Walk]. How good was that? That’s the way you want to start an Australian trackand field program and to then go straight into the Women’s High Jump with Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson, who are both previous world champions, both have an opportunity to win a medal at this Games. That puts Australia in such a good position right at the beginning.”
With the Decathlon starting tonight John Steffensen takes us through Tokyo Bronze Medallist Ash Moloney chances.
“They compete over ten events over two days, so so tough for Ash and Daniel [Golubovic]. The weather hasn’t been easy for us and we’re doing nothing. You can’t count out anybody in a Decathlon as there is injury that comes into play, there’s people getting DQ’d in events. Ash has the pedigree; he has a Bronze medal which he can convert to Silver or into Gold. Will it be tough, yes very tough for him. He has ten events to do the best he possibly can, and I think it will be interesting watching Ashley to see what he can do.”
Dual Gold-Medallist and ‘Oarsome Foursome’ member Nick Green on Australian rower Tara Rigney and her chances of securing Gold in the A Final tomorrow:
“In the Single Sculls Semi-Final Tara [Rigney] came up against the undisputed World Champion from the Netherlands, Karolien Florijn. While Tara placed second in that race and made the A Final, she is the only rower to push the Dutch sculler all the way to the finishing line so that will give her great confidence that she is really close and when Tara meets her again in the A Final all she needs to do is put it together and race it out the whole 2000m.”
“What was interesting to me was [NZ’s] Emma Twigg in the other Semi-Final won in the fastest time without a lot of pressure. She is the reigning Olympic Champion from Tokyo and she’s been slowing finding her form after taking some time off after the Olympics three years ago and she is racing superbly so those three in the final will feature in the medals tomorrow, I just don’t know what order.”
Sydney Gold Medallist Nat Cook on Australia’s chances in the Women’s Beach Volleyball with Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar’s final pool victory over Canada.
“They were clinical today. I was a bit nervous for them. They lost to the USA, they didn’t play so well but to come back like this, their serve was on point and their blocking was on point. Mariafe’s defence is sensational but her ability to get up from what we call the transition to the next ball for a winner is unbelievable for someone of her stature and size. We’re pretty hopeful for what comes next for them. It does go into single elimination now so if you lose now, you’re out. So, they need four games to win and the march starts on the weekend.”
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DAY 7: AUGUST 2-3
Sailing
10:23pm AEST – Men’s Windsurfing Final
- Aussies to watch: Grae Morris
Rowing
7:30pm AEST – Men’s Pair Finals
7:42pm AEST – Women’s Pair Finals
- Aussies to watch: Jess Morrison & Annabelle McIntyre in A Final
Diving
7:00pm AEST – Men’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Final
Swimming – LIVE in 4K
4:30am AEST – Men’s 50m Freestyle Final
- Stars to watch: Cameron McEvoy
4:36am AEST – Women’s 200m Backstroke Final
- Aussies to watch: Kaylee McKeown
4:43am AEST – Men’s 200m Individual Medley Final
Athletics – LIVE in 4K
5:20am AEST – Men’s 10,000m Final
Cycling – BMX Racing
4:00am AEST – Men’s Semi-Finals
5:35am AEST – Men’s Final
- Aussies to watch: Izaac Kennedy
4:15am AEST – Women’s Semi-Finals
5:50am AEST – Women’s Final
- Aussies to watch: Saya Sakakibara, Lauren Reynolds
Tennis – LIVE in 4K
9:30pm AEST – Women’s Singles Bronze Medal Match
- Stars to watch: Iga Świątek (POL) v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK)
DAY 7: AUGUST 2-3
Swimming – LIVE in 4K
7:00pm AEST – Men’s 100m Butterfly Heats
- Aussies to watch: Matt Temple, Ben Armbruster
7:40pm AEST – Women’s 800m Heats
- Stars to watch: Ariarne Titmus, Lani Pallister (AUS) & Katie Ledecky (USA)
7:17pm AEST – Women’s 200m Individual Medley Heats
- Aussies to watch: Kaylee Mckeown & Ella Ramsay
Tennis – LIVE in 4K
9:30pm AEST – Men’s Singles Semi-Final
- Stars to watch: Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) v Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
3:00am AEST – Men’s Singles Semi-Final
- Stars to watch: Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)
8:00pm AEST – Men’s Doubles Semi-Final
- Stars to watch: Matt Ebden & John Peers (AUS) v Tommy Paul & Taylor Fritz (USA)
Athletics – Men’s Decathlon
6:05pm AEST – 100m
6:55pm AEST – Long Jump
8:15pm AEST – Shot Put
2:00am AEST – High Jump
4:50am AEST – 400m
- Aussies to watch: Daniel Golubovic & Ash Moloney
Athletics – High Jump
6:15pm AEST – Women’s Qualifications
- Aussies to watch: Eleanor Patterson & Nicola Olyslagers
Athletics – 100m
6:35pm AEST – Women’s Preliminary Round
7:50pm AEST – Women’s Round 1
Athletics – 1500m
7:10pm AEST – Men’s 1500m Round 1
- Aussies to watch: Oliver Hoare & Stewart McSweyn
Athletics – 5000m
2:10am AEST – Women’s Round 1
- Aussies to watch: Lauren Ryan, Isobel Batt-Doyle & Rose Davies
Athletics – Triple Jump
2:15am AEST – Women’s Qualification
Athletics – Discus Throw
2:55am AEST – Women’s Qualifications – Group A
4:20am AEST – Women’s Qualifications – Group B
- Aussies to watch: Taryn Gollshewsky
Athletics – 4 x 100m Relay
3:10am AEST – Mixed Round 1
- Countries to watch: Jamaica, USA, France & Great Britain
Athletics – 800m
3:45am AEST – Women’s Round 1
- Aussies to watch: Catriona Bisset, Abbey Caldwell & Claudia Hollingsworth
Athletics – Shot Put
4:10am AEST – Men’s Qualifications
Golf
5:00pm AEST – Men’s Second Round
Trampoline Gymnastics
8:00pm AEST – Women’s Qualification > Final
2:00am AEST – Men’s Qualification > Final
Hockey
9:15pm AEST – Men’s Pool Game: Australia v India
Water Polo
10:00pm AEST – Women’s Preliminary Game: Australia v Canada
Basketball
5:30pm AEST – 3×3 Women’s Pool Round: Australia v Azerbaijan
8:30pm AEST – 3×3 Women’s Pool Round: Australia v Spain
9:30pm AEST – Men’s Group Game: Australia v Greece
Canoe Slalom
11:30pm AEST – Men’s Kayak Cross Time Trial
- Aussies to watch: Tristan Carter
12:40am AEST – Women’s Kayak Cross Time Trial
- Aussies to watch: Jess Fox & Noemie Fox
Boxing
1:54am AEST – Men’s +92kg Quarter-Finals
- Aussies to watch: Teremoana Teremoana
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