Arisa Trew became Australia’s youngest gold medallist and there was a first track cycling medal but the Boomers exited the basketball competition
Australia’s second Olympic skateboard medal, after Keegan Palmer’s gold in Tokyo, took the country’s tally to 14, with 35 medals overall after the men’s track cycling team came in third at the velodrome.What were you doing when you were 14 years old? Not many can claim to have won an Olympic gold medal, but Arisa Trew can, after the teenager laid down a mesmerising run in the women’s park event to claim a famous and historic victory at La Concorde.
And it won’t be the last, with the pursuit team guaranteed at least silver after Sam Welsford, Kelland O’Brien, plus Games debutants Conor Leahy and Oliver Bleddyn broke the world record to set up a gold medal race against Great Britain.Australia’s Oceana Mackenzie got off to an encouraging start in the women’s Olympic boulder and lead competition – an intriguing cross between a mental puzzle and a physical challenge.
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