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A disappointing start to Tokyo2020 for the Opals. A terrible last quarter sees the Aussies fall to Olympics debutants Belgium in their opening group stage match. MORE:

July 27th, 2021 8:31 pm

Trailing 7-0 after Fiji’s captain Jerry Tuwai scored midway through the first half, some brilliance from Aboriginal livewire Maurice Longbottom should have seen Lachie Anderson score out wide.In a tight tussle in the second half, Australia was bogged down in their own half and simply could not get their hands on the ball at the right end of the field.

Katie Ebzery kicked off the third quarter by sinking a three-pointer and from there, the ball kept rolling. With a snatch of 101kg, Elliott cleared the field by 10kg, then topping her group with a 108kg clean and jerk to finish on 209kg, with her nearest challenger 7kg behind. Medina is a two-tim eworld champion but ran out of time to beat Wright, who cleverly used his priority to make sure the Brazilian couldn’t pick the waves he wanted.

“I was three years into it and I was getting - the Olympics including surfing it spurred on to my best. Getting that medal, it really just sealed that for me, and, yeah, I do it for the TBI guys too.”James Duckworth’s nail-biting 5-6, 1-6 loss against Russian World No. 25 Karen Khachanov signalled a disappointing end to Australia’s tennis singles journey.

Ellen Perez and Sam Stosur have fought their way to the final eight, while Ash Barty and Storm Sanders have breezed past their competitors, not losing a single set.Australia’s Sally Fitzgibbons has been knocked out of the women’s surfing at the quarter-final stage after losing to Japan’s Amuro Tsuzuki.And although Fitzgibbons improved her second score to 5.50, her time ran out as the right wave didn’t come, meaning her score was stuck on 11.67.

“I was looking to get scores on the board. Mix up the rhythms. Tsuzuki this is her home town. I count come back. The 48-year-old saw her journey end in the third round of the competition and had become somewhat of a cult hero in what is her sixth Olympic Games.Australia remain unbeaten in both the men’s and the women’s field hockey after the Kookburras smashed Argentina 5-2 in another scoring spree.

 

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