Three changes in total for the Matildas after Caitlin Foord withdrew after the warm up, allowing Mary Fowler to start. Alanna Kennedy, who has played half an hour in the earlier matches, is in from the start as Australia plays a back four, She will line up alongside Clare Polkinghorne.The Matildas are facing what on paper is the toughest clash of the Olympics so far, and Tony Gustavsson has named a strong line-up for the game against the United States.
All eyes will be on Sam Kerr, who has scored in both games so far but will need to be in top form if she is to make an impression against the world champions.Nerves are mounting as the match kicks off in a quarter of an hour. The Matildas can guarantee themselves a spot in the next phase if they can pull off what would be a shock win.
Teagan Micah retains her place in goal while Chloe Logarzo comes into the starting line-up in midfield. The Matildas won their first game against New Zealand but lost to Sweden. The US lost to Sweden but beat New Zealand. The top two teams in each group advance as well as the two best third place finishers.Jess Fox has missed a gold medal, finishing in 106.73 seconds behind Germany’s Ricarda Funk.Fox had the fastest run time but had four seconds worth of penalties. It’s her third Olympic medal but still no gold.Fox will be back for the C1 heats tomorrow.
And she swam for her father Sholto, who was diagnosed with a grade-four glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in June, 2018. He had wanted so desperately to see his youngest daughter light up the Olympic pool but passed away in August last year. He was 53.“Brave, strong and determined”, was how she described him and McKeown was the embodiment of all of those values in the final of the 100m backstroke in Tokyo.
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