Following another successful day at the Paris Games, Australian athletes are set to compete in beach volleyball, marathon swimming, and the world's first day of Olympic breaking. On day 13, Moesha Johnson took silver in the women's 10k marathon swim, while Charlie Senior and Caitlin Parker collected rare Olympic boxing medals for Australia. Rachael Gunn — otherwise known as Raygun — will battle it out for a place in the breaking final on the sport's Olympic debut at 12.
13am AEST. Gunn, who has a PhD in breakdancing and dance culture, told SBS News: "there's nothing in breaking that is easy to do". "I feel like it's only the last few years that I don't look awkward breaking.
So there's a huge amount of technique and hard work that goes into it as well as the athleticism as well as the creativity and musicality," she said. Australian female beach volleyball stars Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Teliqua Clancy will fight for bronze against Switzerland at 5.00am AEST after losing to Brazil in their semi-final.
The veteran pair won silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but lost a three-set thriller against Ana Patricia Ramos and Eduarda Santos Lisboa in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower on day 13. "Down to the final four, every team is good so it's just those little moments and unfortunately, they didn't turn in our way at times," said 32-year-old Clancy. "It's the beauty of the sport though, you can play the best f---king game of your life and you still lose.
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