Australia’s moment on the track was always going to be left until last. Jessica Hull’s silver medal in the 1500m is the nation’s first on the track since Sally Pearson in 2012 and our first ever in a women’s middle-distance event. Hull was virtually shoulder-to-shoulder with Kenyan legend Faith Kipyegon with a lap to go, before the champion won her third-straight crown.
Then the 27-year-old Aussie embarked on what she called “the longest victory lap ever” and declared she “couldn’t imagine gold feeling any better than this” after the race of her life. Jackson Barrett On a team of the best basketball players on the planet, the best shooter we have ever seen stood up when it counted. A brave France stuck flat with Team USA until the final two minutes of their gold-medal match at Bercy Arena on Sunday morning (AWST).
But Steph Curry called game with a trio of late three-point shots that sunk the silver medallists and silenced the home crowd. When he stretched the lead to nine points with 30 seconds remaining by shooting over two French defenders, the Warriors legend celebrated with his ‘sleep’ gesture. LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis and Co.
sealed the country’s 17th gold medal in a 98-87 victory. Chris Robinson Australia’s Stingers didn’t do a lot wrong in their 11-9 gold-medal match defeat to Spain. They were wrong end of two remarkable performances.
One from Spanish sharp-shooter Bea Ortiz and another from goal-keep Laura Ester. Aussie st.