- (canoe slalom - kayak cross) - This story is getting more improbably magnificent by the day. For so long stuck behind behind her superstar sister Jessica on the Olympic stage, Noemie finally gets her moment in the sun. And wins the gold. As you do.
* Swede has gone one better in defending his Olympic gold in the men's pole vault final, breaking his own world record and shattering the Olympic record with a jump of 6.25m.
* Great Britain have broken the world record and secured gold in the women's team sprint track cycling after a nail-biting finish against New Zealand.
* Teenager wept tears of joy as she won Algeria's first ever Olympic gymnastic gold and first medal for her country in Paris in the women's uneven bars.
* The Hockeyroos' Olympic campaign is over after a shock loss to China going down 3-2 in their women's hockey quarter-final.
* The Aussie Sharks are looking to put a narrow loss to lowly Japan behind them as they march on to the quarter-finals.
* Pole vaulter battled through an ankle injury to finish sixth in the men's pole vault final, improving from his Tokyo Olympics result.
* Australias world champion has cruised into the women's pole vault final after recording a jump of 4.55m.
* Australia are out of medal contention in the men's team table tennis after crashing 3-0 to Tokyo bronze medallists Japan.
* The Australian men's team pursuit qualified the fastest at the velodrome in the track cycling ahead of the finals later this week.
"I dared to dream to get to the Olympics, and then to get to that final, it was really just all focusing on the race," Olympic debutant on winning the first ever Olympic gold in the women's kayak cross.
"We got off to a good start and maybe we got complacent, they fought to the very end and they got the win," on the Sharks nail-biting loss against Japan in the men's water polo.
"We started well but we were a bit patchy in the middle, a goal that was not a goal made the lead quite hard to come back from, but I'm still really proud of the girls," Hockeyroos' on their shock loss to China in the women's hockey.
Illawarra Mercury sports editor
When it comes to sport - at professional and community level - in the Illawarra, I'm here to provide insight, context and opinion, as well as the latest news you won't find anywhere else.
When it comes to sport - at professional and community level - in the Illawarra, I'm here to provide insight, context and opinion, as well as the latest news you won't find anywhere else.
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