Matt Wearn is on the verge of defending his Olympic title in the men’s dinghy, with the Australian sailor leading the competition ahead of Tuesday’s gold medal race at the Marseille Marina.
The 28-year-old, who won gold in Tokyo three years ago, will be declared champion if he places seventh or better in the final race, while his worst possible outcome is a silver medal.
Cyprus’ Pavlos Kontides is the lone competitor challenging him for gold, but Wearn boasts a 14-point cushion that equates to seven places in the gold medal race, which gets underway at 11.43pm AEST.
In the athletics 2000m world record holder Jessica Hull is through to the 1500m semifinals after finishing second in her heat as she looks to push for an Olympic medal.
She was not the only Australian to book a spot in the semifinals after Georgia Griffith finished fourth (3:59.22), with the top six racers from each heat progressing through.
Meanwhile, Linden Hall will have to race in the repechage for an opportunity to go through to the semis after coming up short in her heat.
Hall set the pace as the leader with two laps to go but started to drop back at the start of the final lap, eventualling fall out of the Top 6 and finishing eighth.
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Elsewhere, the undefeated Stingers will face Greece in a must-win women’s water polo quarterfinal (3am Wednesday AEST), while the Boomers take on Serbia in their men’s basketball quarterfinal clash (10.30pm AEST).
The canoe sprint heats also get underway on Day 11 of the Paris Games, with reigning gold medallists Jean van der Westhuyzen and Tom Green looking to claim the Kayak Double 500m crown, while teenage phenom Arisa Trew is hunting a podium finish in the women’s skateboarding park event.
Australian divers Ellie Cole and Melissa Wu will feature in the women’s 10m platform final, while Leigh Hoffman, Matthew Glaetzer and Matthew Richardson are eyeing a medal in the men’s team sprint cycling track event at the Velodrome.
And if that’s not enough for you, we have Australians competing in beach volleyball, artistic swimming and sport climbing.
AUSSIES IN ACTION – DAY 11 HIGHLIGHTS
All times AEST
5.20pm – Canoe Sprint Heats (Jean van der Westhuyzen/Tom Green)
6pm – Men’s Diving: 3m Springboard Preliminary (Kurtis Mathews)
6pm – Women’s Sport Climbing: Boulder & Lead, Semifinal Boulder (Mackenzie Oceania)
6pm – Table Tennis: Women’s Team Round of 16, Australia vs Chinese Taipei
6.05pm – Athletics: Women’s 1500m, Round 1 (Jessica Hull, Georgia Griffith, Linden Hall)
6.05pm – Athletics: Men’s 100m Hurdles, Repechage Round (Tayleb Willis)
7.15pm – Athletics: Women’s Long Jump, Qualification (Brooke Buschkuehl)
7.20pm – Athletics: Women’s 400m, Repechage Round (Ellie Beer)
7.50pm – Athletics: Men’s Javelin Throw, Qualification (Cameron McEntyre)
8.30pm – Athletics: Men’s 200m, Repechage Round (Calab Law)
8.30pm – Women’s Skateboarding, Park Prelims (Arisa Trew, Ruby Trew)
9.10pm – Canoe Sprint Quarterfinals (Jean van der Westhuyzen/Tom Green)
10.30pm – Men’s Basketball: Semifinal, Australia vs Serbia (Boomers)
11pm – Women’s Diving: 10m Platform Final (Ellie Cole, Melissa Wu)
11.43pm – Men’s Sailing: Dinghy Medal Race (Matt Wearn)
1.30am – Women’s Skateboarding, Park Final (Arisa Trew, Ruby Trew)
1.30am – Cycling Track: Women’s Team Pursuit, Qualifying (Georgia Baker, Sophie Edwards, Chloe Moran, Maeve Plouffe)
2.59am – Cycling Track: Men’s Team Sprint, First Round (Leigh Hoffman, Matthew Glaetzer, Matthew Richardson)
3am – Women’s Water Polo Quarterfinal, Australia vs Greece (Stringers)
3.14am – Cycling Track: Men’s Team Pursuit, First Round (Oliver Bleddyn, Sam Welsford, Conor Leahy, Kelland O’Brien)
3.35am – Athletics: Men’s 400m Semifinals (Reece Holder)
4.07am – Athletics: Women’s 400m Hurdles Semifinal (Alanah Yukich)
4.10am – Cycling Track: Men’s Team Sprint Final (Leigh Hoffman, Matthew Glaetzer, Matthew Richardson)
5am – Women’s Beach Volleyball Semifinal: Australia vs Switzerland (Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy)
