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Tokyo Olympics live updates: Aussies in pursuit of more cycling medals, Kookaburras play for the gold medal match The Australian men's hockey team leads Germany at half-time of their semi-final match, as boxer Harry Garside guarantees himself a medal with victory in his quarter-final fight. Follow live. 3 August 2021 The Australian men's hockey team are playing Germany for a chance at the gold medal match. Meanwhile, boxer Harry Garside is guaranteed a medal after defeating Zakir Safiullin of Kazakhstan in his quarter-final bout. Follow all of Tuesday's action in our live blog.[blog]

Advertisement Tokyo Olympics Day 11: Kookaburras into gold game, Boomers into semis v USA, Aussie boxer gets medal A Set the default text size A Set large text size Live Comments A Set the default text size A Set large text size Show Preview Off the back of a history-equalling haul of medals in the pool, the Aussies have come away empty thus far in the track and field events at the Olympics. Failing to medal in any athletics event outside of race walking in Rio, Australia have a few chances to rectify that today in the women’s long jump and men’s pole vault fin...

Report03 Aug 2021 Last-round leap gets Mihambo gold in close Tokyo long jump clash Malaika Mihambo competes in the women's long jump final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (© Getty Images) For the most part the women’s long jump final in Tokyo on Tuesday (3) was more like an arm wrestle than a jumping competition, so closely matched were the leading contenders. In the end it took one moment of brilliance to claim the Olympic gold medal. World champion Malaika Mihambo trailed until the final round, when she unleashed the only seven metre jump of the competition to snatch victory. Until then,...

Australia’s jumpers may dazzle to new heights in Tokyo A Set the default text size A Set large text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size At next week’s 2021 Olympic Games track and field competition, Australia’s best prospect for success appears to be Nicola McDermott. McDermott had a recent high jump of 2.01 metres when coming second at the July 4 Stockholm Diamond League competition, just two centimetres behind the winner with the year’s best world performance. But whether McDermott medals or not, Australia’s 2021 jumps team could be our best ever...