MOLLIE O'CALLAGHAN EDGES OUT TITMUS FOR 200M FREESTYLE GOLD
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AUSTRALIAN MEDALLISTS
GOLD
* Mollie O'Callaghan (swimming - women's 200m freestyle) - After three relay golds, O'Callaghan finally has her first individual Olympic title after flying home past countrywoman Ariarne Titmus.
SILVER
* Ariarne Titmus (swimming - women's 200m freestyle) - The Terminator came up just short in her bid to do the double-double in the 200m and 400m freestyle.
* Chris Burton (equestrian - individual eventing) - The British-based Queenslander and his borrowed mount Shadow Man were flawless in the concluding show jumping round.
OTHER HEADLINE GOLD MEDALLISTS
* Japan's Yuto Horigome stunned his rivals with a near perfect 97.08 score on his last trick attempt to defend his Olympic street skateboarding gold medal.
* British star Tom Piddock came back from a puncture to retain his Olympic mountain bike title, beating Paris local Victor Koretzky by nine seconds.
* Canada banked their first gold medal at the Paris Games and in the sport of judo after womens -57 kg world champion Christa Deguchi beat South Korea's Huh Mimi.
*After China's Su Weide fell twice off the horizontal bar, Japan edged past their rivals to win gold in the men's team gymnastics.
WHAT ELSE HAPPENED
* The Hockeyroos remain undefeated after they thrashed Great Britain 4-0 in a powerhouse performance, with Olympic debutant Alice Arnott scoring her first Olympic goal.
* Australian paddler Tristan Carter is already looking ahead to Los Angeles in 2028 after an impressive ninth on debut in the C1 men's final.
* Australia's women's rugby sevens team dominated Ireland in their quarter-final after a 40-7 demolition of the first-time Olympic competitors with Maddison Levi scoring a hat-trick.
WHO SAID WHAT
"That was such an amazing race ... I did it for the country, I didn't do it for myself." Mollie O'Callaghan on her first individual gold in the women's 200m freestyle.
"I love Australia to bits mate, I really envisioned myself winning that gold medal for Australia, I'm just a failure right now. I really thought I could do it." - Boxing star Harry Garside on his shock early exit from the Paris Games.
"We've got to do better, each and every one of us." - Opals veteran Lauren Jackson on their disappointing performance in a 75-62 loss against Nigeria.
MEDALS TABLE (after day 3)
G S B Tot
1. Japan 6 2 4 12
2. France. 5 8 3 16
3. China. 5 5 2 12
4. Australia. 5 4 0 9
5. South Korea 5 3 1 9
6. United States 3 8 9 20
Australian Associated Press
