Medal mania: This is Australia’s best Games ever

Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios

Updated Aug 8, 2024 – 6.24am, first published at 4.44am

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Welcome to day 12 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Australia may not want France’s submarines, but we love this country’s Games. The Aussie team is now the best performing in modern Olympic history, securing a record 18 gold medals and the first podium finish for discus in 128 years.

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Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London.

Zoe Samios covers wagering and the business of sport from the AFR's Sydney newsroom. She was previously the media and telecommunications reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and covered media at The Australian.