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The 10 best aussie performances that wowed us in 2021 
What a year for Aussie sport. Our major winter codes delivered, while our national teams did us proud. Here are the 10 best Australian sports performances of 2021.
Emma McKeon’s seven-medal haul was amazing, but Ariarne Titmus beating living legend Katie Ledecky in their first duel is hard to beat as the greatest moment of Australia’s glorious performance in the Tokyo pool.
Titmus beats Ledecky
After breaking through for her first grand slam singles title in 2019 at Roland Garros, Ash Barty proved once again she’s one of Australia’s greatest ever tennis players with victory at the 2021 Wimbledon.
Barty's Wimbledon win
Patty Mills cemented his sporting legacy with a 42-point explosion in the Boomers’ bronze medal triumph over Slovenia at the Tokyo Olympics, the nation’s first men’s basketball medal.
Patty inspires Boomers
On the last Saturday of September, the Melbourne Demons produced one of the AFL’s most famous grand final victories to break a 57-year flag drought against the Western Bulldogs.
Demons end drought
Expectations were high heading into Tokyo for canoeist Jess Fox, who had never won an Olympic gold medal. After earning bronze in the K1 event, Fox snared that elusive gold in the C1 final.
Jess's first gold
Sam Kerr claimed the league, league cup, and the FA Cup with Chelsea, and guided Australia to a best-ever fourth-place finish in the Olympics. Oh, and she also became the nation’s all-time top scorer.
Kerr ignites Matildas
Star fullback Tom Trbojevic produced arguably the greatest run of form in NRL history to win the 2021 Dally M and transform Manly into premiership threats after they started the year 0-4.
Tommy goes full turbo
Australia has never been a dominant force in international T20 cricket, but that changed when Aaron Finch’s team won the country’s first men’sT20 World Cup title in Dubai in November.
T20 World Cup triumph
Oscar Piastri isn’t in F1 just yet but it appears inevitable after he claimed his third straight championship — first the Formula Renault Eurocup, then the FIA Formula 3 crown, and now the FIA Formula 2 title.
Aussie driver gears up
George Kambosos Jnr shocked the world against the previously unbeaten Teofimo Lopez. The Aussie claimed a decision victory to snatch the IBF, WBO, WBA and The Ring lightweight world championships.
Title win from nowhere
Words: Max LaughtonProducer: Andrew Piva
																																								

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