Olympics day seven updates: Aussies win three gold in morning of madness
It doesn’t get better than this. After Cam McEvoy and Kaylee McKeown created history in the pool, Saya Sakakibara won BMX gold.
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And what a day it’s been. Three gold medals and Australia is up to third on the medal tally.
Cam McEvoy finally got the Aussie men on the board with a historic gold in the 50m freestyle, before Kaylee McKeown wrote herself into Olympic history.
Saya Sakakibara’s triumph in the BMX racing with her brother Kai watching on was seriously emotional and as good as it gets.
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