Water polo
Paris Olympics 2024 as it happened: Day 15 - Hull wins historic silver, Steph Curry leads USA to victory, Khelif files harassment complaint, Stingers go home with silver
Jessica Hull ran the race of her life to finish second in the women’s 1500m, andthe Stingers also won silver on a day of near-misses for Australian athletes. Follow live
- by Billie Eder, Richard Gadsby, Roy Ward and Scott Spits
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‘We’re so proud of that’: Stingers take home silver medal after brave loss to Spain
The Stingers are going home with a silver medal after losing the final of the women’s water polo 11-9 to Spain.
- by Tom Decent
Super Stingers stun the States to set up a golden final
Twenty–four years on from one of the defining moments of the Sydney Games, Australia’s women’s water polo team won through to their own gold medal final.
- by Rob Harris
Paris Olympics 2024 as it happened: Day 7 - Three gold in 77 minutes: BMX star’s blistering win as McEvoy and McKeown rule the pool
Australia has raced back up the medal table after swimmers Cam McEvoy and Kaylee McKeown made history, and Saya Sakakibara put the pain of Tokyo behind her in the BMX. Follow here.
- by Billie Eder, Richard Gadsby, Marnie Vinall and Vince Rugari
As it happened: Aussie women storm to relay gold; Sakakibara on top for BMX semis; Biles wins again; boxing’s gender row
On day three, Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan were rivals. Now, together, they’re gold medal winners. Meanwhile, a gender storm engulfed boxing and Simone Biles won another gold.
- by Billie Eder, Greg Dundas, Marnie Vinall, Dan Walsh and James Polson
‘They have our full support’: Matildas stand with netballers after winning the Don award
Matildas veteran Kyah Simon can empathise with her netball colleagues as their pay dispute with Netball Australia continues to drag on.
- by Roy Ward
Serbia take final gold of Tokyo Games in water polo win over Greece
Serbia are the fourth team to retain an Olympic gold in men’s water polo, after Britain, Hungary and Yugoslavia. Both Britain and Hungary have won three in a row.
- by Sam Nussey
Stingers left high and dry after coach Mihailovic given marching orders
Australia lost by just one point to the Russian Olympic Committee, ending their dreams of winning a medal in Tokyo.
- by Amelia McGuire
Spain sink Australia as Sharks’ Olympic dream ends out of the water
The Australian Sharks’ Olympic campaign suffered a fatal setback yesterday when they were thumped 16-5 by Spain before Croatia beat Serbia 14-12 to make certain Australia will not progress from the preliminary round.
- by Amelia McGuire
Australia 8 Canada 5
Tokyo Olympics
Stingers off to perfect start with bruising win against Canada
Australia’s women scored first and never gave up their lead thanks to three goals from Bronte Halligan and a strong performance from goalkeeper Lea Yanitsas.
- by Amelia McGuire
How a punch in the face in Rio put a fire under Aussie Stinger for Tokyo
Australian water polo star Hannah Buckling copped a broken eye socket in a spiteful clash against the host nation at the Rio Games - an injury that ultimately stopped her walking away from the sport.
- by Sarah Keoghan
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