For the first time at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, Australia came away with four gold medals on a single day. On Sunday, during Day 9, Aussies struck gold in the women’s 50 metre freestyle swimming, the women’s 4×100 swimming medley relay, the men’s BMX freestyle cycling, and the men’s laser sailing.
In the swimming events, Emma McKeon of Wollongong won the gold medal in the women’s 50 metre freestyle and the women’s 4×100 medley relay. In the process, McKeon tied the record for the most medals won by a female athlete at a single Olympic Games with seven. Maria Gorokhovskaya of the Soviet Union also won seven medals in gymnastics at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki. McKeon also won gold in the women’s 4×100 metre freestyle, and the 100 metre freestyle, and bronze in the women’s 100 metre butterfly, the 4×200 metre freestyle, and the women’s 4×100 metre mixed medley.
McKeon’s time in the women’s 50 metre freestyle was 23.81 seconds, an Olympic record. She beat silver medalist Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden to the finish line by .26 seconds. In the women’s 4×100 medley relay, Australia beat the United States by 0.13 seconds.
In the BMX, Logan Martin of Logan Reserve, Australia, became the first ever male Olympic gold medalist in BMX freestyle cycling. Martin’s first run of 93.3 points held up, as no one was able to match him in either of the two rounds of competition. Daniel Dhers of Venezuela won silver and Declan Brooks of Great Britain won bronze.
Finally in men’s laser sailing, Matthew Wearn clinched the gold medal title with 53 points. He had 29 fewer points over the 10 races than silver medalist Tonci Stipanovic of Croatia. Australia now has 31 medals, and are tied with Japan, for the fifth most medals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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