Kim Brennan won Australia's 6th gold of the Rio Olympics with a dominant display to take the Women's Single Sculls in the rowing. Having been unbeaten for 2 years, Brennan's games looked to be in tatters after being beaten in her heat in extremely rough conditions on Day 1. She also looked as if she had to pull out all stops in the semi-final to hold off her main rival Emily Twigg from New Zealand. However the final was a different matter. Brennan raced to the front inside the first 250m and was never headed - holding on for a dominant victory.
Brennan's gold was a shining light on yet another disappointing day for Australia. Flag bearer Anna Meares took the Bronze in the Kieren in the Cycling - a race she easily could have taken gold in. Our male sprinters also disappointed, and the best we can now hope for is Bronze from Matthew Glaetzer. In the athletics, Fabrice Lapierre - who had looked a great shot at the medal, choked big time in the final, fouling twice and putting in a sub standard effort in his one legal jump to fail to go through to the top 8 stage in the Men's long jump final.
#chokefest2016 continued in the pool. The Campbell sisters dogged it in a second straight final, finishing 5th and 7th in the Women's 50m Freestyle in a race Cate was expected to win. In the Men's 1500m, so long owned by Australian, Mack Horton basically died at halfway. Having been in second for a few laps, he completely collapsed in the back half of the race to finish 5th - miles outside his personal best. They say you're only as good as your last race - and your last race was pathetic. In the Medlay relays our Women took silver while our Men took Bronze - it was hilarious to see C-bomb and Cate Campbell put in their best performances of the meeting when all the pressure was off. It just goes to show its all in the mind when it comes to Australian swimming and 95% of them are mentally shot. It was at least good to see them finally admit it, with Cate calling her performance in the 100m the greatest choke of all time. She is right. Thankfully the swimming is now over and we won't be have to put up with any more of their garbage for the rest of the games.
The highlights of the day came on the track, where Mo Farrah recovered from a mid-race fall to defend his gold medal in the Mens 10,000m in a heroic display. In the blue riband for the Women - the 100m, Shelly Anne-Fraser was denied a three peat by fellow Jamaican Emma Thompson. However Fraser managed to go out with her head held high taking the bronze.
Channel 7 Bullshitmeter
Missed the key moment in the Mens 10,000 (Farah falling) as they were showing the long jump. Then after the Aussies were out of contention they just completely ignored the long jump anyway.
Medal Tally
1 - US - 24-18-18
2 - China - 13-11-17
3 - Great Britian - 10-12-7
7 - Australia - 6-7-9
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