Opals out to bounce Belgium to take basketball bronze

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Opals out to bounce Belgium to take basketball bronze

MAJOR *********** MEDAL HOPES ON DAY 16 AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS

* Falling to the powerhouse USA in the semi-final, the Opals will look to bounce back against Belgium and secure a bronze medal.

* Matthew Richardson and Matthew Glaetzer will look to add to their medal haul in the kierin, with both cyclists heat winners.

OTHER AUSTRALIANS IN ACTION

* Super mums Sinead Diver, Genevieve Gregson and Jessica Stenson will chase the Kenyan brigade as well as Ethiopia’s world record holder Tigst Assefa and defending world champion Amane Beriso Shankule in the women’s marathon to close the athletics program.

* Georgia Baker and Alexandra Manly are up in the women’s omnium. Medals to be won there, plus women’s sprint, men’s kierin medal races

WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING

* The closing ceremony for Paris 2024. It will feature the usual athletes’ parade and the handover of the Olympic flag to the organisers of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

* Squaring off against France in the women’s basketball final, the ******* States team hasn’t lost an Olympic match since 1992, winning a record seven consecutive titles.

*The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan will start among the favourites in the marathon after winning bronze in both the 10000 metres and the 5000m earlier in the week.

* There will be no love lost as Serbia face arch-rivals Croatia for gold in the men’s water polo final.

* With an *********** queen, here’s hoping Denmark can take down Germany in the men’s handball gold medal match.

* Showjumping features at the Olympics for the last time in the women’s final of the pentathlon before being scrapped in favour of a ninja warrior-style obstacle course race.

GOLD MEDALS UP FOR GRABS: 13

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