Oly: How the Aussies fared on August 10

AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-2008
Oly: How the Aussies fared on August 10

BEIJING, Aug 10 AAP - How the Aussies fared on August 10:



SWIMMING

Women's 100m Butterfly Semi-finals

- Jess Schipper (qualified)

- Libby Trickett (qualified)



Men's 400m Freestyle Final

- Grant Hackett (sixth - 3 minutes 41.86 seconds)



Women's 400m Individual Medley Final

- Stephanie Rice (gold medal and world record - 4:29.45)



Men's 100m Breaststroke Semi-finals

- Brenton Rickard (qualified)

- Christian Sprenger (eliminated)



Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final

- Cate Campbell, Alice Mills, Libby Trickett, Melanie Schlanger (bronze medal - 3:35.05)

Women's 100m Backstroke heats

- Sophie Edington (qualified for semis)

- Emily Seebohm (qualified for semis)



Men's 200m Freestyle heats

- Kenrick Monk (eliminated)

- Nicholas Sprenger (qualified for semis)



Women's 100m Breaststroke heats

- Leisel Jones (qualified for semis)

- Tarnee White (qualified for semis)



Men's 100m Backstroke heats

- Ashley Delaney (qualified for semis)

- Hayden Stoeckel (qualified for semis)



Women's 400m Freestyle heats

- Bronte Barratt (qualified)

- Linda MacKenzie (eliminated)



Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay heats

- Leith Brodie, Andrew Lauterstein, Patrick Murphy, Matt Targett (qualified)

DIVING

Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final

- Briony Cole, Sharleen Stratton (fifth on 311.34 points)

CYCLING

Women's Road Race (to come)

- Oenone Wood (29th - 53 seconds behind winner)

- Sara Carrigan (38th - 1:01 behind winner)

- Kate Bates (did not finish)

ROWING

Women's Lightweight Double Sculls heats

- Amber Halliday, Marguerite Houston (qualified for semis)



Men's Lightweight Double Sculls heats

- Samuel Beltz, Tom Gibson (to repechage)



Men's Lightweight Four heats

- Rod Chisholm, Ben Cureton, Anthony Edwards, Todd Skipworth (qualified)



Women's Quadruple Sculls heats

- Amber Bradley, Kerry Hore, Amy Ives, Zoe Uphill (to repechage)



Men's Quadruple Sculls heats

- Brendan Long, James Mcrae, Chris Morgan, Daniel Noonan (qualified, world record)



Women's Eight heats

- Natalie Bale, Pauline Frasca, Sarah Heard, Kate Hornsey, Sally Kehoe, Elizabeth Kell,
Elizabeth Patrick, Brooke Pratley, Sarah Tait (postponed due to weather)



Men's Eight heats

- James Chapman, Sam Conrad, David Dennis, Tom Laurich, Samuel Loch, Marty Rabjohns,
Jeremy Stevenson, Stephen Stewart, James Tomkins (postponed due to weather)



BOXING

Light Welterweight (64kg)

- Todd Kidd (eliminated) lost to Moroccan Driss Moussaid 23-2

Welterweight (69kg)

Gerard O'Mahony (eliminated) lost to Moldova's Vitalie Grusac 7-2

BADMINTON

Women's Doubles

- Tania Luiz, Eugenia Tanaka (eliminated) lost to Japan's Satoko Suetsuna and Miyuki
Maeda 21-4 21-8

EQUESTRIAN

Team Eventing Dressage

- Australia 1st overall, after five rides



Individual Eventing Dressage

- Sonja Johnson (23rd on 45.20 penalty points)

- Shane Rose (46th on 53.30 penalty points)

SAILING

Men's 49er

- Ben Austin, Nathan Outteridge (fifth overall)



Men's Finn

- Anthony Nossiter (13th)



Women's Yngling

- Angela Farrell, Karyn Gojnich, Krystal Weir (fifth overall)

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

Women's All-Around Team Qualification - Georgia Bonora, Ashleigh Brennan, Daria Joura,
Lauren Mitchell, Shona Morgan, Olivia Vivian (fifth overall - qualified for team finals)

Individual All-Around Qualification

Bonora (15th - qualified for final)

Morgan (18th - qualified for final)

Brennan (30th - did not qualify)

Joura (44th - did not qualify)

Mitchell (69th - did not qualify)

Vivian (96th - did not qualify)

JUDO

Women's -52kg - Kristie-Anne Ryder (eliminated)

Men's -66kg - Steven Brown (eliminated)

SHOOTING

Women's 10m Air Pistol

- Lalita Yauhleuskaya (18th)

- Dina Aspandiyarova (36th)



Men's Trap

- Michael Diamond (4th)

- Craig Henwood (31st)

TENNIS

Men's Singles

- Chris Guccione (eliminated) lost to American James Blake 6-3 7-6 (7-3)



Women's Singles

- Samantha Stosur bt Italy's Sara Errani 6-3 6-2



Men's Doubles

- Chris Guccione and Lleyton Hewitt (rain delay)

- Paul Hanley and Jordan Kerr (rain delay)



Women's Doubles

- Casey Dellacqua and Alicia Molik (rain delay)

BASKETBALL

Men's Prelims - Australia lost to Croatia 97-82

HOCKEY

Women's Prelims - Australia bt South Korea 5-4

WATER POLO

Men's Prelims - Australia bt Greece 12-8

SOCCER

Men's Prelims - Group A - Argentina bt Australia 1-0

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