By Sophia McCaughan

Two medals for Team Australia on day four of the Paris Games, with gold to Kaylee McKeown and bronze for the 4x200m freestyle relay team.

AUSTRALIAN MEDALLISTS

GOLD

• Kaylee McKeown (swimming – women’s 100m backstroke) – McKeown stormed home to successfully defend her Olympic title and will eye off more golds later in the Games. Who would bet against her?

BRONZE

• Australia (swimming – men’s 4x200m freestyle relay) – The boys are back in town after securing bronze in the pool, after just being edged out by the United States for silver.

OTHER HEADLINE GOLD MEDALLISTS 

• Daniel Wiffen made history, becoming the first Olympian from Ireland to win a gold medal in swimming since 1996 after setting an Olympic record in the men’s 800m freestyle.
• Three years after stepping back from the Olympics, superstar Simone Biles led Team USA to ‘redemption’ and reclaimed their gold medal in the women’s team gymnastics.
• New Zealand defended their women’s rugby sevens gold in a surprisingly tight match against Canada, winning 19-12.

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED 

• Australia’s Alexei Popyrin beat multiple grand slam winner Stan Wawrinka 6-4 7-5 in his second match of the Olympic competition.

• In a shock loss to the United States, Australia’s women’s rugby sevens team will be going home without a medal, after losing the bronze medal match in the final seconds 14-12.

• The Kookaburras hit a massive road block in their Olympic campaign, going down to Belgium 6-2 in the men’s hockey.

WHO SAID WHAT?

“Thank you Australia.” – Kaylee McKeown on her remarkable Olympic record gold medal.

“I know the girls are disappointed, but I am proud of them, there are probably a lot of things we could have changed on our side because we did not win.” – Coach Tim Walsh on Australia’s shock loss to the United States in the women’s rugby sevens.

“I think it’s probably one of the hottest conditions I’ve ever played in, and I’m from Australia, so that’s saying something.” –  Olympic medal hopeful, Alexei Popyrin after his win against Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka.

MEDAL TABLE (after day 4) 

G   S   B   Tot

1. Japan                7   2   4    13

2. China                 6   6   2    14

3. Australia            6    4   1    11

4. France               5   9   4   18

5. South Korea     5   3   3   11

6. United States   4  11 11  26