Paris 2024 day 12 RECAP: Nina Kennedy wins gold to make it Australia's most successful Olympics; Matt Denny wins bronze to continue Aussie medal haul in record night

If you're just waking up - we strongly recommend heading to Wide World of Sports to read about Australia's record night in Paris!

And we will be back this afternoon for more action - and maybe more gold?

Goodbye for now.

This has been Australia's most successful day ever at an Olympics.

Four gold medals and two bronze eclipses what we did on August 1 in Tokyo.

What. A. Night!

Nina Kennedy has spoken to Nine after winning gold in the pole vault.

"You know, I was very open to the media about it, I was very vulnerable, I said from the start I wanted to win the gold medal and it's scary, it's vulnerable but I did it and I couldn't be proud of myself and my team," Kennedy said.

"I felt really calm. I came in with a job and intention and today I told myself to get to work, 'Do your job', and this is the result.

"I had to learn a lot about myself, the way I think, my past and I had to focus on me as a person and focusing on Nina the human has really brought out the best in Nina the athlete."

Well - what a night for the green and gold!

No less than FOUR gold medals and Paris is now officially Australia's most successful Games in history.

FULL DAY 12 RECAP HERE.

Australia's fourth gold medalilst of the night is enjoying her moment.

Nina Kennedy rings the trackside bell, then runs to the crowd and is greeted by two-time gold winner Jess Fox and others.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

An emotional Matt Denny is speaking to Nine's Tony Jones after winning bronze in discus.

"Mate, look, for a kid from Allora to come here, it's pretty crazy," Denny says.

"I'm just thankful that people always back me. To those who didn't think I was going to do it... eat it!

"It's something I'm so proud of, what I do, I get to live an amazing life. I have a great family and support team.

"Before I went into this competition, I watched back the Qantas ad we did. I just want to see those people again before I went in here.

"I know that's who I'm doing it for. So...yeah, thank you to you guys for supporting me."

Nina Kennedy has done it!

She's won gold in the pole vault.

Australia now has its best-ever gold medal tally at the Olympics with 18 - and four in one day.

You little ripper!

"Nina Kennedy, you compete in an event that demanded everything of you, both physically and mentally," Steve Hooker said on Nine.

"You've got a back that breaks when you do it. And you've won a gold medal. I think you are just brave beyond belief. You're a legend!"

After finishing fourth at the Tokyo Olympics and again finishing fourth at last year's world championships in Budapest, Aussie discus king Matt Denny has put heartbreak behind him and broken through for a maiden major championship medal.

The Queenslander will leave Paris with bronze after a top throw of 69.31m.

Jamaican Roje Stona claimed gold with an incredible 70m throw.

Nine's caller Dave Culbert described it as a "huge upset" while Steve Hooker called it "phenomenal".

There's been plenty of movement with the pole vault.

And it's not the athletes.

The upright has constantly been taken down due to electronic movement issues.

"The bar in the pole vault has gone up and down and up and down. It's like the lift at our hotel. Now it's down on the ground floor," Dave Culbert said on Nine.

Quincy Hall, bravo!

The American charges home to snatch gold in the men's 400m.

He hurtles over the line and stops the clock at 43.40 seconds, a cat's whisker ahead of Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith (43.44) and a smidgen ahead of Zambia's Muzala Samukonga (43.75).

He mowed through the field and captured gold in an incredibly tight finish.