Paris 2024 RECAP: Matildas officially out of Olympics; Kyle Chalmers backflips on retirement after incredible silver swim; Zac Stubblety-Cook wins silver; Mollie O'Callaghan and Shayna Jack fall short
BIGGEST STORIES FROM DAY 5
Matildas crash out of Olympics.
Mollie O'Callaghan and Shayna Jack miss the podium in final.
Jess Fox wins another gold medal.
Penny Smith finishes with a bronze in the shooting.
Natalya Diehm claimed an unlikely medal in the BMX.
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Goodbye!
Thanks for joining for what was a hectic day five in Paris!
See the recap below.
For now, it is see you later.
What you missed overnight
Gold medals, heartaches, the Matildas being bundled out.
These are the biggest stories from day five.
What you missed while you were sleeping: Matildas lose, Jess Fox wins again, Natalya Diehm wins bronze. Getty
Nadal out
Meanwhile, Rafael Nadal's Olympics is over.
He farewelled his beloved Roland Garros - possibly for the last time.
MATILDAS ARE OUT
The Matildas are officially out of the Olympics, after Canada only beat Colombia 1-0.
The Tillies 2-1 loss to the US meant they required results to go their way to make it through to the quarters as one of two best-placed third finishers.
New Zealand's 2-1 loss to France was the first key part one of that, but they needed Canada to lose - or to serve Colombia a four-goal hiding to make it through.
Canada won, but only 1-0.Colombia (0) and Brazil (-2) make it through with a better goal difference than Australia (-3).
Allana Kennedy reacts after the Matildas loss. Nine
Chalmers claims silver
King Kyle Chalmers accepts his silver medal.
What an incredible swim after turning in eighth place.
Kyle Chalmers accepts his silver medal. Nine
Aussie collects silver
Zac Stubblety-Cook takes his silver medal on the podium for the 200m breasstroke.
What an incredible half hour for Aussies in the pool.
Zac Stubblety-Cook claims his silver medal. Nine
Chalmers backflips on retirement
A raw interview with Kyle Chalmers after winning gold.
An Aussie champion - he confirms he now has no plans to retire from Olympic swimming.
"This is not my last individual. I'm not retiring any time soon. I love it," he says.
"I think I'll continue on as long as I possibly can. But this race does mean a lot to me. It is really special.
"I am probably just lost for words with it really. I think coming in, really, having three guys having a faster PB with me and being able to stay controlled and calm and no the pressure and expectation is so much on me, but I'm really, really stoked with that. Yeah, I don't know what else to say. It is amazing. I'm very, very honoured."
Praise for King Kyle
Aussie swim greats Giaan Rooney and Ian Thorpe are in awe of Kyle Chalmers for finishing strongly to win silver.
"You've got to hand it to Kyle, he was eighth at the turn," Rooney says.
"Kyle should be absolutely thrilled with that result - that is mind blowing."
Thorpe is impressed with Chalmers' time.
"This is Kyle Chalmers, this is how he swims," Thorpe says.
"He always gives it his all."
Kyle Chalmers finished in silver position. Nine
CHALMERS WINS SILVER
Kyle Chalmers wins SILVER in the 100m freestyle!
He closed like a freight train and finished second behind Pan Zhanle.
Incredible swim.
Chalmers going for gold
No time to breathe... KYLE CHALMERS is now going for gold in the 100m freestyle final.
What a night for the Aussies in Paris.
Stay tuned.
