Paris 2024 Day 7 RECAP: Australian GOLD RUSH as McKeown makes Olympic history, McEvoy smashes hoodoo in pool and Super Saya blitzes BMX field

We're signing off after that Australian gold rush which will go down as one of the more remarkable days in the country's rich Olympic history.

Stay tuned for all the fallout on nine.com.au and Wide World of Sports today and then again tonight (AEST) as we bring you all the day eight live action from Paris.

Au revoir!

Paris 2024 has produced another remarkable story as Katerina Siniakova and Tomas Machac claimed mixed doubles tennis gold medal for the Czech Republic.

That in itself is not remarkable but the fascinating part is that the pair until recently were a couple.

The Czechs defeated Zhang Zhizhen and Wang Xinyu 6-2, 5-7, 10-8 and hugged when the match ended, the way any two doubles teammates might after a victory.

Siniakova now owns the only two Olympic tennis titles for her country.

She teamed with Barbora Krejcikova to win the women's doubles gold at the Tokyo Games three years ago.

And in another quirk, Machac's two best results in men's doubles at grand slam events came with Zhang as his partner this year.

Kaylee McKeown says she feels "a little bit shy" about GOAT talk after becoming the first Australian to win four individual gold medals at the Olympics.

McKeown won the 200m backstroke final this morning (AEST).

"It's a pretty cool little thing to have next to my name and, you know, I looked up to so many great people growing up in this sport. To be amongst that, it's amazing," McKeown told Nine.

"I was tearing up on the podium because I couldn't see my family. I had to go to my next race. I just want them to know I love them all so much and couldn't be where I am without them."

We've just watched a beautiful moment after the medal ceremony as Saya Sakakibara rushes to embrace her older brother Kai.

Kai was also a star BMX rider but suffered a horrific accident four years ago, suffering brain injuries that ended his career.

"It felt just like getting the medal myself," Kai told Nine's Brooke Boney.

"She just did it perfectly and I felt like I was part of her, so I would like to thank her for that."

Saya also crashed out of the last Olympics in Tokyo.

"That journey tonight with Saya was one of the most special moments I have ever experienced watching the Olympics," Karl Stefanovic says on Nine.

"It is a story of the Olympic ages. It is truly a beautiful, moving, powerful - every superlative you can find under the sun, to sum up what she has been through.

"What the family has been through, what the family has been through, and for her to climb that mountain tonight, it is so beautiful."

Saya Sakakibara has won gold in the women's BMX racing in an incredibly dominant win in the final in Paris.

The Aussie had qualified for the final on the back of winning all three of her semi-final heats which, combined with her three quarter-final wins, gave her a six-race winning streak before the medals were decided.

She didn't let up in the final, leading from start to finish to claim Australia's first-ever gold in the event.

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Kaylee McKeown has become the first Australian to win four individual gold medals at the Olympics after storming to victory in the women's 200m backstroke final.

McKeown had qualified for the medal race with the second-fastest time, but went one better in the final when she outclassed the rest of the field to claim gold and set a new Olympic record.

The win came with a typical late surge – the Australian never led until the last lap, when she turned on a spurt of speed to beat American rival Regan Smith, with Canadian Kylie Masse in third.

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PARIS: At his fourth Olympic Games, Cameron McEvoy has finally cracked it for an individual gold medal, swimming his way into the history books for Australia by winning the 50m freestyle.

Swimming from lane five after a dead heat for the fastest time in the semi-final, McEvoy had a superb reaction time off the blocks and thundered past local hero Florent Manadou in the back half of the race before holding on to win in a time of 21.25, five hundredths of a second ahead of British star Benjamin Proud, who took silver.

One-lap dash legend, France's Manadou held on for the bronze medal in 21.56, sending his home crowd wild.

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Australia's Saya Sakakibara won the gold medal in the women's BMX race at the Paris Olympics, shortly after her partner Romain Mahieu took bronze to complete a French sweep of the men's race.

Sakakibara beat American rider Alise Willoughby to the first corner and was never tested again, cruising through the jumps and bumps to the gold medal.

Manon Veenstra of the Netherlands took silver, and Zoe Claessens of Switzerland won bronze.

Willoughby, the three time world champion, was shuffled back after the first corner and finished sixth.

Bethany Shriever of Britain, the reigning Olympic champion, was never in the medal mix and finished last in the eight rider finals.

Australia sit third on the Olympic medal tally after that epic morning.

China (13 gold) lead ahead of France and Australia (both 11) but the host nation have more silver and bronze.

An amazing achievement for Australia to sit ahead of the United States and Great Britain (both nine).

Saya Sakakibara has just given an incredibly emotional interview on Nine after winning a historic BMX gold for Australia.

"I honestly can't believe it right now. It all feels like a blur," Sakakibara said.

"This whole day was a blur. I just knew I had it when the gate called - I smiled. I was 'all I have to do is f-----g go.' It is crazy. I feel that it's a dream. It is real, right?"