Let's get greedy: Your guide to Australia's best remaining medal hopes to add to record tally

Success begets success and Australia's remaining competitors at Paris 2024 look well placed to build considerably on an already historic medal haul.

In case you've been living under a rock, Nina Kennedy's epic 4.9m vault on Thursday (AEST) set a new Australia record for most gold medals at one Olympics with 18.

And with four more days of competition to go, we've decided to take a look at just how far that record could extend.

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Stuart O'Grady, who competed at six Olympics and won four cycling medals including gold in Athens, said there was no doubt that a golden glow had permeated throughout the entire team.

The cycling champion has been revelling in the gold rush while working as an expert analyst on the Games for Stan Sport.

"Grace Brown kicked it off getting that first gold (in the individual time trial) and it just sends confidence through the camp and that momentum builds," O'Grady told Wide World of Sports.

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"The swimming lifts the whole team and there's a real air of confidence, when you see other athletes coming into the village and flinging their gold medals around.

"You feel this need to try and elevate to another level again. Everyone at the Games is at peak form and peak condition but they are the tiny percentage factors.

"Australians all across the board, Jess Fox, the velodrome and the pool - it just lifts the whole morale of the squad and it certainly helps."

Matthew Richardson, a member of the sprint team that won bronze on Wednesday will spearhead Australia's hunt for more glory at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome.

The 25-year-old former gymnast broke the men's sprint world record in qualifying only to lose that title minutes later to gold medal favourite Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands.

Richardson will race Japan's Yuta Obara in the quarter-finals (2.01am Friday AEST) and is tipped to meet Lavreysen in the gold medal race.

"He's up against some pretty fierce competition," O'Grady said.

"The king of the velodrome, the king of the sprints, Harrie Lavreysen - a Dutch superstar who's just dominated the velodrome for the past God knows how many years.

"But who knows what could happen in the final. You've got to take these moments with both hands and think aggressively at the Olympics. Go high risk, all in.

"They're neck and neck only 0.01 of a second between them in qualifying. So this might be Matty's occasion."

O'Grady also said Richardson had a good medal chance in the keirin, along with compatriot Matthew Glaetzer, with that event a "bit more of a lottery."

"It's a lot more argy bargy and not quite as straightforward as the sprint," he said.

"It's normally pretty exciting and entertaining to watch those guys go - headbutting and pushing each other out of the way. Form is the key guide and he's (Richardson) obviously got the form and the confidence."

The women's madison team of Georgia Baker, Alexandra Manly and Chloe Moran are also strong podium contenders.

"Australia's got a rich history in the madison and the confidence that would have gone through the team with the men's team pursuit is huge," O'Grady said.

"As the other teams are getting beaten and favourites are falling by the wayside, Australia is elevating and lifting in confidence, every single race.

"I'm sure they'll give it a red hot crack."

Here's a look at some of Australia's other remaining medal hopefuls in Paris.

BOXING: Caitlin Parker and Charlie Senior

You can put your house on these two winning medals - just don't expect to get much back in return.

That's because both Parker and Senior are already guaranteed medals after qualifying for Friday's (AEST) semi-finals in their 75kg and 57kg divisions respectively.

The Olympics hand out bronze to both losing semi-finalists - a quirk put in place to protect the health of athletes given a lack of recovery time and the brutal nature of the sport.

Both Aussie pugilists are fighting the gold medal favourites in their semis.

Parker takes on China's Li Qian and Senior spars with Uzbekistan's Abdumalik Khalokov.

CANOEING: Men's K2 500m

Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen won gold in Tokyo in the K2 1000 but that distance was scrapped for Paris.

Over half the distance, Green and van der Westhuyzen are now considered second favourites behind Hungary's crack pair of Balint Kopasz and Adam Varga.

The Aussies have booked a spot in Friday's semi-finals (7.20pm AEST).

CANOEING: Men's K4 500m

Australia's strong team of Pierre van der Westhuyzen, Riley Fitzsimmons, Jackson Collins and Noah Harvard are considered the second favourites to win gold at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium - behind only Germany.

The Aussies race in the first semi-final against Ukraine, Spain, Serbia and Canada at 7.50pm AEST on Thursday.

JAVELIN: Mackenzie Little

This event appears genuinely wide open with Little one of five athletes in the mix.

Little threw 62.82m to qualify for the final with Maria Andrejczyk of Poland leading the way (65.52m).

Haruka Kitaguchi (Japan), Flor Ruiz (Colombia) and Sara Kolak (Croatia) are the other leading lights when the final gets underway at Stade de France on Sunday (3.30am AEST).

WOMEN'S 1500m: Jessica Hull

Kenyan great Faith Kipyegon is a short priced favourite to win her third straight gold in this blue riband event.

But Hull, the 27-year-old from Albion Park, is considered the most likely woman in the field to knock Kipyegon off her perch.

Hull is the current 2000m world record holder and will race in the second 1500m semi at 3.47am (AEST) on Friday.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar

This highly experienced combination won silver in Tokyo and desperately want to go one better at a spectacular temporary stadium at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

Clancy and Artacho del Solar dug deep to beat Switzerland's Esmee Boebner and Zoe Verge-Depre in the quarter-finals.

Their semi-final assignment is against Brazil's gold medal favourites Duda Lisboa and Ana Patricia Ramos on Friday (5am AEST).

BASKETBALL: The Opals

Gold might be a stretch for the Opals as they meet a United States team in the semi-finals (Saturday 1.30am AEST) that is riding a remarkable 59-game Olympic win streak.

Barring a monumental upset, Australia will still have a strong shot at bronze as France and Germany square off in the other semi.

MEN'S 10M PLATFORM DIVING: Cassiel Rousseau

China are a dominant diving nation and Yang Hao and Cao Yuan are favoured to go one-two in this event.

But Australia's Cassiel Rousseau has genuine pedigree as the reigning world champion.

The preliminary round kicks off at 6pm (AEST) on Friday.