Events and results for Day 8 of the Rio Olympics.

Basketball – Women

Australia (Cayla George, Laura Hodge, Erin Phillips, Stephanie Talbot) had another come from behind win in their final game of group play against Belarus to win 74-66. The win sets up a Quarter –final clash with Serbia.

Cycling – Track

Anna Meares won her first medal in the 2016 Olympic Games with a Bronze in the Women’s Keirin. Stephanie Morton was eliminated early in the event after finishing 2^nd in the First round repechage.

Matthew Glaetzer has qualified for the Bronze Medal ride in the Men’s Sprint while Patrick Constable finished with an impressive 8^th placing in his first Olympic Games.

Women’s Team Pursuit (Annette Edmondson) battled in the First round against Great Britain missing out on the medal rounds, They finished the event with a 5^th placing.

Hockey

Hockeyroos (Jane Claxton. Karri McMahon, Georgie Parker, Gabi Nance) have defeated Japan 2-0 in the final match of Group stage. They progress to the Quarter-finals.

Shooting

David Chapman finished 26th in Stage 2 of the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event and has not progressed through to the final round.

Trampoline

Australia’s only trampoline representative, Blake Gaudry, narrowly missed a top eight qualifying place. Blake was in 5^th position after the compulsory routine but had to re-start this second routine finished the qualifying round in 13^th position.

Water Polo

The Women’s Water Polo team (Isobel Bishop) powered home with a convincing win over host nation Brazil in their final group game to finish 2^nd in Group A. They progress to the Quarter-finals where they will face Hungary on Tuesday morning (local time).

Still to come:

Athletics – Kurtis Marschall starts his campaign in the Men’s Pole Vault from 8:50am and Henry Frayne will contest the Long Jump final from 9:20am.

Badminton - Leanne Choo has a tough battle with the last game group play against Thailand from 9:30am today. A must win to have any chance of progressing to the next round.

Swimming - Kyle Chalmers will anchor the Men’s 4 x 100m Medley relay Final at approximately 11:30am today looking for his 3^rd medal of the games.

Beach Volleyball - Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy will play Poland in the Round of 16 at 11:30am. They are in the elimination phase of the competition and must win to progress to the quarter-final.

Olympic Games Schedule & Results - SASI Athletes

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