It would take a phenomenal effort for either Aussie – Stewart McSweyn or Oliver Hoare in the 1500m final to get a medal, but the fact we’ve got two running in the event is an achievement within itself.

McSweyn is Australia’s best medal chance and led in both the heat and semi-final to force the pace of the race but was overrun to finish in the top five to make it to the final.

Australia’s middle-distance coach Nic Bideu believes that if he doesn’t stress and just runs, he can come home with a wet sail telling the Sydney Morning Herald “I think Stewy won’t go to the front this time, he will go with the pace, he will go at the front but he won’t be at the front, he won’t be the leader”

It sounds like a tip for a potential Bronzed Aussie for me!

This has been the best performance for the Aussies in middle distance at the games, outside of winning medals.

We had two women in the final yesterday that did us proud, now the two lads can have a go and hopefully one of them (mostly Stewy) brings home a bronze.

Despite the disappointing but realistically expected loss to the Americans, where we led by as many as 15 points on Thursday, the Boomers have done us proud in Tokyo.

They stand a good chance to take home a Bronze medal against Slovenia, and their medal chances have received a boost with the reported wrist injury to NBA superstar and Slovenia’s biggest asset Luka Doncic injuring his wrist and getting shitty in their loss to 90-89 loss to France.

It was the Olympic mountain our Boomers were aiming to conquer. And the dream of beating the Dream Team for a moment looked very possible until it all crumbled in the second half. Leaving the Aussies clinging to the hope of a bronze medal finish. https://t.co/RXLRgEHbWU #Olympics pic.twitter.com/bCg6PSUAgL

— 7NEWS Australia (@7NewsAustralia) August 5, 2021

While the sight of Matthew Dellavedova, Paddy Mills and Joe Ingles looking shattered at the end of the 97-78 defeat against the Yanks hurt, our Boomers are a proud team and will be ready to regroup and take home a medal for Australia.

Jock Landale put it best after the game “Put this game behind us, be men about it” he told his press conference

The Boomers have had a third-place heartbreak before, in 2019 v France at the world Cup and the tragic loss of Bronze in Rio 2016 when, with 9.7 seconds left on the clock, the Aussies led Spain only to have the Bronze slip this time.

Not this time.

Not at these games.

Our Boomers are set to become proud Bronzed Aussies and there’s no shame in that.

You might know Kelsey-Lee Barber, or more importantly, you may know her brother Greg from the beef ad

For Kelsey-Lee to no longer live under the shadow of her brother Greg and to be allowed the last piece of roast, becoming a bronzed Aussie would be a good start.

Barber has a reputation as a clutch thrower on the big stage and was Australia’s only gold medalist at the 2019 world championships in Doha, moving from fourth to first with a massive final round effort of 66.56 meters.

Her qualification for the final was a sight to behold.

https://twitter.com/7olympics/status/1422399929817829384?s=20

Kelsey-Lee Barber joins fellow Aussie teammates Kathryn Mitchell and Mackenzie Little in the final and is our best medal chance.

If she can replicate the form we saw in the semi-finals, or even go better than in Doha 2019 – great, but she’s a good chance of becoming a Bronzed Aussie.

There was plenty to like about the performances of Aussie pair Jessica Hull and Linden Hall in the semi-finals on Wednesday night, with both becoming the respective third and fourth Australian women to ever qualify for the final at the games.

Be it Jessica Hull’s fourth placing in the semi, breaking the national record set by Linden Hall earlier in the year, it was truly a gutsy run but I’m not sure if she can become a bronzed Aussie.

It was the performance of Linden Hall in her semi-final which saw her race right on the speed, held off her challengers and secured her place in the final with a terrific time of 4:01:37

https://twitter.com/7olympics/status/1422864972665794560?s=20

Australia is the only country with two representatives in the 1500 meters women’s final and Linden Hall is our best chance to snag a Bronze.

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon ($1.53) and Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands ($2.50) lead a two-horse race for a likely gold, with the race for bronze anyone guess – take our Aussie Linden Hall at the $10 on offer as a good outside chance.

Once the Boomers have got the job done over the Seppo’s in the Basketball this afternoon, we then turn our attention to the Matildas taking on the Yanks in the Bronze Medal game in Football.

Many expected this to be the gold medal match, however, both teams are proud and don’t want to leave Tokyo without some sort of medal around their necks.

One of the best things about the games is Australia denying America medals of any sort.

Everyone knows the Matildas were robbed on Tuesday night against Sweeden and it was truly a great injustice.

We’re all hurting.

Let’s hope the likes of Sam Kerr gets one in the back of the net early on, the Matildas become fully-fledged Bronzed Aussies and those Septic Tanks come home with nothing.

Australia’s medal hopes in the Velodrome rests on Sam Welsford today.

For those not sure as to what exactly the Omnium is, the AusCylcing website has this handy how-to video that explains everything

Sam has tasted medal success before, taking silver as part of the Team Pursuit at Rio 2016 and being part of the Gold medal world-record-breaking team pursuit at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

Welsford is known for his persistence and endurance and the Omnium will prove just that.

It’s a highly competitive field, but a surprise Bronze at the Velodrome would really top the day off at the $14 price.

How good is the Bol?

All of Australia will be getting behind Peter Bol as he might be a sneaky chance to bring home a gold in tonight’s 800m sprint final, the first Aussie to participate in it since Mexico City 1968.

https://twitter.com/7olympics/status/1421797836925120515?s=20

The question remains that can Peter Bol take it up to the red-hot favourite, Kenya’s Ferguson Rotich?

Rotich is the clear favourite for Gold at $2.30 in a competitive field, however, Peter Bol finishing in a medal position – particularly Bronze is one Australia can be proud of and is an extremely good value bet at the $5.75 on offer.

Go you good thing!

Australia was once mighty at the Velodrome,  you may recall that back in Athens in 2004 the Aussies won six golds –  11 medals in total on the bike to be exact.

However, in the last three games, the Aussies have returned one gold, four silver, and four bronze with Great Britain dominating –  22 gold, 10 silver, and six bronze over the same period of time to be exact, and it is truly gross.

It’s worth noting that at the 2018 Commonwealth Games the Aussies did dominate at the Velodrome beating England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland’s combined total of nine gold, 12 silver, and eight bronze (going to the Olympic games as Great Britain is a rort) so we might be a chance to get back to beating them when it matters most.

Recent efforts at world tournaments have given hope for an Aussie gold rush, but we’re more of an insurance bet here and Australia is outstanding value at the $4.50 on offer for BRonze in the men’s track team sprint

Aussie Charisma Amoe-Tarrant stands a good potential medal chance in the Women’s over 87kg weightlifting in Tokyo today.

Amoe-Tarrant had previously won a silver medal for Nauru at the 2018 Commonwealth Games before becoming an Aussie and has so far starred in our five-strong weightlifting team in Tokyo.

Much of the attention in this event has surrounded the circumstances of Kiwi Laurel Hubbard’s ($4 gold) inclusion, but there’s no reason you can’t rule out Nauruan turned Australian Charisma Amoe-Tarrant for a Bronze today.

With a Commonwealth Games silver (for Nauru) and bronze at the 2019 pacific games for this particular event to her record, the $13 on offer would be a terrific way to start the working week for a potentially newly crowned Bronzed Aussie.

The only woman representing Australia in freestyle BMX, which is making its debut in Tokyo, 23-year old Natalya Diehm carries the hopes of a nation to become a Bronzed Aussie.

Her story involves fighting through crippling injuries, balancing full-time work and she almost threw in the towel on the sport, but this fair dinkum true-blue Aussie didn’t give up.

Freestyle BMX consists of riders competing in a 60-second rollercoaster of half-pipes, spines, and vertical ramps, shooting themselves meters into the air and stringing together a series of gravity-defying tricks and Natalya has what it takes to take home the Bronze.

The Americans are favored to take the gold in this one, but this never say die Aussie is a good chance to bring another medal home.

Back her for Bronze at the $8.50 on offer.

Gladstone's own Natalya Diehm will compete in the Tokyo Olympics this weekend!

Make sure you tune in to @Channel7 so you don't miss her take on the rest of the world in the BMX Freestyle event!

Seeding Sat 31 July at 11:10am
Finals Sun, 1 Aug at 11:10am

Good luck Natalya !! pic.twitter.com/A2m30WJQm6

— Matt Burnett (@MattBQLD) July 29, 2021

Tokyo is the third Olympic games for Aussie Anabelle Smith with the 3m springboard being one of her pet events in diving.

The 28 year-old-from Melbourne has won Bronze at the Commonwealth games, along with claiming Australia’s fifth medal at the Rio Games in the 3m synchronized springboard event, finishing on 299.19 points behind China and Italy.

At the qualifiers for the games, Smith proved to be one of Australia’s best in diving when she qualified for her third games in the womens’ 3m springboard and is a promising chance to become a bronzed Aussie with the $19 price on offer.

Go time tomorrow 💪🏽⚡️ see you on the other side 💚💛 #tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/r3XyYYaFG2

— Anabelle Smith (@anabellesmith93) July 29, 2021

The battle between Titmus and Ledecky has been something to behold throughout these games and it will continue in the 800m freestyle final.

While we’d love another gold for Aussie Ariane, this event is owned by Katie Ledceky.

She owns the world and Olympic record that was set in Rio and led the qualifying in the heats with a time of 8:15.67

Titmus managed to get into the event after taking Australia to bronze in the 4x200m earlier in the day and has won Bronze in the 800m freestyle at the 2019 world championships.

Ariane has been a golden girl these games, but she can become a Bronzed Aussie to wrap things up.

In her debut Olympic games, Aussie Jessica Pickering might just be a surprise medal chance.

She’s won Olympic medals before – earning a silver at the 2018 youth Olympic games in Buenos Aires, winning silver in the Women’s Individual category with a final score of 51.645 and some strong performances at the  2019 trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions in St. Petersburg shows this Aussie is no push over.

Can she become a Bronzed Aussie at her debut games?

The field is strong amongst the other contenders but the will is there.

Worth a sneaky one at the $17 bronze on offer.

While we’ve all been riding the waves with Jessica Fox, Aussie Lucien Delfour is a strong medal chance for the Aussies in the men’s canoe slalom.

In his qualification, Delfour posted the second-best time in the initial qualification in a big showing for the Frenchman turned Aussie.

The French-born Delfour, who has been an Australian since 2010 has been looking to improve his 17th place in Rio, and recent form has suggested he’s come out bursting from the gates.

Jiri Prskavec of the Czech Republic and Italy’s Giovanni de Gennaro look likely to place for gold and silver, but there’s no reason this former Frenchman can’t be a bronzed Aussie at the end of this race.

Zac Stubblety-Cook is well placed to take gold in the 200m breaststroke final after smashing the semis, but can one of my favorite names of the games so far back it up in the big one?

In the heat, Zac Stubblety-Cook posted a time of 2:07.35, more than a second off his season-best mark of 2:06.28 from last month’s Australian Olympic Trials — a mark which also stands as the second-fastest time ever.

Did Stubblety-Cook peak too early?

Or will he save his best for the Final?

While we always prefer GOLD GOLD GOLD for AUSTRALIA, taking Zac Stubblety-Cook to win Bronze at the $6.50 price on offer is a wonderful and potentially very profitable insurance policy.

Do we have a new Madame Butterfly on our hands here?

This is the 25-year-old West Australian’s second Olympics and she can make a turnaround from 8th place back in Rio.

The 200m Butterfly has China’s Zhang Yufei is the outright $1.25 favourite to take the gold and Americans Hali Flickinger and Regan Smith also a chance for the Gold.

It could be a tight finish but if Throseel can replicate the good form shown in world championships and the qualifiers she can very much become a Bronzed Aussie by the end of it here.

Golf returns to the games after its successful debut/comeback in Brazil 2016 when Justin Rose took home gold for Great Britain.

The Olympic Golf tournament consists of 60 players from 35 countries participating with 72 holes of stroke play through until Sunday, with no cut with the Kasumigaseki Country Club being the home for both the men’s and women’s events.

Cameron Smith is representing Australia and doing the nation proud with his mullet and “AUS” shaved in the side of his head, this man was born to be in the Olympics.

Aussie Cam Smith is a few days away from Tokyo but he's ready!#TokyoTogether pic.twitter.com/mQAyXEcZmh

— Golf Australia ⛳️ (@GolfAust) July 24, 2021

Australia will also be represented by Marc Leishman, with a sensible haircut and no shaving of “AUS” but he’s also honoured to be representing the nation at the games, telling news.com.au
“I mean, this is only once every four years. As a golfer, I think we didn’t grow up thinking we would have a chance to win a medal, so I think as time goes on, this is going to get bigger and bigger and bigger,”

While the pair are teammates, the Olympic golf is played as an individual event, meaning both these lads could take home a medal for Australia.

The three Americans, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele and Justin Smith lead the betting markets and the last thing we want is for three Seppos to win gold, silver and bronze.

Hence why we’re going to get right behind true-blue patriot Cam Smith with that glorious Mullett and AUS shaved in his head to become a Bronzed Aussie at the end of the Games Golf.

Leishman would also be a bonus, but it’s the mullet that won us over

I see we know our Judo well.

Aussie Aoife is the bronze medallist of the 2021 Asian-Pacific Judo Championships in the -70 kg category, and there’s no reason why she can’t make it to an Olympic bronze against the world’s best in Tokyo.

Aoife has a history of Bronze.

Her record includes a bronze medal at the 2017 European Cup in Bratislava, bronze at the Taipei Open. She claimed another bronze medal at the Asian Open in Hong Kong in 2018. She took bronze at the 2019 European Open in Prague.

The true definition of a Bronzed Aussie.

While the final field is yet to be set, many expect the Great Britain team to win this edition which is always a shame.

Speaking of Great Britain isn’t just convenient that at every other world sporting event they are happy to compete as England, Scotland, Wales, etc but come Olympics time they go together as one country, therefore cheating on the medal tally.

Who are you really, Great Britain?

Anyway, we expect them to win the gold here and perhaps it’ll be on between the Aussies and Yanks for silver and bronze.

We’ll take the bronzed Aussie 4×200 freestyle, as they did in the 4×100 earlier on for a third-place fill-up.

While all the focus will be on yet another Ariane Titmus/Kate Ledeccy battle in this race, can we get the other Aussie Madi Wilson home with the Bronze?

Wilson was the last to qualify in lane 8, but we all know that magic can happen from that lane when an Aussie is in the pool at the Olympics.

The 27-year-old  from rural Queensland competed at the World Championships held in Gwangju and was a member of the gold medal-winning women’s 4x200m freestyle relay, setting a new world record in the process.

There’s no reason why this Bronzed Aussie can’t jag a medal here and she’ll look right at home next to her fellow teammate Ariane Titmus up on the dais after this race and is a solid value at $15.

This will be Australia’s only other chance for a medal in the pool today.

While unlikely that the 28-year-old in his third Olympics can claim a gold, Mitch Larkin is a good chance to jag a Bronze in the 100m backstroke.

Larkin is a well-known name in swimming circles, winning silver in the 200m backstroke at Rio and a few gold back at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

The veteran has very much earned his spot at Tokyo, done it the hard way and there’s no shame in being a Bronzed Aussie in a super event such as this one.

We’re dropping the Emily Seebohm on this tip.

This will be Seebohm’s fourth games since making her debut back in Beijing 2008 and wouldn’t be a great story if the veteran could come back and jag a medal after all the setbacks such as knee damage from a horse riding incident prior and some of her other public battles.

It was a surprise selection for Seebohm who managed to get the second spot in the 100 and 200 meters backstroke in the qualifications.

Forget the talk of about the illegal kick from Dutch Swimmer Kira Toussaint in the heats, Emily Seebohm making an Olympic final after all she has been through is one of the great stories of the games.

We’re getting around Seebohm for Bronze, and hopefully, Kaylee McKeown brings home the gold.

The thought of Australia in the 4×100 meter freestyle is always something to look forward to and brings a smile of smashing Gary Hall Jnr and the Americans like guitars at Sydney 2000.

Placed in lane 3, Kyle Charmers and the boys will need to invoke the spirit of 2000 if they are any chance to topple the might of the Americans who are the $1.50 favorites, along with the Russian Olympic Committee at $4.50 and Italy at $6, with the Aussies $9 for an upset gold.

While an Aussie upset gold would be wonderful, play it safe and back the boys to bring home a medal at the $4 on offer.

Everyone knows that McKeon should have been in first place in the 100m Butterfly heats, as Mckeon blitzed through in 55.83 seconds breaking an Australian record.

Everyone has seen the photo and has questioned the result causing much outrage.

Of course it doesn't really matter, but how did Emma McKeon not win that heat from here? #Olympics pic.twitter.com/01fuWKRlHC

— Tony Harper (@toneharper) July 24, 2021

China’s Yufei Zhang is the outright favourite to take the gold at $1.80 and will be hard to beat in this event.

There could also be some serious competition between Torri Huske of the USA and Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom.

Emma has been in excellent form, smashing the world record in yesterday’s 4×100 final in one of the all-time great swims.

However, can she back it up for another gold?

A bronze is nothing to be dismissed and she’s paying a good price at the $3.60 on offer.

While Elijah Winnington may be the odds on favorite ($1.90) to take home the gold in the men’s 400m freestyle, Aussie Jack McLoughlin is a solid chance to be our first bronzed Aussie.

You may recall McLoughlin won gold in the men’s 1500m freestyle and silver in the men’s 400 freestyle at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth games, but he’s won a few Bronze in his time – including two at the Pan Pacific Championships, also held in 2018.

It should be a great race between Aussie Winnington and Lithuania’s Danas Rapšys, and no doubt our man Jack McLoughlin will be in the race come to the final touch, however, he’s a good value price to take out the Bronze.

21-year-old Victorian Brendon Smith qualified for Tokyo with a stellar performance in the 400m individual medley at the Australian Swimming Trails.

A promising young prospect for the Aussie swim team, Smith first represented Australia on the world stage at the Junior Pan Pacs winning a silver in the 400m freestyle and bronze in the 4x100m relay.

While he may not spring up with a surprise gold, expect Smith to put up a solid swim in his main event and jag a bronze.

With the $11 price on offer, this is some outstanding value.