Paris Olympics 2024: Day 7 recap
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00:00The final chapter of Saya Sakakibara's redemption tale has been written for the second time.
00:07Her Olympic Games ends in tears.
00:10This time it's tears of joy for the BMX racing star.
00:13It's been three years since we saw her taken away on a stretcher following a horror crash
00:17in a Tokyo semifinal.
00:19This time around there would be no repeat.
00:21She is a gold medal winner.
00:22She won all three quarterfinal heats, all three semifinal heats.
00:25It seemed gold in the final was just her destiny and it played out that way.
00:30Sakakibara, Kaylee McEwan and Cameron McEvoy lifted Australia into third on the real medal
00:35tally.
00:36No matter what the Americans try to tell you, Australia is third on the medal tally.
00:41Now McEvoy, who does more rock climbing than swimming laps, pocketed his first Olympic
00:45gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle after taking a break from the sport following the
00:49Tokyo Games three years ago.
00:52McEwan is the first Australian to claim four individual golds and the only swimmer to successfully
00:58defend Olympic 100m and 200m backstroke titles.
01:02She has the 200m individual medley final to come.
01:05Track and field is underway and team sports are getting into the quarters.