Monday: Super Sunday’s four gold medals was the most successful day ever for the Australian Olympic team. Plus: tourists evacuated from beaches
Good morning. Australia has had the most successful day in its Olympic history, winning four gold medals on Sunday. The NSW premier says high vaccination is the key to reopening, urging people to get the jab. And YouTube has banned Sky News Australia’s channel from uploading content for seven days over Covid misinformation.
In Tokyo, Australia took four gold medals on Sunday – a record for the country in a single day. It overtook the Russians and moved into the fourth place on the medal table. Logan Martin won the first-ever gold medal in BMX freestyle, a sport that made its Olympic debut this year. Sailor Matt Wearn won the laser class. In the pool, Emma McKeon has become the most successful Australian Olympian at a single games. On Sunday, she added individual and relay gold medals to the nation’s tally, winning the women’s 50m freestyle and the women’s 4x100m medley relay, alongside Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges and Cate Campbell.
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