The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is finally here and there are more First Nations mob in the Australian Olympic Team than ever in history — 16 of us!
Flagbearer and Boomers captain, Patty Mills has already lead the charge, with Australia beating Nigeria 84 - 67 in the basketball. And the Hockeyroos have banked an impressive 3 - 1 over Spain.
While we're grieving Wimbledon champion Ash Barty's singles tennis loss on Sunday to Spain's Sara Sorribes, she's still in the game, with a doubles event this week.
Mob to look out for:
Athletics: Angie Blackburn (Ngarigo/Yuin)
Basketball Womens: Leilani Mitchell (Wuthathi)
Basketball Mens: Patty Mills (Muralag/Ynunga)
Beach Volleyball Womens: Taliqua Clancy (Wulli Wulli)
Boxing Mens Flyweight: Alex Winwood (Noongar)
Football (Soccer) Womens: Kyah Simons (Anaiwan) & Lydia Williams (Noongar)
Hockey Womens: Mariah Williams (Wiradjuri) & Brooke Peris (Ngarrawanji)
Rugby Sevens Mens: Dylan Pietsch (Wiradurji) & Maurice Longbottom (Dharawal)
Softball Womens: Stacey Porter (Kamilaroi) & Tarni Stepto (Kamilaroi)
Shooting (Trap) Mens: Thomas Grice (Dharawal)
Tennis: Ash Barty (Ngario)
Weightlifting Mens 73kg: Brandon Wakeling (Wonnarua)
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Meet the 16 First Nations athletes heading to the Tokyo Olympics
So set your alarms, schedule in a reminder, circle your TV guides — here's when our mob are battling it out for Gold.
DAY 3 — MONDAY, 26 JULY
11.30am: Men's Rugby Sevens | Australia v. Argentina
From 12 noon (to follow): Women's Doubles Second Round | Australia (Barty/Sanders) v. China (Xu/Yang)
1.15pm: Women's Hockey | Australia v. China
6pm: Men's Boxing Fly 48-52kg | Australia (A.Winwood) v. Zambia (P.Chinyemba)
7pm: Men's Rugby Sevens | Australia v. Republic of Korea
9pm: Women's Softball | Australia v. Mexico
DAY 4 — TUESDAY, 27 JULY
11.30am: Men's Rugby Sevens | Australia v. New Zealand
6pm: Women's Football | Australia v. USA
6.20pm: Women's Basketball | Australia v. Belgium
Women's Softball Bronze Medal Game
Women's Softball Gold Medal Game
DAY 5 — WEDNESDAY, 28 JULY
10.25am: Men's Trap Shooting
6.20pm: Men's Basketball | Australia v. Italy
7.30pm: Women's Hockey | Australia v. Japan
8.50pm: Men's Weightlifting 73kg
10pm: Women's Beach Volleyball | Australia (Clancy/Artacho Del Solar) v. Italy (Menegatti/Orsi Toth)
DAY 6 — THURSDAY, 29 JULY
10.50am: Men's Trap Shooting Day 2
4.30pm: Men's Trap Shooting Final
10.15pm: Women's Hockey | Australia v. New Zealand
DAY 7 — FRIDAY, 30 JULY
4pm: Women's Beach VolleyBall | Australia (Clancy/Artacho Del Solar) v. ROC (Makroguzova/Kholomina)
10pm: Women's Basketball | Australia v. China
DAY 8 — SATURDAY, 31 JULY
12noon: Men's Boxing Fly 48-52kg Round of 16
12.45: Women's Hockey | Australia v. Argentina
6.20pm Men's Basketball | Australia v. Germany
DAY 9 — SUNDAY, 1 AUGUST
Women's Beach Volleyball Round of 16
Patty Mills breaks away from Nigeria's Chikezie Okpala during the preliminary rounds of the Men's Basketball Day Two of Tokyo 2020 Source: Getty Images AsiaPac
Pitcher Tarni Stepto #14 takes the ball from Belinda White #22 in the third inning against USA during the Softball Opening Round on day two of Tokyo 2020. Source: Getty Images AsiaPac
DAY 10 — MONDAY, 2 AUGUST
Women's Hockey Quarter-Final
Women's Soccer Semi-Final
10pm: Women's Basketball | Australia v. Puerto Rico
DAY 11 — TUESDAY, 3 AUGUST
Men's Basketball Quarter-Final
Women's Beach Volleyball Quarter-Final
Men's Boxing Fly 48-52kg Quarter-Final
DAY 12 — WEDNESDAY, 4 AUGUST
Women's Basketball Quarter-Final
Women's Hockey Semi-Final
DAY 13 — THURSDAY, 5 AUGUST
7.25pm: Women's 4 x 400m Relay Heat
Men's Basketball Semi-Final
Women's Beach Volleyball Semi-Final
Men's Boxing Fly 48-52kg Semi-Final
Women's Soccer Bronze Medal Match
DAY 14 — FRIDAY, 6 AUGUST
Women's Basketball Semi-Final
Women's Volleyball Bronze Medal Match
Women's Volleyball Gold Medal Match
Women's Soccer Gold Medal Match
Women's Hockey Bronze Medal Match
Women's Hockey Gold Medal Match
DAY 15 — SATURDAY, 7 AUGUST
9.30pm: Women's 4 x 400m Relay Final
Women's Basketball Bronze Medal Game
Men's Basketball Bronze Medal Game
Men's Basketball Gold Medal Game
Men's Boxing Fly 48-52kg Gold Medal Bout
DAY 16 — SUNDAY, 8 AUGUST
Women's Basketball Gold Medal Game
*All times are AEST
Channel 7, which includes its streaming service 7plus, is the official Olympic Games broadcaster in Australia.
