Spinters reflect on 50m dash
Meg Harris, Olivia Wunsch and Alexandria Perkins talk to Nine's Giaan Rooney after the women's 50m freestyle final at the 2025 Australian world championship trials.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
7NEWS
2 hours ago
- 7NEWS
Historic feat puts Adam Scott in mix for drought-breaking title at US Open
Adam Scott is firmly in the mix to claim an elusive second major championship after finishing a brilliant US Open third round just one shot off the lead. Super composed, Scott rebounded from a first-hole bogey with four birdies, including three on the back nine, in a stylish Saturday three-under-par 67 at the fearsome Oakmont Country Club. Australia's former world No.1 is only the third player in US Open history to start with three rounds of 70 or better at the tournament's most demanding layout. Curtis Strange achieved the feat in 1994 before Shane Lowry matched the record eight years ago. Scott's 70-70-67 start leaves the 2013 Masters champion just one stroke behind American leader Sam Burns, who carded a one-under 69. Fellow American JJ Spaun bogeyed the last hole in a round of 70 to join Scott at three under. For much of the day, Scott hovered at even par before exploding with three birdies in the last six holes on 13, 14 and 17. At 44, Scott is bidding to become the second-oldest US Open winner of since Hale Irwin in 1990. Victory would also place the Australian in the history books for the longest wait by a player between their first and second major championship triumph. 'At this point, it's just all opportunity for me. I feel like there's all upside,' Scott said. 'I'm lucky. I've won a major. I'd love to win the US Open tomorrow. It's going to take a really great round of golf, something like what I did today, I believe, and fortunately the confidence is up so I should take advantage of it.' And golf's most likeable elder statesman has experience on his side, with Scott the only major winner sitting inside the top 10 entering Sunday's final round (Monday AEST). Contesting an extraordinary 96th consecutive major, Scott three-putted the opening hole in a deflating start. But the veteran put the hiccup behind him to collect his first birdie of the day at the par-5 fourth hole. Then he hit the go button down the stretch to be well-poised to break a five-year winless run since taking out the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles in 2020. 'I played really solid today,' Scott said. 'Conditions were a lot softer, but there's still plenty of trouble to get in, and I drove it well off the tee. I was in most fairways, I would say. 'And the couple of times I missed, I managed to escape. So it was a good solid US Open round of golf.' Norwegian Victor Hovland is outright fourth at one under after also shooting 70. The quartet are the only players in red numbers. Playing his first major since 2022, Monday qualifier Marc Leishman rocketed up the leaderboard with a birdie-filled round of 68 to be tied for 11th. But the revitalised Australian looks a little too far back at four over and eight shots adrift of Burns, as is world No.1 Scottie Scheffler who could only manage an even-par third round after a wretched day on the greens. Jason Day (72) is one shot further back in equal 21st.
Sydney Morning Herald
3 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Great Scott: Aussie poised to make history at the US Open
Veteran Australian golfer Adam Scott could make history on Monday after overcoming treacherous conditions at the US Open to put himself into contention to win a second of golf's major tournaments. Scott sits in equal second at three-under, after finishing the third round at Oakmont Country Club with a three-under par 67. The 44-year-old held a share of the lead toward the end of his round, but will go into the last day just one shot behind leader Sam Burns. If Scott goes on to win the US Open, he will break a record for the longest wait between first and second major wins - after the Queenslander famously won his first in 2013 with a drought-breaking victory at the Masters. Scott would also become the second-oldest golfer to win a US Open. Scott showed all his experience and guile on Sunday, coming home with three birdies in the final six holes In a sign of how brutally tough the Oakmont Country Club course is to play this year, just four of the world's best players are under par for the tournament after three rounds. The course's length, tricky greens and impossibly thick rough have made some of the world's best look like everyday hackers. But playing his 96th consecutive major tournament - dating back to 2001 - Scott played superbly to shoot back-to-back rounds of even par on the first two days, setting him up for a climb up the leaderboard in the 'moving day' third round. Fellow Australian Marc Leishman is next best, tied for 11th at four-over, and Jason Day is equal 21st at five-over. Cam Smith and Min-Woo Lee missed the cut. Scott is ranked no.42 in the world but hasn't had a win on the PGA Tour since the Genesis Invitational in 2020. He last won a tournament in 2023, in the Cathedral Invitational, an Australian PGA event in rural Victoria.
The Age
3 hours ago
- The Age
Great Scott: Aussie poised to make history at the US Open
Veteran Australian golfer Adam Scott could make history on Monday after overcoming treacherous conditions at the US Open to put himself into contention to win a second of golf's major tournaments. Scott sits in equal second at three-under, after finishing the third round at Oakmont Country Club with a three-under par 67. The 44-year-old held a share of the lead toward the end of his round, but will go into the last day just one shot behind leader Sam Burns. If Scott goes on to win the US Open, he will break a record for the longest wait between first and second major wins - after the Queenslander famously won his first in 2013 with a drought-breaking victory at the Masters. Scott would also become the second-oldest golfer to win a US Open. Scott showed all his experience and guile on Sunday, coming home with three birdies in the final six holes In a sign of how brutally tough the Oakmont Country Club course is to play this year, just four of the world's best players are under par for the tournament after three rounds. The course's length, tricky greens and impossibly thick rough have made some of the world's best look like everyday hackers. But playing his 96th consecutive major tournament - dating back to 2001 - Scott played superbly to shoot back-to-back rounds of even par on the first two days, setting him up for a climb up the leaderboard in the 'moving day' third round. Fellow Australian Marc Leishman is next best, tied for 11th at four-over, and Jason Day is equal 21st at five-over. Cam Smith and Min-Woo Lee missed the cut. Scott is ranked no.42 in the world but hasn't had a win on the PGA Tour since the Genesis Invitational in 2020. He last won a tournament in 2023, in the Cathedral Invitational, an Australian PGA event in rural Victoria.
