Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing champion Matt Wearn is now a world champion, Jemima Montag has won her maiden international race walking medal and the Matildas cemented their historic World Cup campaign achievement to highlight the weekend in sport.
Sailing - Australia's newest world champion crowned plus five Olympic quotas
Matt Wearn excelled at the 2023 Sailing World Championships, with his stellar performance in the ILCA 7 at The Hague, Netherlands rewarded with gold.
It's his maiden World Championship title, a breakthrough after a run of three consecutive silver medals at the world champs and caps off Australia's World Championships that includes five classes qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics and three medals.
"It feels fantastic, it'll probably sink in a little bit later tonight when I can sit somewhere quiet and have a chat with (my wife) Emma," Matt said.
"It's just incredible to be so close so many times, and to come out with it now is great, especially with everything that has happened in the last eighteen months."
He had an insurmountable 20-point lead coming into the medal race, but still had to sail the race cleanly to collect the crown. It comes just a month after Matt won the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event in Marseille, which sets up an exciting lead into the next Olympic Games.
His defence of the World Championship title will take place at the 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships in Adelaide in January.
On Saturday Australia's 49erFX team of Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine won a bronze medal, a best-ever World Championship performance by Australian sailors in the 49erFX. With this record-breaking performance, the Sydney-based team also secured a nation quota for Australia in the class at next year's Paris Olympic Games.
"It was a tough week of racing, but it has shown what we are capable of and that we can mix it up with the top of the fleet," Evie said.
Grae Morris, who secured Australia a spot for Paris in the men's iQFOiL, finished 9th.
Australia also receives a Paris 2024 Olympic in the ILCA 6 with Mara Stransky finishing 10th and a women's kite nation quota with Breiana Whitehead's 11th place finish.
Athletics - Medal tally kicks off in Budapest with silver in race walking
Jemima Montag has kicked off the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest with a silver medal in the women's 20km race walk, beating her Australian and Oceania record time by 11 seconds.
The 25-year-old Tokyo 2020 Olympian became the first Australian women's race walker to finish on the podium at the World Athletics Championships since Kerry Saxby-Junna in 1999. Spain's Maria Perez (1:26:51) won gold 16 seconds ahead of Jemima (1:27:16).
On the opening day of the World Championships, 24-year-old Declan Tingay recorded the fastest ever time by an Australian race walker at a World Athletics Championships. He finished 8th in the men's 20km race walk in a time of 1:18:30, a 16-second personal best.
Coming off a collarbone injury, Brandon Starc is in contention for the men's high jump title, finishing 10th overall in qualifying and heading into the final with a clearance of 2.28m.
Rohan Browning became the first Australian man in 28 years to run a World Championships semi-final in the 100m and clocked a swift 10.11. He placed fourth behind Jamaica's Oblique Seville (9.90), Letsile Tebogo (BOT, 9.98) reigning world champion Fred Kerley (USA, 10.02), missing out on a spot in the final.
Jessica Hull will race for her second global medal of 2023 on Tuesday in the 1500m final. Placing 6th in the semi-final, the six-time Australian record holder crossed the finish line in a time of 3:57.85, whilst her teammate Abbey Caldwell finished in 3:59.79, becoming the third Australian to finish in under four minutes.
Dual Olympian Matt Denny is also in the medal hunt, qualifying for the men's discus final with a throw of 64.29m on his third and final attempt of the qualifying round.
Football - Seismic World Cup campaign ends in Brisbane
The Matildas have closed their World Cup campaign with a fourth-place finish, the highest ever placing for an Australian national team at a senior FIFA World Cup.
Australia fell to Sweden 2-0 in the third-place playoff at a sold-out Brisbane Stadium in front of 49,461 fans.
Sam Kerr was a constant presence when Sweden played the ball along their defence, as both she and Hayley Raso created Australia's best opportunities.
Clare Hunt was adjudged to have brought down Stina Blackstenius in the box after a VAR review and Rolfo tucked away the resulting penalty to hold a 1-0 lead at half-time.
Sweden kept control of the match in the second half and doubled their advantage in the 62nd minute through an edge of the box strike from Kosovore Asllani.
Australia kept pushing late but were unable to convert their late chances.
Next up for the Matildas will be the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifying matches to be held in Perth from October.
Shooting - World Championships campaign underway
Tokyo Olympian Jack Rossiter has our best result so far, finishing 19th in the 10m Air Rifle, just ahead of compatriot and triple Olympian Dane Sampson in 21st.
Other top 40 results include Aislin Jones finishing 27th in Skeet and Elena Galiabovitch 39th in the 25m Pistol.
Dane Sampson finished 26th in the men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions. In the Skeet Mixed Team, Joshua Bell and Aislin Jones combined to shoot 129/150 to finish in 45th place.
Archery - Aussies test Olympic venue in Paris
The latest leg of the Archery World Cup saw archers face off in the venue that will host the Paris Olympic competition next year.
Olympic bronze medallist Ryan Tyack was the best Australian finisher, progressing to the round of 16 before being beaten by Turkey's Akkoyun Berkhay.
Tennis - Ellen Perez runner up in Cincinnati doubles
Tokyo Olympian Ellen Perez has finished runner-up at the WTA 1000 event in Cincinnati with her American partner Nicole Melichar-Martinez.
Ellen fell just short of achieving the biggest doubles title of her career, edged out 6-7 (1) 6-4 (10-6) by American duo Alycia Parks and Taylor Townsend in the final.
Cincinnati also proved a happy hunting ground for Alexei Popyrin and Max Purcell, who both reached their first ATP Masters 1000 singles quarter-finals.
The pair showed fantastic form, with Max beating three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka (SUI) and world number seven Casper Ruud (NOR) en route to the quarter-finals, before taking a set off world number one Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) in a 4-6 6-3 6-3 quarter final defeat.
Triathlon - Aussies in Paris test event
Aussie triathletes took to the Paris 2024 Olympic course as part of the World Triathlon World Cup series over the weekend.
Unfortunately, a positive COVID test ruled out Tokyo Olympian current world number six Matthew Hauser the day before competition, however several Aussies tested themselves around the Paris course.
Natalie van Coevorden was the best placed Australian in 19th, ahead of Jaz Hedgeland in 34th and Emma Jackson in 49th.
Judo - Zagreb World Cup for Aussie trio
Australian judokas faced some tough competition in Zagreb at the World Cup meet.
Both ranked in the top 10 entering this event, Aoife Coughlan and Katharina Haecker progressed through the first round in the women's 63kg draw, before Italy's Favorini and eventual silver medallist Kim from Korea ended their tournaments.
Charisma Taylor was beaten by Austrian Lisa Grabner in the opening of the women's 57kg class.
Basketball - Boomers take the win over France in friendly game pre-FIBA World Cup
After a string of warm-up games in Melbourne, the Boomers have arrived in Tokyo, Japan to take on the FIBA World Cup.
In a friendly game against Tokyo Olympic silver medallists France on Sunday, the Boomers finished strong in a close scoring game of 78-74.
They are set to play against Georgia on Tuesday in another friendly ahead of their first World Cup pool game against Finland on Friday 25 August at 6:30pm AEST.
Modern Pentathlon - Laser run silver ahead of World Championships
In a great sign ahead of the imminent Modern Pentathlon World Championships, Australia's women's laser run team of Aleska van Heekeren, Gaia Urbano and Genevieve Janse van Rensburg won silver at the World Laser Run Championships in Bath, England.
The Modern Pentathlon World Championships get underway from Monday 21 August.
