Here’s a quick look at how athletes from Melbourne’s north-west went on day five.
Judo
Aoife Coughlan’s hopes of an Olympic medal were dashed on day five. Competing in the women’s 70 kilogram class, Coughlan won her round of 32 match with a golden score before taking on Germany’s Miriam Butkereit in the round of 16. It came down to a golden score again, with Butkereit scoring an Ippon, the highest score in judo, to claim the final and move through to the quarter finals.
Basketball
South Sudan proved no match for the United States in its second pool match. After pushing the Americans in a game in the lead up to the event, it was the gold medal favourites who controlled the game, winning 103-86. Keilor Thunder’s Kuany Kuany again didn’t play any minutes.
