OLYMPICS LIVE BLOG: DAY 9 UPDATES, NEWS<\/strong><\/em><\/a> |<\/strong><\/em> TOKYO GAMES EVENT CENTRE: SCHEDULE, RESULTS, MEDAL TALLY<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Later in the day, Australia claimed its third gold, but this time on land when Logan Martin took out the men's BMX freestyle<\/a>.<\/p>\n Finally, Matt Wearn sealed Australia's fourth gold medal<\/a> during the men's single laser sailing event.<\/p>\n "It's pretty phenomenal to be part of that," Wearn said of today's results.<\/p>\n "Australia is doing incredibly well, the swimming has been amazing this year. To be able to add to the medal tally and bring a gold home today is amazing."<\/p>\n As it stands right now, Australia sits fourth on the medal tally with a total of 32 medals, of which 14 are gold. And there are still seven days remaining for Australia to claim more medals.<\/p>\n A lot of that can be contributed to McKeon, who alone has seven medals in total, with four being gold.<\/p>\n To put it into context, Australia's greatest ever Olympics campaign was Athens 2004, where Australia claimed 17 gold medals.<\/p>\n It's a remarkable turnaround given back in 1976, Australia didn't earn a single gold medal, while in 1980 (two gold medals), 1984 (four gold medals) and 1988 (three gold medals) there was little success on the podiums.<\/p>\n It was a day for all Australians to celebrate as fans flocked to social media to voice their excitement surrounding the historic day.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkGottlieb\/status\/1421671393851105280<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/DFT85\/status\/1421673310937489410<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sporting_Tragic\/status\/1421672566700199940<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonGleave\/status\/1421734568474853379<\/a><\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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