Meet the Voice Behind Jalebi Baby

Shweta Subram’s voice is behind the hook in the viral hit, Jalebi Baby, which has people dancing all over the world! Currently in Dubai, Shweta has been overwhelmed with the love and admiration she has received for this single by Indo-Canadian singer Tesher, aka Hitesh Sharma and American singer-songwriter Jason Derulo. It was such a pleasure for Desi Australia to speak to Shweta and learn about her journey, the highlights, challenges and lessons learnt. We’re now looking forward to Shweta’s new song “Doli” which will be releasing soon!

By: Ruhani Dhillion

Q: Tell us about yourself Shweta.

A: I was born in Dubai and this is where I am right now, but during my teenage years, we had moved to Canada for a period. For me, music was always a hobby and I never really took it seriously. My parents enrolled me into many classes and it was always a juggle between music, dance and school. But I do feel that these classes really paid off because in school I would get involved in a lot of music, dance, and drama, and all that the training was very helpful.

Q: When did you cultivate an interest in music?

A: I come from a South Indian background and music is a very big thing in the Southern part of India where from a young age, parents put their children in some form of music or dance. My grandmother and my father are trained Indian classical singers. During my trips back twice a year, I’d be exposed to so much music and it made me wanted to learn more. My maternal grandmother who had a beautiful voice was in fact my biggest critique. I would be humming something and she’d stop me in the middle if the notes or expressions were not right.

Q: When did you realise that you want to take this talent to the next level?

A: There was this competition happening in Canada (much like American Idol), but it was organised by a group from India, and all my friends were after my life to compete. It was an intense four-month long competition in which I competed and won. That’s when everything changed for me. I started realising how much I loved music and I wanted it to be more than just a hobby.

After I won that competition in North America, I was sent to India as part of the prize package. I went to Mumbai and had the opportunity to explore the industry. It was so fascinating just to see the way they make music for movies, but I wasn’t quite ready to move to India. Instead I came back to Canada and started writing my own songs. I wrote my first original Jee Le and my second single Ajooba.

I remember putting that out and a couple of months later, I got a call from music director Salim Sulaiman, telling me they were coming to Canada for the IIFA Awards. They wanted me to perform with them and it was surreal. I thought it was a prank call and couldn’t believe it. They came, and I had two days to prepare a song and perform with them on stage. We see these things on TV and here I was with Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar and Bipasha Basu right in front of me. So that’s when I think it went to the next level. In 2015, I did my first Bollywood movie, Hawaizaada with Ayushmann Khurrana and sang the title song, Dil-e-Nadaan.

Q: Where do you draw your inspiration from?

A: My parents are a big source of inspiration for me as well as watching and listening to legendary singers like Lata Ji and Asha Ji. I was very lucky to have toured with Sonu Nigam before the pandemic. He had invited me to perform with him in South America, so that was a great opportunity. One can learn so much from that man – just traveling with him and seeing him day in and day out, and the way he leads such a disciplined life.

Q: What have been the biggest challenges so far?

A: I think for me it was getting into the music industry during an era when social media was not so big. If I had social media at that time, it would have been very different for me. Another challenge was that I had never lived in India, and to pursue playback in Bollywood, you have to be in India. I was geographically very, very far away and it was definitely a limitation.

Q: What have been the biggest highlights on your musical journey so far?

A: You know, that’s a tough one to answer because every time something new happens, obviously that’s a highlight at that particular moment. But the best experience which I feel I’ll cherish for the longest time was when I was chosen by The Piano Guys to render an Indian adaptation of Swedish House Mafia’s Don’t You Worry Child. With them, I got to perform at the Carnegie Hall in New York and that’s a dream come true for any singer.

Q: Tell us about the Jalebi Baby journey!

A: In between the

pandemic and the lockdown, one of the things that ended up being the highlight of my career was Jalebi Baby! I remember I got a message from Tesher saying he was working on a song called Jalebi Baby for which my voice and tone would be perfectly suited. The interesting thing is that he initially told me my voice would be used for the background vocals. I had no idea it would end up being the hook of the song! And it all happened really quickly. I had a set up in my house with a laptop and microphone and I recorded those two words and sent it across. Two weeks later my friend tells me the song is out and my vocals are all over it. So that’s how it all happened; and the amount of love and admiration I’ve been receiving since has been amazing. It just got bigger and bigger and bigger; and suddenly everyone was talking about Jalebi Baby and dancing to it on Instagram and TikTok, and even at the Olympics.

Q: Who are your favourite artists?

A: My favourite artist is Sonu Nigam. And if you ask about female artists, I would say Sunidhi Chauhan because she’s got a very different voice. For international artists, I’d say Celine Dion and Whitney Houston. I’ve got pretty diverse range of artists that I enjoy listening to.

Q: You are able to sing in so many languages – how did that come about?

A: My parents are actually multilingual. Even though I’m South Indian by background, I mostly spoke Hindi. My mum can also speak Konkani because she was from Mangalore so I would speak Konkani. Whilst being raised in Dubai, it was mandatory to learn Arabic in school; so that’s how I learnt Arabic as well. I was raised in a household where there was a lot of languages spoken and it also helped listening to music from different languages and watching different regional movies; so I think that’s why languages come easily to me. Whether I’m given lyrics in Hindi, Punjabi or Tamil, I find it pretty easy to follow; and all credit goes to my parents.

Q: There is so much unrecognised talent out there so what would your advice to other young artists trying to find their mark?

A: Social media today is inundated with so much content, and a lot of people out there are trying to make a mark, so you have to be unique. But even that can go either way. You can be too unique and people won’t care or you can be unique enough that you stand out and people take a liking towards you; so what do you do? I’d say first and foremost, pick a bunch of people who have more followers than you and don’t be shy or afraid to reach out to them. They might not respond but it doesn’t hurt to try and crosscollaborate or do live sessions with them because that’s how you learn and grow.

But to be quite honest, for me it’s quality over quantity. You can have 10 million followers, but sometimes I don’t even know how many are real or not. That’s the other problem with social media where you can buy likes; you can buy followers and you can buy comments. You can buy literally anything and create this perception to the world that, oh, I’m so great. But that’s not what it should be about. Your work should speak for itself. If you sing a song and it touches people’s hearts and people start following you for that reason, that’s more important.

Q: What do you think are the most important characteristics an artist needs to have to succeed?

A: I think being original and finding your own sound, your own style, and just writing down your ideas. That’s how I made my first two songs: Jee Le and Ajooba.

Q: What do you do outside of singing – what are your other hobbies?

A: I think I have a seed of acting in me somewhere. Right now, I’m obsessed with this one girl who does these funny videos of how Punjabi aunties talk and I try and imitate her just for fun! Apart from that, I enjoy dancing and catching up on my Netflix.

Q: What are your plans from this point on? What can your fans look forward to?

A: So I have a song that I’m working on called “Doli” and I can’t wait to release it. I think every Indian girl will relate to it because it’s a fun wedding song which says “tu aake zara mere doli sajaa ja”, so she’s basically asking the guy to decorate her palanquin and take her with him. I’m working on that and a few other originals. But for now, people can look out for “Doli”.

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India at Tokyo Olympics 2020

Neeraj Chopra became India’s second individual Olympic champion - after Abhinav Bindra - with his men’s javelin throw gold at Tokyo 2020. It was India’s first track-and-field medal at any Olympic Games.

In the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships, Chopra set the world under-20 record of 86.48 m.[10] Chopra was also selected as the flagbearer at the opening ceremony for India at the 2018 Asian Games, which marked his first Asian Games appearance.[11][12] He scored a goldmedal winning throw (88.06m) at the 2018 Asian Games[13] and 2018 Commonwealth Games. Chopra won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics with a throw of 87.58m. He is one of only two Indians to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics,[14][15] as well as the youngestever Indian gold medalist in an individual event and the only one to have won gold in his Olympic debut.[16]

Chopra was born in Khandra village, Panipat district, Haryana.[17][18] At the age of 12, Chopra was a very mischievous and obese boy who weighed 90 kilos, causing local lads to tease him about his appearance, saying he resembled the popular image of a sarpanch, or village head.[19] Concerned about Till now, Indians won 7 medals in total. Two of these are Silver medals and three are bronze medals and one Gold medal. We are providing the

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sports and players who won a medal for India in Tokyo Olympics 2020. Below is the table which contains the sports, players, and medal type.

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his weight, Chopra’s father enrolled him in a basic gymnasium at Madlauda, which Chopra had to cycle to and from 24 kilometers a day. [19] After informing his parents of his dislike for the Madlauda gym where he was its youngest member, he was enrolled in a gym at Panipat. [19] While there, Chopra would also frequent the nearby Panipat Sports Authority of India center, where a javelin thrower named Jaiveer Singh recognized his early talent at the javelin throw.[19] Observing his ability to achieve a 40-metre throw without training and further impressed by Chopra’s drive, Jaiveer began coaching him.

Lovlina Borgohain (born 2 October 1997) is an Indian boxer and an Olympic medal winner. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo) in the Women’s welterweight event, becoming only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics.[1][2] She also won bronze medal at the 2018 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships and the 2019 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships. [3][4][5] She won the gold medal at 1st India Open International Boxing Tournament held in New Delhi and silver medal at 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament held in Guwahati. Borgohain is the first female athlete and the second boxer from Assam to represent the state in the Olympics.[6] In 2020, she became the sixth person from Assam to receive Arjuna Award.

Indian men’s hockey team A resolute Indian men’s hockey team rewrote history as they won an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating a plucky Germany 5-4 to win the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.

The eight-time former gold-winners, who battled a heartbreaking slump in the last four decades, made the resurgence of the last couple of years count in the best way possible with an Olympic medal.

After a 41-year wait, the Indian men’s hockey team finally have an Olympic medal since the gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

After being 3-1 down at one point, India made a big comeback to beat Germany 5-4 and claim the bronze medal.

It is their third Olympic bronze medal - after the 1968 and 1972 Games - and their 12th Olympic medal overall. It was India’s fifth medal at Tokyo 2020.

Bajarang Punia was born in the Khudan village of Jhajjar district in the state of Haryana, India.[3][4] He began wrestling at the age of seven and was encouraged to pursue the sport by his father.[5] Punia grew up a rural area. His family did not have money for traditional sports. Instead, he had to partake in free sports like wrestling and Kabaddi.[6] Punia’s father was a wrestler as well and at a young age, his family started him at a local mud wrestling school. Punia started to skip school to go to wrestling practice.[6] In 2015, his family moved to Sonepat so that he can attend a regional centre of Sports Authority of India.

Currently, he works in Indian Railways on the post of Gazetted officer OSD Sports.[4] Punia enjoys seeking out knowledge of his village elders.[6]

He is married to fellow wrestler Sangita Phogat, who is one of the famed Phogat sisters.

Ravi Kumar Dahiya, also known as Ravi Kumar,[2] is an Indian freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 57 kg category. He is also a bronze medalist from 2019 World Wrestling Championships and a two-time Asian champion.

Dahiya was born in 1997 and hails from the village of Nahri in Sonipat district, Haryana. Since age 10, Dahiya was trained by Satpal Singh at the Chhatrasal Stadium in North Delhi. His father Rakesh Dahiya, a small farmer, would travel 8-10 km every day from their village to the Chhatrasal stadium to deliver fresh milk and fruits, which were part of his wrestling diet, for more than a decade.

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Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) PV became only the 2nd Indian athlete (and 3rd to confirm) in Tokyo Olympics 2020 after Mirabai Chanu to win a medal. Sindhu had won the women’s singles badminton silver at the Rio Olympics, which was also her Games debut. Sindhu had fallen agonisingly short of the gold medal as she lost the title match to Spain’s Carolina Marin despite winning the opening game five years ago.

Sindhu broke into the top 20 of the BWF World Ranking in September 2012, at the age of 17.[9] Beginning in 2013, she won a medal at every world championships, with the exception of 2015. She is just the second woman after Zhang Ning to win five or more medals at the world championships. She represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio), becoming the first Indian badminton player to reach a final. She won the silver medal after losing out to Spain’s Carolina Marin.[10] She made her second consecutive Olympic appearance at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo) and won a bronze medal, becoming the first Indian woman ever to win two Olympic medals.[11][12]

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (born 8 August 1994) is an Indian weightlifter. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Women’s 49 kg.[2][3][4][5] Mirabai Chanu has won the World Championships and multiple medals at the Commonwealth Games. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for her contributions to the sport. She was awarded Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award by the Government of India in 2018.[6]

Chanu won the silver medal in the women’s 48 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow; she went on to break the games record en route to the gold medal at the 2018 edition of the event held in Gold Coast. Prior to the 2020 Summer Olympics, her biggest achievement came in 2017, when she won the gold medal at World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, California

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu was born on 8 August 1994 in Nongpok Kakching[7] about 30 km away from Imphal city, Manipur[8] to a Meitei family. Her family identified her strength when she was just 12. She could easily carry a huge bundle of firewood home when her elder brother found it hard to even pick it up.

Australians at Tokyo Olympics 2020

Australia finishes its campaign in Tokyo with 17 gold medals, the equal most of any Olympic Games along with Athens 2004.

After disappointing returns in London and Rio, it’s certainly a welcome change as we have struggled in recent Olympic Games.

It was also one of the most-watched Games with so many Australians in lockdown with nothing to do but cheer our Aussies on.

And didn’t we have some performances to be proud of? A new generation of athletes broke through to lead the way while some of our most popular athletes finally took home a medal.

We combed through all the moments, and trust us, we watched them all, to put together the top ten Australian moments from the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Honourable Mentions

It’s a credit to how well Australia performed at the Games that so many moments failed to make the top ten.

All of these could have easily snuck their way into the list but just missed out.

Andrew Hoy’s individual medal at 8th Olympics

The fact that Andrew Hoy was competing at his eighth Olympic Games was an achievement in itself.

For the 66-year-old to come away from it with an individual bronze medal and a team silver? Remarkable and inspiring.

Sailors lead from the front

Matt Wearn started the Aussie sailing gold rush when he took out the Men’s Laser (with one race to spare).

Then Mat Belcher and Will Ryan followed his lead by taking out the Men’s 470, also with a race to spare.

Nothing more Aussie than getting the job done quickly and being able to enjoy the moment in the final medal race.

‘We’ve got one’ in Rohan Browning

When Rohan Browning took out his heat in the Men’s 100m, the entire country was left in shock. Here is this incredible athlete who managed to produce the fastest time ever by an Australian at the Olympics.

Most of Australia was left speechless, except of course the incomparable Bruce McAvaney who always has the right thing to say.

While he wasn’t able to get through the semifinals, in just over ten seconds Browning made his mark on the world of athletics.

Owen Wright’s comeback to Olympic bronze

It has been well-documented the journey that Owen Wright went through to get back to surfing. A traumatic brain injury left Wright having to learn how to walk again.

To come back and win an Olympic bronze medal at the first time Surfing is being held at the Olympics? An inspirational moment that won’t be forgotten anytime soon.

Australia’s footballers take on the world

When the Olyroos secured a 2-0 win over Argentina in the opening days of competition, it set the scene for the fortnight to come.

While they were unable to get out of their group, it was a moment that showed just how quickly the nation can get behind our Olympic athletes.

For our Matildas, while they didn’t come away with a medal it was a tournament that they can certainly be proud of.

The incredible quarterfinal win over Great Britain will go down as one of the greatest games of Olympic football, ever.

Double gold for Australia’s rowers

In the space of an hour, Australia’s rowers won two gold medals on July 28.

Australia’s Men’s and Women’s Four both came home strong to take out the win in a moment that could hold real significance for the future of Australian rowing.

Artacho del Solar and Clancy claim Beach Volleyball silver

Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy were the fifth-rated team going into the Olympics but their campaign surpassed all expectations.

They beat the number one team in the world on their way to the final where they narrowly lost to the American pair of April Ross and Alix Klineman.

It was an incredible run that should set them up for more success in the years to come.

Kaylee McKeown and Emily Seebohm share the podium

There was a special moment towards the end of the swimming programme in the 200m backstroke when Kaylee McKeown took home her second individual gold medal of the Games.

Finishing in third was Emily Seebohm, an Aussie swimming legend at her fourth Olympics.

What followed at the medal ceremony was a special moment where Seebohm presented McKeown with her medal and the pair stood together on top of the podium.

A moment that typified the Australian team’s closeness these Games and signified a changing of the guard to the new generation of Aussie athletes.

Patrick Tiernan’s display of determination

To start the Athletics calendar for Australia, Patrick Tiernan dragged himself across the line in the Men’s 10,000m final.

It was a moment of pure spirit. An Aussie athlete who gave his all and was out on his feet. But he was determined to finish and eventually crossed the line.

He had to be taken from the track in a wheelchair but the legacy he created in that moment is one that won’t be forgotten. And thankfully, he had no lasting injuries.

TOP TEN AUSTRALIAN

MOMENTS FROM THE TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES

10. High jumper Nicola McDermott and Javelin thrower Kelsey-Lee Barber take home medals from the field

Barber was the first to compete, in her final she left everything out there to produce a season’s best throw of 64.56m to claim a bronze medal. She missed out on silver by five centimetres. For the incredibly focused Nicola McDermott, the Women’s High Jump final was the perfect time to announce herself to Australia and the world. She produced a personal best performance of 2.02m to better her Australian Record and keep her gold medal hopes alive. While she came away with the silver medal, she won plenty of admirers for her determination and spirit in the high jump final.

9. Harry Garside wins historic boxing medal for Australia

When Harry Garside defeated Kazakhstan’s Zakir Safiullin in the Men’s Lightweight quarterfinal, he did something that no Australian boxer had done in 33 years. Win a boxing medal at the Olympics.

Garside is quite an incredible athlete. He pushes himself constantly. He finds ways to get outside his comfort zone because he knows that doesn’t only make him a better boxer, it makes him a better person. After winning a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, there were high hopes around Garside’s Olympic campaign. Although he fell to Cuba’s Andy Cruz in the semifinals, his performance surpassed expectations despite not coming home with the gold.

It was a campaign to be incredibly proud of for an athlete who is set to inspire lots of young athletes around the country. This is a boxer who wants to break stereotypes. He’s happy to shrug off the hypermasculinity often associated with boxing by showing off his nails painted in the ring. His bronze medal was incredible. But his impact out of the ring is set to be just as large.

8. Melissa Wu finally claims an individual Olympic medal

Sixth in Beijing. Fourth in London. Fifth in Rio. It seemed like Melissa Wu could go throughout her career without an individual Olympic medal. The four-time Olympian will go down as one of Australia’s greatest ever divers but finally completed her legacy in Tokyo when she won bronze in the Women’s 10m platform. It was a moment that flew slightly under the radar with all the other incredible medal celebrations, but it’s an achievement that deserves celebration with all the bells and whistles.

Here is an athlete who burst onto the world stage as a 13-year-old, has had to deal with injuries and personal tragedies and has still been able to compete at the elite level of international competition. The emotion on her face once she realised she had won a medal was incredibly special. Her comments made it even more poignant when she revealed she had previously considered quitting diving after her sister passed away. “The first time (I thought about quitting) for me was when my sister passed away in 2014,” Wu said.

“That was a huge challenge for me to overcome and it’s something that is continually very challenging for me and my family.

“Diving saved me a bit and gave me something to re-focus on and keep going after that.”

7. New events capture Australia’s golden imagination

There was plenty of scepticism when it was announced that new events like Skateboarding and BMX Freestyle were coming into the Olympics in Tokyo. With breakdancing not far around the corner in Paris 2024, many thought it was a sign that the Olympics were moving away from what made them special. But it turned out to be the exact opposite.

Across the skateboarding competition, we saw this incredible camaraderie between the competitors. No matter who was in the lead, they were all genuinely having an incredible time and wanted each other to perform at their best. None more so than Aussie Keegan Palmer who took out the gold medal in the Men’s Park final. The shock on his face after his first ride said it all. Even before that, fellow Aussie Logan Martin claimed the inaugural gold medal in the Men’s BMX Freestyle with an incredible run.

It was a performance that captured Australia’s attention and gave Martin his place on the Olympic stage after a long career competing around the world. And what about that trick on the second run, even though he knew he had the gold medal wrapped up? Incredible!

We’re all in for these new sports at the Olympics.

6. Emma McKeon makes Olympic history

‘McKeon at six?’ I hear you say? It’s a historic achievement and one that may never be beaten by an Australian and it speaks to the moments that finished above it.

The 27-year-old claimed seven medals (four gold, three bronze) in Tokyo to take her total Olympic tally to 11. The most of any Australian, ever. Two well-deserved individual gold medals in the 50m and 100m freestyle showed just how dominant the Wollongong local has become in the pool.Her seven medals in Tokyo is also the joint-most by a female athlete along with Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya back in 1952.

The moments that summed up McKeon’s Olympics were her incredible dedication to the Australian team. Backing up after heats to swim in relays. Rushing off from medal presentations to race again. Spending 30 seconds in a warmdown pool after a race to be ready for a relay final. It was a remarkable week for McKeon who conducted herself with incredible poise.

There’s every chance that she remains Australia’s most successful Olympian for decades to come. Could she add to her tally in Paris, time will tell.

5. Ash Moloney and Cedric Dubler’s shared decathlon triumph

Australia had never won a medal in the Men’s decathlon before Ash Moloney won bronze in Tokyo. It was a determined effort from the 21-year-old who kept setting personal bests and had to set an Australian record to lock up third place. But the moment that sticks in everyone’s mind was the effort of his Australian teammate Cedric Dubler in the 1500m.

Moloney went into the race, the last event of the decathlon, in third place with his lead slowly dwindling. With American Garrett Scantling and Canada’s Pierce LePage hunting him down, he needed to finish within seven seconds of Scantling to ensure the medal. Halfway through the race, it looked like Scantling was going to steal the medal from the Aussie’s grasp.

However, Dubler ran alongside Moloney and started yelling at him and motivating him to give it his all. The experienced Dubler was keeping track of what Moloney needed to do and he was well behind the pace. It inspired Moloney to take it up a few gears and power home. As he crossed the finish line, in the background you could see Dubler pumping his fist in the air, knowing his teammate had secured a medal. An incredibly special moment.

4. Patty Mills and the Boomers finally get their medal

After losing to Spain by a point in a dramatic bronze medal match in Rio, it almost seemed destined that the Boomers would never claim an Olympic medal. This golden generation of basketballers had come close on four occasions only to finish 4th each time. In Tokyo, the Boomers breezed through the group stages and comfortably accounted for Argentina in the quarterfinals.

It set up a date with destiny. The USA in the semifinals. Could this be the moment the Aussies assured themselves of a medal.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be as Kevin Durant led his troops to a dominant win over the Aussies after we got close. It meant our hopes were left to the bronze medal match again. Standing in our way this time was the prodigious Luka Doncic who had led Slovenia to the semifinals in their Olympic debut.

Australia wouldn’t be denied their medal this time though. An incredible 42-points from the inspirational Patty Mills delivered the Boomers bronze. Their first Olympic medal. It was a special moment for a team that all of Australia has been behind for years. It was a long time coming, but boy, was it worth the wait!Let’s let the man himself sum up exactly how special a moment it was for Australian basketball.

3. Australia’s new favourite Bol inspires the nation

Peter Bol. The 27-year-old 800m runner who inspired a nation. When Bol broke the Australian Record in his heat to book his place in the semifinal he caught our attention. Then he went on to win his semifinal in a new Australian record and the whole nation was on it’s feet. Here was this incredible Australia dominating on the world stage.

Then closer to home the story of Bol captured our imagination. Footage of his family celebrating his semifinal triumph went viral purely because of the joy in that room. It’s surprising the roof was still on after the noise they made. Bol went on to finish 4th in the final an incredible achievement for the Sudanese-born runner who made absolutely everyone proud. “I didn’t know if I was going to win, but I knew one thing for certain,” Bol said after the final.

“That the whole of Australia was watching - and that carried me on.”

2. Ariarne Titmus takes the 400m crown over Katie Ledecky

As Ariarne Titmus powered through the final fifty metres of the 400m freestyle final, Australia held its breath.

Here was this incredible young swimmer with the hopes of a nation on her shoulders, about to defeat arguably the greatest female swimmer of all time. It took a new Australian Record of 3:56.69 for Titmus to take the crown but it was the start of what was to come for Australia in the pool. While her celebrations might have been subdued, in the stands coach Dean Boxhall went nuts with his ‘Ultimate Warrior’-inspired pelvic thrust.

Behind the gold medal and the viral celebration was over four years of hard work and dedication. Titmus followed it up by defeating Ledecky in the 200m, however, the American did come away with the 800m and 1500m titles. But to see the 20-year-old Aussie rise to the occasion on the biggest stage of all was a moment I don’t think any Australian watching will ever forget.

1. Jessica Fox finally gets her gold

When Jessica Fox crossed the line in the Women’s C1 final in first place, it was the culmination of over a decade of hard work.

Here was an athlete, one of the most popular in Australia right now, who had come so agonisingly close to glory on so many occasions. At London 2012, she finished with a silver medal and just 0.61 seconds off first place. In Rio in 2016, she finished with a bronze medal after a two second penalty cost her second place. Then in the Women’s K1 at Tokyo, she again finished in third place. Two penalties added four seconds to her time and relegated her from the top of the podium to two steps down.

It was a heartbreaking moment felt by all of Australia who were on the edge of their seats willing Fox across the line. But Tokyo would be special not just for Fox but for women’s paddle sports. It’s the first time we would see a Women’s C1 (canoe) event in the Canoe Slalom at the Olympic Games.

Fox made it clear early how special it would be for her to compete in the event and hopefully take home a medal. “It’s the first time that the women’s canoe event will be on the Olympic programme, which is huge for our sport to finally have the gender equality and equal number of men and women,” Fox said.“It’s an amazing opportunity to be able to do both events. We fought really hard to get to this point in my sport as women, so I am really proud to be the representative of Australia in the first women’s C1 Olympic event.“It’s a big honour for all the women who fought for us to be in this position.

“Being able to compete in the women’s C1 makes these Olympics definitely more special. To be on that podium, to be one of the first, would be amazing.”

Fox went into the semifinals of the C1 as the fifth-fastest racer. A fantastic semifinal had her as the fastest for the final and meant she would race last, again. With Great Britain’s Mallory Franklin sitting in first with a time of 108.68, Fox knew exactly what was needed to win.

With a faultless final run of 105.04, Fox secured her maiden Olympic gold medal. A moment celebrated by the entire nation.

Immediately she was embraced by her mother and sister who were at the course, Fox was overcome by emotion.

Fans were more concerned by the commentary at home where father Richard managed to contain his excitement in calling her run.

But you could hear how much the occasion meant to him. His daughter was finally an Olympic champion.

An incredible moment for Australia and our number one Aussie moment for the Tokyo Olympic Games.