LIVE BLOG: Paris 2024 Day 13
Welcome to Day 13 of the NZ Team LIVE Blog, with Kiwis in action in golf, kayaking, sailing, athletics, cycling and sport climbing.
GOLD for Ellesse Andrews on the track!
Ellesse Andrews has powered her way to the Women's Keirin gold medal, crossing the line 0.062 ahead of Hetty van de Wouw of Netherlands.
GOLD: Ellesse Andrews (NZ)
SILVER: Hetty van de Wouw (NED)
BRONZE: Emma Finucane (GBR)
Rebecca Petch finished 12th in the Keirin in her Olympic debut.
Aaron Gate has finished fifth overall in the Men's Omnium.
Scratch Race: 9th (24 points)
Tempo Race: 8th (21 points)
Elimination Race: 11th (20 points)
Points Race: 4th (53 points)
TOTAL: 123
Athletics: Ramsden narrowly misses 1500m final
Maia Ramsden has recorded a new national record in her Women's 1500m semi final, crossing the line eighth in a time of 4:02.20. Unfortunately she is just edged out of progressing with only the top six going through.
GOLD for Women's Kayak Four team!
The Women's Kayak Four (K4) team of Dame Lisa Carrington, Alicia Hoskin, Olivia Brett and Tara Vaughan have won the gold medal, crossing the line in 1:32.20.
The Men's K4 team of Max Brown, Grant Clancy, Kurtis Imrie and Hamish Legarth finished eighth overall in their final (1:22.19).
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BRONZE for Mixed Multihull sailors in Marseille
Our Mixed Multihull team of Micah Wilkinson and Erica Dawson have won the bronze medal in Marseille.
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GOLD: Italy
SILVER: Argentina
BRONZE: New Zealand
Golf: Ko in the hunt after fantastic second round
Lydia Ko has stormed up the leaderboard, after a fantastic second round - finishing the day -5 and in third place two shots off the leader going into tomorrow.
Speed Climbing: Julian David misses semi finals
Julian David has been narrowly defeated by world record holder Sam Watson in the quarter finals, topping the wall in 5.65s.
Athletics: Preston misses 800m semi finals
James Preston has finished sixth in his Men's 800m repechage, missing out on progressing to the semi finals.
Shot Put: Wesche eases into final
Maddi Wesche has qualified for the Women's Shot Put final after a big second throw, eclipsing the automatic qualifying mark of 19.15m.
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Attempt 1: 18.59m
Attempt 2: 19.25m (Q)
