LIVE BLOG: Paris Olympic Games Day 1

Saffi Vette took on the waves of Teahupo'o completing her heat in second with a score of 7.50. She will move through to the next round

In Tahiti, Billy Stairmand has completed his heat - finishing third with a score of 5.53. The result sees him move through to the next round in search of finding some better waves.

A great performance from Erika Fairweather in the Women's 400m Freestyle final, narrowly missing out on a medal with a swim of 4:01.12 to take a fourth place finish.

"Obviously a little bit gutted to get fourth, nobody wants to be there, but I've done myself proud. That was an Olympic final and I managed to come fourth so I can't complain too much."

The NZ Men have been defeated 4-1 by USA in Marseille. After going down by four, Jesse Randall scored a great goal in the 78th minute to pull one back.

NEW ZEALAND:
78' Jesse Randall

USA:
8' (Pen) Djordje Mihailovic
12' Walker Zimmerman
30' Ginaluca Busio
58' Paxten Aaronson

New Zealand have had a tough first half against USA, down 3-0 at the break after goals from Djordje Mihailovic, Walker Zimmerman and Gianluca Busio.

The New Zealand Men have suffered a narrow 3-2 loss to India in their opening match. With the score level 2-2 late in the match, India earned and converted a penalty stroke one minute from fulltime to snatch the result.

NEW ZEALAND:
8' Sam Lane
53' Simon Child

INDIA:
24' Mandeep Singh
34' Vivek Sagar Prasad
59' Harmanpreet Singh

The Men's NZ Sevens team has finished fifth at the Paris Olympics after a 17-7 win over Ireland in their classification match.

NZ Tries: Leroy Carter, Brady Rush, Moses Leo
Conversion: Andrew Knewstubb

Ireland Try: Chay Mullins
Conversion: Mark Roche

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Luuka Jones has beaten her first time by five seconds and is currently ranked eigth with more competitors to go. It has been confirmed she will be in semi-final.

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2-1 to India seven minutes into the second half.

Men's team up 1-0 over India after eight minutes of match play.

Goal: Sam Lane, penalty corner

The last rider for The NZ Team Tim Price has completed the dressage. The team has finished the dressage section in fourth place.

Tim Price Dressage Score:

E: 71.59 %
C: 75.23 %
M: 73.41%

Penalty Points: 26.60

Tennis has been called off today due to weather.

Laurence Pithie has finished in the time-trial clocking in at 38:49.76.

Finishing 24th at his first Olympic Games!

Read about today's Time Trial races here

Luuka Jones clocks 102.90 in the K1... and is in 19th after her first run.

Luuka will then have a second run and her best score will depict whether she progresses to finals.

Top 22 progress through to semi-finals.

Kim Cadzow has given New Zealanders a reason to jump off their seats with a thrilling Time-Trial performance on the road bike.

Kim finished in 7th place out of 35 riders in difficult conditions - What a race!

"I'm super proud and super happy to be here and that was a performance to be proud of. This event is like nothing I've done before."

Clarke Johnstone and Menlo Park have completed the dressage section of their Eventing campaign.

E: 73.64%
C: 74.55%
M: 74.77%

Penalty Points: 25.70

The Men's NZ Sevens will play off for fifth place in Paris after defeating Argentina 17-12 in extra time. With the score locked up 12-12 at the end of regulation time, Andrew Knewstubb scored the winner late in the first period of extra time.

NZ Tries: Akuila Rokolisoa, Moses Leo, Andrew Knewstubb
Conversion: Akuila Rokolisoa

Argentina Tries: Tobias Wade, Luciano Gonzalez
Conversion: Tobias Wade

The Women's Double Sculls of Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors have progressed to the semi finals after winning their heat with a time of 6:51.68.

The Men's Double Sculls of Robbie Manson and Jordan Parry have finished second in the their heat (6:16.41) to book a place in the semi finals.

Erika Fairweather and Eve Thomas have both raced in the 400m Freestyle heats. Fairweather won her heat with a time of 4:02.55 while Thomas finished eighth with a time of 4:11.86. The results see Fairweather go through to the final (third overall) while Thomas misses out.

The first of the Kiwis in action at the pool, Hazel Ouwehand has finished fifth in her 100m Butterfly heat with a time of 58.03. The time see her finish 18th overall in the heats.

Jonelle Price and Hiarado have opened their competition in the Eventing Dressage.

E: 69.32%
C: 69.55%
M: 68.64%

Penalty Points: 30.80

Emma Twigg has opened her fifth Olympic campaign with a comprehensive win in her Single Sculls heat, leading from start to finish.

500m: 1:49.87 (1)
1000m: 3:43.27 (1)
1500m: 5:37.22 (1)
2000m: 7:34.97 (1)

Jonelle Price and Hiarado warming up for the Eventing Dressage at the Château de Versailles.

"That was exciting! The crowd were amazing and I lent into that. I am very happy with that performance."

Tom Mackintosh has blitzed the field in his single sculls heat, leading from start to finish.

500m: 1:39.49 (1)
1000m: 3:23.68 (1)
1500m: 5:07.01 (1)
2000m: 6:55.92 (1)