Olympics Update: Monday, August 5

FOUR of our podcast guests will compete tonight: Olivia, Sarah, Tayla & Ellesse!

Here’s what happened since yesterday’s email:

• Swimming - Erika Fairweather - 800m Freestyle (FINAL)

  • Erika finished with a time of 8:23.27, placing her in 8th overall in the 800m! This ends her Olympic journey.

• Shooting - Chloe Tipple - Skeet Qualification (Day 2)

  • Chloe finished up the qualification rounds in 28th place after a 20/25 (round 4) and 23/25 (round 5). Chloe is the first female to represent New Zealand in Skeet at the Olympic Games (Rio 2016). This ends her Olympic journey.

• Athletics - Lauren Bruce - Hammer Throw Qualification (Group A)

  • Lauren had a top throw of 68.93 metres, placing her 20th overall. She will not advance from the qualification stage. This ends her Olympic journey.

• Sailing - Erica Dawson (w/ teammate Micah Wilkinson) - Mixed Multihull

  • Erica (& teammate Micah) are currently sitting in 2nd place after Race 6. Finishing 2nd (race 4), 2nd (race 5), and 3rd (race 6). They will race again tonight.

• Sailing - Justina Kitchen - Kite (Race 1-4)

  • Justina is currently in 15th place after Race 4, finishing 9th (race 1), 11th (race 2), 21st (DNF) (race 3) and 16th (race 4). She’ll continue racing tonight.

• Road Cycling - Kim Cadzow, Niamh Fisher-Black - Road Race

  • Niamh crossed the line in 31st place. Kim crossed the line in 56th place (after her impressive 7th place finish in the individual time trial on Sunday last week!). This ends their Olympic journey.

• Sailing - Greta Pilkington - Dinghy

  • Greta is currently in 28th place after race 8. Finishing 17th (race 7), and 21st  (race 8). Greta will race again tonight. 

• Canoe Slalom - Luuka Jones - Kayak Cross Heats (Heat 4)

  • Luuka finished first in her heat, advancing her to the quarterfinal. She will race again on Tuesday morning.

How to watch the New Zealand women tonight (Monday, August 5th) and early tomorrow morning (Tuesday, August 6th)

• 6pm - Triathlon - Paris 3

  • Nicole van der Kaay & Ainsley Thorpe (& teammates McCullough & Wilde) - Mixed Relay

• 8:40pm - Athletics - Paris 4

  • Eliza McCartney, Imogen Ayris, Olivia McTaggart - Pole Vault (Qual)

    Group A - Olivia, Group B - Eliza & Imogen

• 10:03pm - Sailing - Paris 9

  • Justina Kitchen - Kite (Race 5-8)

• 10:05pm - Sailing - Paris 9

  • Erica Dawson (w/ teammate Wilkinson) - Mixed Multihull

• 10:15pm - Sailing - Paris 9

  • Greta Pilkington - Dinghy (Race 9-10)

• 11pm - Sport Climbing - Paris 7

  • Sarah Tetzlaff - Speed

(Tuesday, August 6th)

• 1am - Wrestling - Paris 10

  • Tayla Ford - 68kg
    *2:20am - Quarterfinal | *7am - Semifinal

• 1:30am - Canoe Slalom - Paris 2

  • Luuka Jones - Kayak Cross (Quarterfinal, Semifinal, Final)*

• 3am - Track Cycling - Paris 3

  • Ellesse Andrews & Rebecca Petch & Shaane Fulton - Team Sprint (Qual)
    *4:55am - Round 1 | *5:46am - Finals

*qualification-dependent

A peek at what’s coming up on Tuesday night (schedules will be in tomorrow’s email!):

• Canoe Sprint, 1500m, Wrestling*, Sailing, Track Cycling

Medal Tracker:

Gold: 2 (Black Ferns 7s - Rugby Sevens; Lucy Spoors & Brooke Francis - Rowing, Double Sculls)

Silver: 1 (Emma Twigg - Rowing, Single Sculls)

Bronze: 1 (Davina Waddy & Jackie Gowler & Kerri Williams & Phoebe Spoors - Rowing, Coxless Four)

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