Olympics Update: Thursday, August 8

Pole vault finals NOW! Added SILVER overnight in team pursuit track cycling!

Happening NOW:

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

  • Eliza, Imogen & Olivia have all cleared 4.60m (Imogen achieved a personal best!). Tune in NOW to cheer them on!

Here’s what happened since yesterday’s email:

• Track Cycling - Ally Wollaston & Bryony Botha & Emily Shearman & Nicole Shields - Team Pursuit (Finals)

  • Ally & Bryony & Emily & Nicole win SILVER in team pursuit track cycling with a time of 4:04.927! They finished first in qualifying with a time of 4:04.679, advancing them to Round 1. In Round 1, they beat Italy with a time of 4:04.818, which advanced them to the gold medal race against USA. Ally, Bryony & Emily will race in additional events in the coming days.

• Golf - Lydia Ko - Round 1

  • Lydia is tied for 13th after scoring 72 in Round 1. She’ll compete in Round 2 tonight.

• Canoe Sprint - Aimee Fisher, Lisa Carrington - K1 500m Heats

  • Aimee finished first in her heat with a time of 1:49.16. Lisa finished first in her heat with a time of 1:48.51. They both advance to Saturday night’s semifinal.

• Athletics - Tori Peeters - Javelin (Group A)

  • Tori threw a 59.78m, short of the 61m needed to qualify for the finals. This ends her Olympic journey.

• Sailing - Justina Kitchen - Kite

  • Justina finished 17th overall. She is the first woman to represent New Zealand in kitefoil. This ends her Olympic journey.

• Track Cycling - Ellesse Andrews, Rebecca Petch - Keirin Round 1

  • Ellesse finished first in her heat with a time of 10.979, advancing her to the quarterfinal. Rebecca finished 5th in her heat, moving her to the repechage round, where she raced a 10.905 and qualified for the quarterfinal. They will both race on Friday night.

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

  • The medal race was postponed to tonight due to weather.

• Diving - Lizzie Roussel - 3m Springboard Preliminary Round

  • Lizzie finished 26th overall, with a score of 233.70. This ends her Olympic journey.

How to watch the New Zealand women tonight (Thursday, August 8th) and early tomorrow morning (Friday, August 9th)

• 7pm - Golf - Paris 4

  • Lydia Ko - Round 2

• 8:25pm - Athletics - Paris 6

  • Maddi Wesche - Shotput Qualification (Group A)

• 11:40pm - Canoe Sprint - Paris 3

  • Alicia Hoskin & Lisa Carrington & Olivia Brett & Tara Vaughan - K4 500m Final

(Friday, August 9th)

• 12:43am (TBD) - Sailing - Paris 6

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

• 3:18am - Track Cycling - Paris 3

  • Ellesse Andrews (Heat 1), Rebecca Petch (Heat 2) - Keirin (Quarterfinals)*

    4:15am - Semifinals* | 5:01am - Finals*

• 5:35am - Athletics - Paris 2

  • Maia Ramsden - 1500m Semifinal

*qualification-dependent

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

• Golf, Canoe Sprint, Track Cycling, Artistic Swimming, Shotput*

Medal Tracker:

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

Silver: 3 (Emma Twigg - Rowing, Single Sculls; Ellesse Andrews & Rebecca Petch & Shaane Fulton - Track Cycling, Team Sprint; Ally Wollaston & Bryony Botha & Emily Shearman & Nicole Shields - Track Cycling, Team Pursuit)

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

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