Paris 2024: Black Ferns Sevens to play quarter-final, sailing team hit the water

One of New Zealand's strongest medal prospects will continue their run for gold on day three, as the Black Ferns Sevens play their third and final pool game against Fiji, before a quarter-final appearance later Tuesday morning (NZ time).

The sailing also continue, where a host of Kiwis will attempt to set course for the podium.

After her brutal fourth-place finish in the 400m freestyle final, Erika Fairweather returns to the pool with another shot at a medal in the 200m final.

Over at Roland Garros, the NZ doubles dream team of world No. 1 Erin Routliffe and Wimbledon quarter-finalist Lulu Sun take to the court for their opening match.

Be sure to check in with senzradio.nz each day for your Olympic fix over the next fortnight, with fixtures, results, plus on the ground reaction from Paris with guests joining both Scotty & Izzy and The Run Home with Kirst & Beav at opposite ends of the day.

Day 3: July 29-30 (NZT)

__Shooting __
7pm: Men’s trap qualification (Owen Robinson)

Rowing
8.30pm: Women’s coxless pair repechage (Kate Haines and Alana Sherman)

Equestrian
9pm: Eventing Team - Day 3 show jumping (Jonelle Price, Tim Price, Clarke Johnstone)

1am: Jumping final (Jonelle Price, Tim Price, Clarke Johnstone)

Tennis
10pm: Women’s doubles first round (Erin Routliffe and Lulu Sun)

Sailing
10.03pm: Foil women races 1-5 (Veerle ten Have)
10.15pm: 49er FX races 4-6 (Jo Aleh and Molly Meech)
10.23pm: Foil men races 1-5 (Josh Armit)
12.05am: 49er races 4-6 (Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie)

Mountain Bike - Cross Country
12.10am: Men (Sam Gaze)

Rugby Sevens
2.30am: Women’s pool match v Fiji 7am-8am: Women’s quarter-final v China

Swimming
7.48am: Women’s 200m freestyle final (Erika Fairweather)

Photo: Clive Mason, Getty Images.

RESULTS

Shooting
In the men's trap, Owen Robinson is currently 19th after three rounds of qualification.

Rowing
The women's coxless pair of Kate Haines & Alana Sherman were knocked out in the repechage.

Equestrian
At the conclusion of the three-day team event, New Zealand finished 8th to equal for their worst finish in Olympic history. The trio of Clarke Johnstone, Jonelle Price and Tim Price had a final score of 134.6, falling behind bronze medalists Japan by 18.8 points.

“It was my mistake yesterday that dropped us out of the top contention," Jonelle Price told Sky Sport following the event.

“I'm gutted to have done that to the guys. Everyone has performed well this week up until (that) and it was just such a silly mistake yesterday, so I'm feeling pretty rough about it.”

As for the individual jumping event, Tim Price placed 6th in the final, Johnstone 18th, but Jonelle Price failed to qualify with a 40th-placed finish.

Tennis
The women's doubles pairing of World No. 1 Erin Routliffe and Wimbledon darling Lulu Sun were knocked out in the first round by Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini. Seeded third for the tournament, the Italians won in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 at Roland-Garros.

Sailing
In the 49er class, Isaac McHardie & Will McKenzie finished 8th in race four, 1st in race five, and 1st in race six to remain 1st overall.

In the 49erFX, Jo Aleh & Molly Meech were 9th in race four, 17th in race five, 8th in race six to be 19th overall.

Josh Armitt placed 4th in the first race of the men’s windsurfing, while in the women's windsurfing, Veerle ten Have was 23rd in race one and 15th in race two to be 21st overall.

Mountain Bike - Cross Country
Medal hopeful Sam Gaze finished 6th.

Rugby Sevens
The Black Ferns Sevens defeated Fiji 38-7 in their final match of pool play, before beating up on China in the quarter-finals. At one point, China kept the match within reach, scoring a try to make it 7-5 while Sarah Hirini served her yellow card. But the likes of Michaela Blyde were too much for the Chinese, winning 55-5 to set up a semi-final clash with USA at 1.30am Wednesday (NZT).

Swimming
Erika Fairweather placed 7th in the women’s 200m freestyle final with a time of 1:55.59. Australia completed a successful 1-2 in the pool with Mollie O'Callaghan (1:53.27) narrowly beating Ariarne Titmus (1:53.81). Hong Kong's Siobhan Bernadette Haughe (1:54.55) took home bronze.

Photo: Iain McGregor, Photosport.

PODCASTS

Sky Sport's Kimberlee Downs reported into SENZ's Scotty & Izzy from Paris on Tuesday morning, recapping how the Kiwis performed while New Zealand was sleeping, including Sam Gaze's disappointment in finishing sixth in the cross country mountain biking event.

In a slightly less serious look at Olympic news, Scotty & Izzy executive producer Sam Hewat puts a lens on Olympic conspiracy theories and world record controversies in his regular 'What's Making the News' segment.

Former Olympic swimmer Moss Burmester also spoke with SENZ to share his perspective on how medal hopefuls Erika Fairweather and Lewis Clareburt have been performing in the pool.