Paris 2024: Men's 100m final ends in dramatic photo finish, Kiwi paddlers advance to quarter-finals

The Day 9 schedule is a relatively quiet one for the NZ contingent, with few medal opportunities in the offering.

Age-group world champion Niamh Fisher-Black will be joined by Kim Cadzow to contest the women's road race.

Ryan Fox and Daniel Hillier play their fourth and final round of the men's gold, although both are well of the pace of leaders Jon Rahm and Xander Schaufelle.

Kite surfers Lukas Walton-Kleim and Justina Kitchen begin their qualifying, while Luuka Jones and Finn Butcher are back in action in the kayak cross heats.

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 9: August 4-5 (NZT)

Golf
7pm - Men’s fourth round (Daniel Hillier)
8.44pm - Men's fourth round (Ryan Fox)

Athletics
8.20pm: Women’s hammer throw qualification (Lauren Bruce)

Shooting
7pm: Women’s skeet qualification - day two (Chloe Tipple)
1.30am: Women’s skeet final (Chloe Tipple - if qualified)

Sailing
10.05pm: Mixed multihull races 4-6 (Micah Wilkinson & Erica Dawson)
10.05pm: Men's dinghy, races 7-8 (Tom Saunders)
10.13pm: Men's kite surfing (Lukas Walton-Keim)
10.33pm: Women's kite surfing (Justina Kitchen)
12.35am: Women's dinghy, races 7-8 (Greta Pilkington)

Cycling
12am: Women’s road race (Kim Cadzow and Niamh Fisher-Black)

Canoe - Slalom
1.30am: Men's kayak cross heat (Finn Butcher)
2.45am: Women's kayak cross heat (Luuka Jones)

RESULTS

After Day 9, New Zealand is now 15th on the Olympic medal table with 2 gold medals, 4 silver and 1 bronze. Australia are 4th with 12 golds, 1 silver, and 8 bronze.

USA are top of the table with 19 gold, including Noah Lyles's win in this morning's men's 100m final, plus 26 silver and 26 bronze.

Golf
Ryan Fox finished T25 at two-under par, while Daniel Hillier wrapped up at seven-over to be 55th.

USA's Scottie Scheffler's stellar 2024 continued, adding an Olympic gold medal to go with his Masters win, finishing -19, while Great Britain's Tommy Fleetwood was one stroke behind, plus Japan's Hideki Matsuyama a further shot back.

The likes of Jon Rahm and Rory McIlory fell off the pace to finish T5 at 15-under par.

Athletics
Needing to be finish in the top-twelve to qualify for the final, Lauren Bruce's best hammer throw of 68.93m saw her finish 20th.

Morning morning (NZT), all eyes were on the men's 100m final that resulted in a dramatic photo finish to determine the results - Noah Lyles crossed the line with a time of 9.79, as did Jamaica's Kishane Thompson, and USA's Fred Kerley rounded out the podium with a 9.81.

It's the first time in Olympic history that every participant in the men's 100m final went sub 10-seconds.

Shooting
Chloe Tipple finished 28th in the women's skeet qualification.

Sailing
In the men's dinghy class, Tom Saunders was disqualified for an early start in race 7, before finishing 13th in race to be 7th overall with two races remaining. In the women's event, Greta Pilkington was 17th in race 7 and 21st in race 8, sitting 28th overall with two to go.

Michah Wilkinson & Erica Dawson had a strong day in the mixed multihull, placing 2nd in race 4, 2nd race 5 and 3rd in race 6 to be 2nd overall at the halfway point.

Justina Kitchen is 15th overall in the women's kite surfing after finishing 9th in race 1, 11th in race 2, DNF in race 3, plus 16th in race 4 to be 15th overall. In the men's kite surfing, Lukas Walton-Keim's 12th place in race 1, 17th in race 2, 13th in race 3, and 10th in race 4 puts him 14th overall.

Cycling
In the women's road race, Niamh Fisher-Black crossed the line in 31st, while fellow Kiwi rider Kim Cadzow was 56th.

Canoe - Slalom
Both Kiwis are through to the kayak cross quarter-finals, Finn Butcher won his heat in the men's event and Luuka Jones won her heat in the women's event.

PODCASTS

Sky Sport's Kimberlee Downs called into Scotty Stevenson and Mark Richardson on SENZ Breakfast to give the latest updates on the ground from Paris.

Tom Walsh also joined SENZ Breakfast to reflect on the men's shot put final that ended in disappointment for the Timaru native, succumbing to an injury during his second throw that prevented Walsh from challenging further against rival Ryan Crouser.