Paris 2024: Carrington, Kerr and Ko break New Zealand's record Olympic gold medal tally

Le Golf National sets the stage for Lydia Ko to potentially complete the rare feat of winning a full set of Olympic medals.

The World No. 22 golfer heads into the fourth and final round of the women's individual stroke play tied for first place with Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux. Ko won silver at Rio 2016 and bronze at Tokyo 2020.

Hamish Kerr will attempt to soar into the NZ sports record books by becoming the first Kiwi to win an Olympic medal in the high jump.

Dame Lisa Carrington and Aimee Fisher look to continue their rivalry on the water in another bid for the women's K-1 500m podium.

Meanwhile, Commonwealth Games silver medalist David Liti takes to the stage for the men's +102kg weightlifting final.

Check back in with senzradio.nz for results at the conclusion of Day 15.

Day 15: August 10-11 (NZT)

Golf
10.39pm: Women’s golf round four (Lydia Ko)

Kayak - Sprint
8.30pm: Women’s K1 500m semi-final (Lisa Carrington, Aimee Fisher)
11pm: Women’s K1 500m final (Lisa Carrington, Aimee Fisher – if qualified)

Cycling - Track
3am: Women’s sprint 1/8 finals (Ellesse Andrews, Shaane Fulton)
3.19am: Men’s keirin first round (Sam Dakin)
3.50am: Women's sprint repechage (Ellesse Andrews, Shaane Fulton – if required)
3.59am: Men’s Madison (Aaron Gate & Campbell Stewart)
5.07am: Women’s sprint quarter-finals (Ellesse Andrews, Shaane Fulton – if qualified)
5.21am: Men's keirin repechage (Sam Dakin - if required)

Athletics
5.10am: Men’s high jump final (Hamish Kerr)

Artistic Swimming
5.30am: Women's duet - free Routine (Eva Morris & Nina Brown)

Weightlifting
6.30am: Men’s +102kg final (David Liti)

RESULTS

Day 15 - what a golden Saturday (local time) it was for New Zealand.

Following the latest haul of medals, NZ currently sits 12th with nine gold medals, seven silver, and two bronze - Canada is one spot ahead with more medals overall, but there are more winning opportunities to come on the final day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The nation's previous best golden haul was at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, forty years on, that's been smashed overnight with Lisa Carrington winning the women's K-1 500m final, Lydia Ko icing the women's golf, and Hamish Kerr surviving a tense jump-off to claim victory in the men's high jump final.

Golf
While Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux fell off in the final round, overnight co-leader Lydia Ko kept her cool to card one-under par and secure an emotional two-stroke victory in the women's individual stroke play.

The gold in Paris completes her full set of Olympic medals and the win also secured the one point Ko needed to achieve LPGA Hall of Fame status, becoming the youngest golfer to do so.

Photo: Simon Stacpoole, Photosport.

Kayak - Sprint
Lisa Carrington won her eighth Olympic gold medal with a trademark performance in the women's K-1 500m final, finishing with a time of 1:47.36, a second ahead of Hungary's Tamara Csipes.

The battle for bronze intensified as the finish line drew near - Aimee Fisher's stellar 2024 brought medal hopes and expectations, but her 1:49.91 sprint was narrowly defeated by Denmark's Emma Jørgensen (1:49.76).

Photo: Iain McGregor, Photosport.

Athletics
Hamish Kerr equaled the national record with a jump of 2.36m, but the efforts of the towering Kiwi were matched by USA's Shelby McEwen. Rather than repeating the shared Olympic gold medal moment of Tokyo 2020 in the same event, the pair battled it out in a jump-off that made for tense viewing.

Jumping second, Kerr watched as McEwen failed to clear 2.34m, before clearing it on his second attempt and running onto the field at Stade de France in a moment of pure ecstasy.

Photo: Dean Lewins, AAP/Photosport.

Cycling - Track
Ellesse Andrews has kept her hopes of further success at Paris 2024 alive by qualifying for the women's individual sprint semi-finals, meanwhile Shaane Fulton was eliminated from the same event at the 1/8 finals repechage stage.

Sam Dakin is through to the men's keirin quarter-finals, plus Aaron Gate & Campbell Stewart placed 4th in the men's madison.

Artistic Swimming
Following their free routine, Eva Morris & Nina Brown finished 17th in the women's duet competition.

Weightlifting
In the men’s +102kg final, David Liti finished out of medal contention but there were plenty of positives to gain from his performance. His combined total lift of 415kg is a new personal best in the men's super heavyweight class, the best of that a clean jerk of 231kg.