Paris 2024: Carrington and Hoskin dominate K-2 final, Wesche throws personal best for shot put silver

After a golden day out on Day 13, the New Zealanders will look to keep that momentum going, with more medal opportunities on the water, at the velodrome, and the athletics.

Dame Lisa Carrington and Alicia Hoskin have their sights set on the top of the podium in the women's K2 500m.

Ellesse Andrews will try to make it back-to-back gold medals, when she lines up for the women's sprint, while Bryony Botha and Emily Shearman contest the women's Madison final.

Maddi Wesche is also in the running for a medal, entering the shot put final as the second-best qualifier.

Day 14: August 9-10 (NZT)

Kayak Sprint
8.50pm: Women’s K2 500m semifinal (Dame Lisa Carrington and Alicia Hoskin)
9.10pm: Men’s K2 500m semifinal (Kurtis Imrie and Hamish Legarth)
11.10pm: Women’s K2 500m final (Dame Lisa Carrington and Alicia Hoskin) – if qualified

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

Cycling - Track
12am: Women’s sprint qualifying (Ellesse Andrews and Shaane Fulton)
12.48am: Women’s sprint 1/32 finals (Ellesse Andrews and Shaane Fulton) – if qualified
4.09am: Women’s Madison final (Bryony Botha, Emily Shearman)
5.10am: Women’s sprint 1/16 finals (Ellesse Andrews and Shaane Fulton) – if qualified

Artistic Swimming
5.30am: (Duet – Women), Technical Routine (Eva Morris and Nina Brown)

Athletics
5.40am: Women’s shot put final (Maddi Wesche)

RESULTS

Kayak Sprint
Lisa Carrington is already New Zealand's most decorated Olympian of all-time and at Paris 2024, the Tauranga native is extending those credentials further to have seven gold medals, and eight overall, to her name.

In the women's K-2 500m final, paddling with Alicia Hoskin, the Kiwi duo dominated to finish two seconds clear of the next boat.

In the men's K-2 500m semi-finals, Hamish Legarth & Kurtis Imrie placed 7th.

Photo: Iain McGregor, Photosport.

Golf
After three rounds of the women's individual stroke play, Lydia Ko has shown her determination to complete her set of Olympic medals, sitting tied for first with Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux heading into the medal round.

Ko's third round of four-under par included six birdies and two bogeys, putting her two shots ahead of USA's Rose Zhang and Japan's Miyu Yamashita.

The Kiwi medal hopeful tees off alongside Metraux and Zhang at 10.39pm Saturday (NZT).

Photo: Simon Stacpoole, Photosport.

Cycling - Track
Bryony Botha and Emily Shearman were 8th in the women's Madison final, Ellesse Andrews and Shaane Fulton have progressed through to the 1/8 finals in the women's individual sprints.

Artistic Swimming
The duet of Eva Morris & Nina Brown were 17th for their technical routine, with the free routine to come.

Photo: Iain McGregor, Photosport.

Athletics
In the women’s shot put final, Maddi Wesche held the number one spot for the majority of the event with the Kiwi's second throw of 19.58m proving hard to match.

That was until the penultimate fifth round, Germany's Yemisi Ogunleye moved into the gold medal position with 19.73m, placing the pressure on Wesche to immediately respond. The 25-year-old managed a new personal best of 19.85m to reclaim the lead, creating a thrilling back and forth exchange to determine gold and silver.

Ogunleye's final throw of 20.00m put the final stamp on proceedings. Wesche's silver medal continues New Zealand's legacy in the women's shot put, extending the nation's podium streak at the Olympics to five.

Speaking with Sky Sport, Wesche paid tribute to her competitors and the competitive nature of the sport.

“You can never rely on the position you’re in throughout the whole comp. You wait to the end of the sixth throw and that’s the way where you’re going to be.

“Today I’m second and though I would have loved first and I would have loved to produce another PB, Yemi came out on top. She was the better athlete today and also a really kind person.

“I’m just happy to be here. Maddi Wesche, the Olympic silver medalist, doesn’t sound too bad.”

Main photo: Iain McGregor, Photosport.