3 Aug 2024

Olympics 2024: Athletes to look out for on the eighth day of the Paris Games

5:23 am on 3 August 2024
New Zealand's Emma Twigg competes in the women's single sculls quarterfinals rowing competition at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Centre in Vaires-sur-Marne during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Emma Twigg won her single sculls heat, quarterfinal and semifinal easily to book a spot in the final. Photo: BERTRAND GUAY / AFP

Rowers are looking to claim more medals and sprinter Zoe Hobbs will take her marks again on the eighth day of the Paris Olympics.

Those in New Zealand can also watch on Sky Sport, stream on Sky Sport Now, or watch free-to-air on Sky Open (available on Freeview Channel 15 or stream free via Sky Go).

Due to the time difference, day eight of the Games starts on Saturday evening and stretches into Sunday morning.

Here's who to look out for. All times are in NZT.

Emma Twigg, women's single sculls final, 8.18pm Saturday

The matriarch of the New Zealand rowing team will be the one to beat in the final.

Emma Twigg is the first-ever New Zealand rower to contest five Olympic Games and will be defending her single sculls gold from Tokyo 2020.

Twigg is so far unbeaten at these Games, winning her heat, quarterfinal and semifinal comfortably to book a spot in this final.

New Zealand rowers claimed three medals in quick succession on Thursday night, and odds are good that Twigg will add to that tally.

New Zealand rower Tom Mackintosh

Tom Mackintosh is another New Zealand medal hope. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

Tom Mackintosh, men's single sculls final, 8.30pm Saturday

Tom Mackintosh came second in his semifinal earlier this week and will be out to prove himself in the final on Saturday.

The 27-year-old only made the switch to the single sculls from sweep boats 14 months ago, after taking a break to focus on his career as a financial analyst.

He is no stranger to the podium, having won gold with the men's eight at the Tokyo Olympics.

Zoe Hobbs, women's 100m semifinals, 5.50am Sunday

Zoe Hobbs - the first New Zealand woman to feature in a 100m Olympic sprint in nearly 50 years - breezed into the semifinal with a season's best time of 11:08 seconds in her heat.

A confident Hobbs earlier said she believes she has "another edge" to bring to the semifinals and she's following her process to the letter.

Hobbs will race in the third of three semifinal heats, with the top two from each race advancing directly to the final, which is at 7.20am Sunday.

Erika Fairweather, 800m freestyle final, 7.09am Sunday

It's finals time again for swimmer Erika Fairweather.

The swimmer will need to dig deep to claim a podium place after coming third in her heat.

Fairweather has no far not medalled at these Games. Her best result was a fourth in the 400m freestyle finals.

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