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Olympics 2024 live: Shot putters to vie for more medals after rower Emma Twigg nabs silver

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New Zealand's Jacko Gill competes in the men's shot put qualification of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Olympic shot putter Jacko Gill. Photo: BEN STANSALL / AFP

A pair of shot putters are looking to add more Olympic medals to New Zealand's haul, lining up in the finals in Paris on Sunday morning.

Jacko Gill and Tom Walsh compete at 5am.

Swimmer Erika Fairweather is also up in an Olympics final on Sunday morning - the 800m freestyle at 7.09am.

Read more: Athletes to watch on the eighth day of the Paris Games

Meanwhile, Emma Twigg has been pipped for the gold by the Netherlands in the event she won at Tokyo 2020.

Twigg was unable to defend her Olympic title, settling for silver as she was beaten in the women's single sculls final by Dutch rower Karolien Florijn. Tom Mackintosh came fifth in the men's single scull final.

Earlier in the week, New Zealand rowers won three medals - a gold, silver and bronze - in quick succession in a magic hour on the water.

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