7:01 pm today

Olympics live: NZ aims to get on the medal table on Day 3

7:01 pm today
Sam Gaze competing at the mountain biking world championships in Glentress Forest, Peebles, Scotland.

Cross country cyclist Sam Gaze is competing in the short course competition in Paris. Photo: SWpix.com

New Zealand will be hoping to get on the medal table overnight (NZT), with medal prospects in the men's short-course cross country mountain biking.

The first Kiwi off the ranks tonight will be Owen Robinson from Waitoa, in Waikato.

He will be making his Olympic debut after 7pm in the qualification round of the men's trap shooting event at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre - a two-hour train ride from the French capital.

From 9pm, the equestrian eventing team competition concludes with show jumping at the Chateau de Versailles.

At the same time, NZ's Jonelle Price, Tim Price and Clarke Johnstone will also be trying to qualify for the individual jumping event; the final for that starts around 1am Tuesday.

And just after midnight, Sam Gaze - who is the defending world champion - will be going for a medal in cross country mountain biking.

The Black Ferns take on Fiji in their group match at the Stade de France at 2.30am. They are already in the quarter final, which starts at 7am.

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