3 Aug 2024

Olympics 2024: The NZ team in action on day seven of the Paris Games

5:50 am on 3 August 2024
Crews from Spain and New-Zealand compete in the medal race of the men’s 49er skiff event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games sailing competition at the Roucas-Blanc Marina in Marseille on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Clement MAHOUDEAU / AFP)

Spain leads the pack in the men's 49er skiff medal race, followed by the New Zealand boat. Photo: AFP/CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU

New Zealand sailors bagged a silver medal and sprint star Zoe Hobbs made an assured debut amid another action-packed day at the Paris Olympics.

Here are some of the best photos.

New Zealand's duo Isaac Mchardie and William Mckenzie celebrate  after winning the silver medal at the end of the medal race of the men’s 49er skiff event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games sailing competition at the Roucas-Blanc Marina in Marseille on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Clement MAHOUDEAU / AFP)

Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie celebrate after winning a silver medal in the men's 49er skiff. Photo: AFP/CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU

New Zealand's duo Jo Aleh and Molly Meech compete in the medal race of the women’s 49erFX skiff event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games sailing competition at the Roucas-Blanc Marina in Marseille on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Clement MAHOUDEAU / AFP)

Jo Aleh and Molly Meech came seventh in the women's 49er skiff medal race. Photo: AFP/CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU

Dylan Schmidt from New Zealand in the qualification round of the trampoline gymnastics at Bercy Arena, Olympics, Paris, France on Friday 2 August 2024. Photo credit: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Dylan Schmidt during the trampoline competition at the Bercy Arena. Photo: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Men’s Kayak Single - Finn Butcher of New Zealand.
Men’s Kayak Single Canoe Slalom at Nautical St - White Water, Paris, France on Thursday 1 August 2024. Photo credit: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Finn Butcher in action. Photo: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Men’s Kayak Single - Finn Butcher of New Zealand.
Men’s Kayak Single Canoe Slalom at Nautical St - White Water, Paris, France on Thursday 1 August 2024. Photo credit: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Photo: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

New Zealand's Zoe Hobbs competes in the women's 100m heat 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 Jewel SAMAD / AFP)

Sprint star Zoe Hobbs blazes to second in her 100m heat. Photo: AFP/JEWEL SAMAD

New Zealand's Ryan Fox tees off in round 2 of the men’s golf individual stroke play of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, south-west of Paris on August 2, 2024. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Ryan Fox tees off on day two of the golf competition. Photo: AFP/JOHN MACDOUGALL

New Zealand's Daniel Williamson (L) and New Zealand's Phillip Wilson cross the finish line in first place in the men's pair final B of the rowing competition at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Centre in Vaires-sur-Marne during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Rowers Daniel Williamson and Phillip Wilson won the men's pair B final. They were not in contention for a medal. Photo: AFP/BERTRAND GUAY

New Zealand's Sydnee Andrews and Bosnia-Herzegovina's Larisa Ceric (Blue) compete in the judo women's +78kg round of 32 bout of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Champ-de-Mars Arena, in Paris on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Sydnee Andrews, in white, goes up against Bosnia and Herzegovina's Larisa Ceric in the judo women's +78kg category. Photo: AFP/JACK GUEZ

DAVIDSON Madaline of New zealand, Trampoline Gymnastics Women's Final during the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on 2 August 2024 at Bercy Arena in Paris, France - Photo Gregory Lenormand / DPPI Media / Panoramic (Photo by Gregory Lenormand - DPPI Media / DPPI Media / DPPI via AFP)

Maddie Davidson gets some air in the women's trampolining final. Photo: DPPI MEDIA/GREGORY LENORMAND

DAVIDSON Madaline of New zealand,Trampoline Gymnastics Women's Final during the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on 2 August 2024 at Bercy Arena in Paris, France - Photo Gregory Lenormand / DPPI Media / Panoramic (Photo by Gregory Lenormand - DPPI Media / DPPI Media / DPPI via AFP)

Maddie Davidson soared to seventh place in the final. Photo: DPPI MEDIA/GREGORY LENORMAND

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