What an exciting day is in store for New Zealand’s Olympic fans on day ten.
World champion paddler Lisa Carrington is in action in the heats (and hopefully the semi-finals) of her specialty event, the K1 200. Carrington hasn’t been beaten in the sprint for more than four years, so interest in her performance is high.
The other New Zealand paddler on the water tomorrow is Marty McDowell in the men’s K1 1000. New Zealand has a proud history in this event and McDowell will be looking to add to it.
The sailing is getting serious.
Laser sailor Sam Meech, placed third at present, goes into his double points medal race. If he can put together one more good race, he’ll be among the medals.
Women’s 470 sailors Polly Powrie and Jo Aleh have had some atrocious luck so far and need two good performances tomorrow to get their defence of their Olympic title back on track. The men’s 470 sailors, Paul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox, will be looking to build on their good form today and the men’s 49ers, Blair Tuke and Peter Burling, will want a couple of big performances to stretch their lead at the top of the table in their event. The other crew in action is the 49er women, where Alex Maloney and Mollie Meech have run into excellent form.
The New Zealand women’s hockey team, who qualified so impressively for the quarter-finals in the end, now meet arch-rivals Australia. It’s true the Aussies had a few stumbles in their pool play, but the match shapes as a real battle for both teams.
The men’s omnium will be decided at the velodrome. Dylan Kennett has three events left to get himself up the standings into medal contention – no easy feat because the quality of the omnium riding has been outstanding.
The women’s omnium gets under way and Lauren Ellis will contest the 10km track race, individual pursuit and elimination race. The other New Zealand cyclist in action will be Natasha Hansen in the sprint. Fresh from breaking the New Zealand record today, Hansen will race in the quarter-finals.
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