Your morning Olympics catch-up on the action you might've missed from overnight, and a look behind the scenes at what’s going on in Paris.
Butcher carves up to strike gold
New Zealand’s love affair with water-based events continues, with Finn Butcher charging to a gold medal in the men’s kayak cross.
The 29-year-old, dubbed ‘The Butcher’ by commentators, was dominant in his Games debut.
It’s the country’s third gold, and eighth medal of the games.
His women's canoe slalom compatriot Luuka Jones was watching on.
"Holy s**t! He did it, he did it!" she said as he crossed the line.
"This will do so much for our sport."
Vaulters in pole position
New Zealand will have three pole-vaulters in the women’s final, with Eliza McCartney, Imogen Ayris and Olivia McTaggart making it through after qualifying.
It was straightforward for McCartney in her first games in 8 years, clearing the top jump of 4.55 metres on her second attempt.
Ayris and McTaggart relied on a countback.
It wasn't so great for Great Britain, with world leader Molly Caudery and Tokyo bronze medallist Holly Bradshaw left in tears after both failing to qualify into the final.
Hot velodrome, pace to burn
The New Zealand women's sprint team's opened their Olympic campaign breaking a national record - setting a new time of 45.593 seconds to qualify second behind Great Britain.
The trio of Shaane Fulton, Ellesse Andrews and Rebecca Petch clocking average speeds of nearly 60 km/h in a hot and humid velodrome.
They then went on to reach the final, where it was the Kiwis who were out the gate fast but couldn't hang on for the gold but took the silver medal.
Our other big medal chance, the men's team pursuit of Aaron Gate, Tom Sexton, Campbell Stewart and Keegan Hornblow got through qualifying - finishing sixth out of ten teams with a time of 3:45:616. They will take on Belgium in the first round tomorrow at 5.15am.
Wilde reveals E. coli-like symptoms
What a week for Hayden Wilde. After claiming silver in the men’s triathlon, he then endured 48-hours of E. coli-like symptoms after swimming in the River Seine.
Wilde made the revelation to 1News following the mixed relay, where he also suffered a crash on the bike.
“There was a bit of sickness within the team 48 hours after the race,” Wilde said.
“[After] 24 hours it cleared up pretty quick, I was just lucky that I only had some E. coli-potential sickness for 24 hours.
“The power was still there on the bike [today], the power was still there on the run, I felt great racing – it was just an unfortunate day out there.”
Wilde said the day after his silver medal-winning performance was an uncomfortable one.
“I ran for an hour and there were a couple of loo stops within that hour. Then went to the pool, I was pretty depleted, I was real tired. I was lucky I was able to eat really well. That night I was feeling 80% better.
“I think we were just lucky there were 5 days between the races, it gave us time to recover.”
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