men’s individual triathlon postponed until Wednesday night<\/a>, the country’s medal hopes on the fourth day of competition rest on the women’s rugby sevens team.<\/p>\nThe Black Ferns beat the United States 24-12 in their semi-final. The Kiwis will be hot favourites for gold when their match against Canada kicks off around 5.45am on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
In other disciplines, New Zealand teams are competing in shooting, swimming, sailing, rowing, dressage and canoe slalom.<\/p>\n
It has been a successful night on the water for NZ so far, with Emma Twigg and Tom Mackintosh comfortably winning their single sculls quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors won their double sculls semi, and Robbie Manson and Jordan Parry came third in the men’s event, so both duos are through to the final on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
Also on the water, but further south in Marseille, Josh Armit won the third race of the men’s foil to momentarily go top of the standings – but with many more races to go. Veerle ten Have is well back in the fleet in the women’s foil.<\/p>\n
Kiwi swimmers have been less fortunate, with Lewis Clareburt (200m butterfly), Cameron Gray (100m freestyle) and Eve Thomas (1500m freestyle) all failing to progress in their heats.<\/p>\n
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