Young triathletes get bronze, backstroke girls show some form

Bronze medalist Bobbi Gichard of New Zealand. Photo / Getty Images

New Zealand athletes had mixed results yesterday at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing.

Triathlon

The New Zealand and Australian triathlon mixed team won bronze, with Elizabeth Stannard, 17, Palmerston North, and Daniel Hoy, 16, Auckland, joining two Australians to make up Oceania One. Europe One won gold and Europe Three silver.

Golf

Nick Coxon, 18, Hamilton, shot one under again in round two, leaving him tied for 7th place going into the final round, six shots behind leader Viktor Hovland from Norway. Julianne Alvarez, 18, Lower Hutt, shot a one-over 73 and is one under, tied for 4th going into the final round.

Rowing

The rowers finished their youth Olympic games campaign in two B finals, with the single sculls and women's pair finishing third. Jack O'Leary, 17, Dunedin, came in with a time of 3:32.29, while the women's pair of Renee Olley, 17, Ashburton, and Jackie Gowler, 18, Feilding, finished in 3:53.18.

Sailing

Coral Headey, 15, Tauranga, was unable to move up into the top 10 overall positions, finishing with two 18th placings and one 12th.

Finn Croft, 16, Auckland, had a great day out on the water with a 2nd, 6th and 7th positions, moving forward in competition. Alistair Gifford, 15, Blenheim, also had three races, with a similar result to Croft - not moving up the leader board, but putting himself in a close position to the leaders on points. Gifford finished 5th, 8th and 4th in his Byte CII races.

Equestrian

Emily Fraser, 18, Feilding, had a clear round in the international mixed teams show jumping, moving through the course in under the 78-second time limit, working with the Australasia contingent of Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Iran.

Hockey

The men's team beat Germany 4-1 but the women lost 8-3 to China.

Basketball

The 3x3 basketball team took two from two with a 17-15 win over Tunisia and a 21-16 win over Andorra.

Table tennis

Sophia Dong, 16, opened up play in the mixed team competition with T'Anje Johnson, from St Kitts. The pair lost 3-0 to the Hungarians.

Swimming

Our golden backstroke girls are through to the next round in the 50-metre sprint. Bobbi Gichard, 14, Hawkes Bay, bronze medallist in the 100-metre backstroke, qualified 5th fastest out of the semifinals and Gabrielle Fa'amausili, 14, Auckland, came through to qualify with the fastest time.