CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE DEAF. TEXT GOLD TO 4847 TO MAKE A $3 DONATION TO THE CAUSE. UPBEAT MUSIC CROWD CHEERS a gold-medal match up between the number one and two ranked teams in the world, Australia and New Zealand. Martin, Gillingham. A high tackle by Kayla McAlister. Martin, this will be frenetic. A great tussle going on. There is McAllister. Getting a wide for Goss. Finds it in the corner! She made it to the touchline. The flag went up! There is not straight. The New Zealand players are applauding. They take it towards one side. Kayla McAlister! Is that awarded? Try is awarded to Kayla McAlister. Cleared away by Williams. Over the top from Quirk. A fumble by Cassick. CROWD CHEERS what a race! She tips her over.Australia does not have it. (WHISTLE BLOWS) we saw two women here who could be the heroines for New Zealand. This has been the best New Zealand performance this year. Number 11. Emily Cherry. That should be a try. Very fine refereeing. She got it down for the try. Running hard at the moment! There is a crack. Look at their diving in. Portia Woodman knows what's coming in. Away she goes. Put her hand out and knocked it down. So that will be a critical moment, and these tight matches are often decided by critical moments of decision making. On the corner! There is a try right on half-time by Australia. They have exploited the one-woman advantage. That is what you have to do. Australia led two tries to one. She comes between them and turns away! CROWD CHEERS she pushes Australia to a 10 point lead. Caslick, the inside pass. On there to Emily. Elia Green finishes it off. New Zealand- oh there is a fumble. Portia Woodman back in the game. Took her eyes off the ball. How many times has that happened with restarts in this final? They just need to keep their heads and be patient, be precise, get another try. Then they will feel they have a cushion. There is a wonderful try! The gap was created by holding on to the ball. The space opened. Moving towards Woodman. Here is McAllister. Feed away by Woodman. To Williams. Williams, the only mother in the New Zealand team. Up towards halfway they come. Shelley, elusive as ever. The clocks are ticking. Gets underway this time. Ruck! Another tackle from Emily Cherry. McAllister gets through this time! It will not be enough. They need to take the point here and get some more. Look at her looking up at the scoreboard to see if there is time. Two tries for Kayla McAlister. But it is not going to be enough. Brazier. PLAYERS SHOUT Green throw down! Brazier, out through the gaps. Shakira Baker on the field. Sarah Goss, so courageous. Williams. Passes out to Brazier! Plenty of Aussie defence there! What can New Zealand get as consolation? It is not not forward. Baker, number two, flung away wide. Williams, Woodman! And she scores, but it will be too late for New Zealand. Under the posts. Australia know it is their gold medal. Woodman is inconsolable on the pitch. She has scored some beautiful tries for New Zealand. She is desperately disappointed as you see. As the conversion attempt will come. We know the final score. The Aussies are gold-medal winners. New Zealand will take silver. CROWD CHEERS silver medallists in the Olympic rugby, NZ. PA: gold medallists and Olympic champions, Australia! CROWD CHEERS there they are! Gold medallists. Welcome to day three of the games. We are in recreation for the complete equestrian event. It is the first of three tests. It is their unique sport, cross-country. The humidity is 81%. We may get some rain after cross-country. The horses have to do the very very most. It is absolutely on the button for them in terms of conditions. Mark Todd, the 1984, 88 Olympic champion. He won bronze in London 2012. He has done showjumping at the Olympics as well. The actually retired from the sport, and went to New Zealand to train racehorses. He is the oldest rider in our field at 60 years old. Ooh. Leonitus, hhad a bit of a drift there, but Toddy locked him on. Toddy at his very best there, just inside the flag. He got the extra side just around the corner. He is a four-time winner of badminton. This is the horse that Mark rode at the world games in 2014. This could put him right in touch with tomorrow. What a fairytale that might be. Only two riders have ever won back-to-back Olympic golds. Great shot sideways on. They have to make up a bit of speed. It is a galloping stretch. You have to have the confidence that your horse will read it at speed and take it on. You have to be up on your mark. Mark Todd and Leonitus, straight through there. Toddy is going absolutely brilliantly. He was named the FEI's athlete of the 20th century. 16 years later, he is going straight around the Olympics course and may have a podium finish. The is not far from home now. This is great riding. He did a great job at London helping the team to bronze. It is unfortunate with Tim Price on the ground, because he was doing well. One, two, three, perfect. He was closer to the centre of the moat. Managing his distance exactly to a T. He uses those great long legs to effect. He got four star with one stirrup. Look at this time. He will be a tiny bit over. Sir Mark Todd, still at the very very top of our sport, the oldest competitor in eventing. Put him on to 46.0. third-best score at the moment. The team eventing standings. It is a bit of a drift back to Germany, the Netherlands... Germany should not be discounted, they are right there behind. Heat two of the lightweight women's double. Netherlands and Romania. McKenzie and Edward. Champions from France last year. They are away in the second heat of four. It is great to see the world record holders battling. Out in lane 1, there is a former world record holder. Also, double world champs. They haven't won the world record this year. Vietnam, a great result for them to be up with the Dutch crew. Whether they can hold that pays for the second half of the race remains to be seen. Over in lane 1, McKenzie and Edward just coming up. They have a stronger thousand, NZ. But the Dutch look comfortable. New Zealand are two seconds behind them. Edwards in the Kiwi boat, 25. Raced in the London Olympics. She had a different partner then. She has since been partnered up with Mackenzie. Never off the podium in international regattas. Two bronzes in world cups over the last few years. New Zealand has a very strong lightweight women's program. Sophie raced a double with Mackenzie, and their performances have been great. They haven't quite put together a boat. Very keen giving someone on to the Olympic podium. The Dutch still holding that margin, slightly ahead of the New Zealanders. Nice long hang. They are tall athletes the lightweight rowers. 55 kg, maximum weight 57 kg. Coming into the last 500 m, it is the Dutch boat. No need to push yourself at this stage of the regatta. Just get into the semifinals and finish in the top two, then move on. You do not want to be wasting extra energy of you can help in the heat. You get pressure from crews underneath you and makes the race harder than you wanted to. They are still pushing away from the NZ team behind them. Here they come. Just ahead of McKenzie and Edward. You can see a view across the lagoon. West to east across the lagoon in southern Rio de Janeiro. CROWD CHEERS conditions have settled down and the sun has come out. Christ the Redeemer is to the north of this venue. The winds have died down, it is very heartening. We are seeing the Dutch vote in the lightweight women's double come in first. New Zealand comes in second. It is those two that go into the semi. The quantification of Netherlands and New Zealand to the semi-final. Spectacular view across Rio de Janeiro. Off they go in the second heat. 1-3 in the semi-final. They had a bronze medal, the Kiwi boat in London. It is an Olympic debut for Genevive. They had been racing the women's eight this morning, so they have had to recover and reset. South Africa have been stronger season. They are the one setting out. France and China as well. It is New Zealand from South Africa, the French and Chinese. France had fallen back. China hovering around the 16km mark. The New Zealand rower, her first Olympics. Tremendous experience. It is the Kiwis still out in front. New Zealand, South Africa and China, 1, 2 and 3. The French have just about made it into the Olympic regatta. New Zealand from South Africa, and then China. The China pair have been put together relatively late. They got together at the start of 2016 and have won regattas since. They do tend to mix the cruise up to get the best combination. It is not uncommon. It allows your crews to form the best combination. It is New Zealand coming home ahead of South Africa. They are the three that will move into the semifinals. They will be joining the three boats who finished 1, 2 and 3 in the opening heat. Genevieve in the bow seat. They look pretty comfortable, the New Zealanders. They don't have to lift much to get it to the line. They will be pretty happy that they are comfortable in their semi-final. Kiwis, you are a tough old bunch. They have been known to stay focused. Upbeat music next up we have the men's 200m butterfly. Bringing them out we have 20 year old Ashby of New Zealand. This is a gruelling race. 200 butterfly. It is one of those a lot of them try to go on to the individual medley as well. They are two painful races. 400 IM is one of the most difficult. Don't get the 1500m swimmers talking to the sprinters. Leading them over the first 75 is Sweden. You will see some varying techniques. Around 100m mark. There is a good 100m split. You will see them breathing single strokes or double strokes. There is no one brave enough to hold the breath of three strokes. The black cap alongside Sweden. 1.25 at the 150 m mark. We'll be right on that entry time. Starting to get into double strokes. Sweden and lane 4. The result of heat one... woman's 56kg. Portugal in New Zealand on the mat. New Zealander is world number 26 against the world number 10. Montero is a big game winner. She is out here to prove that she still up there. Straight into the attack. The drops underneath. She's been in the final of the world Championships. She has really got the pedigree to get a major medal here. Here it comes again. On the other side. I don't think this is going to go too far. She looks absolutely determined. She is looking for the armlock there, but Manuel does well to get out there. Great Olympic record. Ninth in Athens, ninth in Beijing, 17th in London. She will give herslef a chance here. Like I say, she has won big medals and will Championships. Manuel just looking for the strangle lock across the face. Montero gets up. The coach are doing a great job. Look at that. Again off the sleeves. That's a good description. Judo has so many descriptions. We saw it and heard it, and I think we felt that. Now a penalty goes against the New Zealand as well. She needs to come harder. Manuel is here to fight. Having Montero second fight. Hard draw. This is Montero's Olympic Games. Some of the smaller countries - we don't have that amount of people. We have to rely on international training camps. Either that or we go to Japan. Ready to go forwards, Manuel. She knows she is losing this. Montero with the experience has seen it all. She has been in every position. That's the thing about sports - you can come from many different directions. The amount of techniques that can come from us - we have to know how to adapt to certain situations. The last 30 seconds now. Montero of Portugal is in front in every way. One more crack. She will not waste any of the three seconds. The damage has been done. Just a little shake of the hand. Not so much a celebration but just in confirmation that 'I am going okay.' 'I will have a rest and be ready again.' Through to the quarter-finals - Mongolia. She will go through. She will have to pick it up and be a lot sharper. sometimes that's what you need. You have to be ready for action. Greetings. Pool a action today - the second match for both sides. It is New Zealand against Germany. New Zealand ranked fourth, Germany eight. New Zealand is wearing white. Look here for some very skilful work from Stapenhorst. The Germans play a lot of indoor hockey. Sticks clanging together. Smith does well. They asked the question of Harrison - can she keep the ball alive? What a magnificent team effort. The ball popped into the space to start work, and players attacking that circle. Harrison picked it up. Webster does the business. webster diving and touching keeping a wide, you can see the structure of the Germans. She gets stopped dead in their tracks. Just needed a bit more support, both players. New Zealand holding her hip. There were some tentative defending from New Zealand, but what a strike! And one all. What a smashing shots. Shirt number 29. For Germany now, a chance to get on. It is Germany two, NZ 1. There is some talking between the goalkeeper and the umpire. She said its too long. It's too late. The teams need to get ready for the restart. Tthis is the captain coming across. look at the replay. That's what the Kiwis are looking at, expecting they might get a free hit. There is the hooter. The Germans are delighted. They have played a very very good match. They have come out and beat side that beat them twice in two dozen 15. The New Zealand coach goes over and congratulate the players. It is the German side that comes up a top today. What about New Zealand? 22 in the world, Luuka Jones. She was second fastest and heat number one. What a great run it was., that would have been a bit of a surprise to some of her competitors. As she goes through gate number three, not a fine run so far. 100.59. But a slip there. Not quite as efficient. Travelling with some pace despite slight problem earlier on. Here she goes to 14. A good tight line into 14. The first New Zealand peddler to represent the nation in 2008 at the Olympic Games - female. Only make the heat on that occasion. Look at this. She moved to Nottingham to improve the paddling before the 08 games. Two penalties to add in the second one so far. Luuka Jones, the 28-year-old. Just one more big effort to get through the upstream gate. Heads for home. 159 for Pennie. Just outside the first run. Two solid runs from her. In the New Zealander is here in Rio enjoying the moment. We have a certain Mr Dawson wwho was doing his thing in the men's kayaking. she's demonstrated that Luuka Jones is first run was indicative of what you can do. Lay down a marker for others. Second race of men's laser. Nice, clean start. The wind has settle down a bit for the second race Mark 4 as he heads on down. He comes coming back to win race two. He'll be happy with the performance. Next on the line is Argentina. One of the favourite sailors. Then we have Sam Meech from New Zealand. Not a good race, but Meech comes back for third. Sam Meech from New Zealand makes up the third. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE DEAF. TEXT GOLD TO 4847 TO MAKE A $3 DONATION TO THE CAUSE.