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. SAMBA MUSIC slippery ground and a slippery ball for Fiji versus New Zealand, the first of the quarter-finals of the Olympic sevens men's. Scott Curry is not able to play. He is out of the series. This is the hallmarks of a classic. It will even out the current form. Gillies Kaka is in the midfield. New Zealand in the dark black colours. It is taken up by Ioane. The referee wants a quick release. It goes to the goalkicker. Fiji coming up to halfway. New Zealand have the two brothers the Ioane brothers. Sam Dickson from New Zealand. A kick to Mickelson. Spaced created! Tuisova! Look at the power of the guy! The big chase by DJ Forbes. Veremalua! It has come back to Osea. To Tuisova. He is tipped over beautifully by Rieko Ioane. But they have got the try! Fiji, Osea! Well, will they be able to keep up? Can they keep up the pressure and the pace? Look at that scramble by Gillies Kaka and the enormous harm of Josua. The whipped pass to Josua. 3 min to play, first half. Oh straight through! Pulu! CROWD CHEERS HE WAS HELD AND DIDN'T RELEASE. Semi. FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN HIM. There is the try scorer. Sending it back to Tuawai. He might have a yellow card here. 10. Rieko has been sent to the bin. He picked up his opponent, tipped him. Not to the satisfaction of the referee. Six against seven. The team that loses is out of the chance of a gold medal. There is Rieko in the bin. The feet were above. He looks confused, but that was the right call there. He was perpendicular. They had not permitted that at all. The lights are on. 5:05 in the afternoon. This is where New Zealand go into Slo Mo. A catch by Mikkelson. This is when New Zealand can win this game if they use their big man. Kaka! got to try! It is knocked the wind out of him. Here It comes. A good bounce. He landed and it took the wind right out of the torso. These players are so adept. They kicked the ball to make sure it tumbles end over end. It bounced perfectly for Kaka. The conversion over as well. The man on the bench up. This attack begins from Jasa, a most accomplished player. This time it is Tuisova. His brother could not come on the tour because of injury. His cousin is here. New Zealand driving hard. A penalty for Fiji. He comes Jerry! Fiji will get the lead again. Jerry Tuwai! CROWD CHEERS PA: Try for Fiji! Very elusive player. He has had 20 international tournament events. 3 min to play. This is the chance for Kiwis, or is that Fiji? There is the men there could be the match winner, Tuisova. Taking a right back into the backfield. Gives it to Joshua. Dixon and Ioane. It is 5 men looking after the rest of the field. Fiji know that. Mata now. Here goes Kunatani. He is looking for space. He gets past one, two, three New Zealanders. Still happy to take it into the backfield. Semi is dealing with it. New Zealand get possession, but they go over the top. 2 min ago. It is a one score game. This is what two nations make the sevens commitment for. Ravouvou. Kunatani. He is disappointed and kicks it away. The referee has awarded a penalty for offside play by New Zealand. He is on the field for Fiji. Here they go. Critical moments in the game. That is the 22 m line. In goes a big hit by Tim Mikkelson. Verimalua. Tuisova. The tackle on him is good. Well secured by New Zealand. Swings a wide to Molia. Rieko, Mikkelson, Forbes. Forbes, the veteran. Mikkelson. Rieko. New Zealand are playing their own version of the game. Molia, from Wesley college in South Auckland. Penalty for New Zealand. It has got to happen for New Zealand here. Tuisova is subbed off. Rawaca is a matchwinner. There is the New Zealand coach. There is no time like the present. It has gone to Ware. This young man came into the team this year. It goes to Akira. New Zealand have conceded. ref: 11! A tussle with Akira Ioane. It has got to be whatever happens. It is the end of the line for New Zealand at these Olympic Games. The tension has been built up in built-up. He just has to restart the game and kick it out and march on to the semifinals. He will kick as hard as he can. Ioane looks. Fiji have won this quarter-final against New Zealand by 12-7. Scott Curry, I know you didn't play. You watched from the sideline. It was a better performance. We pushed up and held out zones really well. It felt like no calls went our way. What happened to you? I got a haematoma in my leg. I just couldn't run. I was at 60%. The team has to keep on because they have more matches. What do you say to them? It is time to play for fun. We will just have a bit of fun. No pressure now. We will turn up tomorrow refreshed. We will give a good crack. 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. SAMBA MUSIC We are about 30 km west of Copacabana Beach. This is the time trial disciplines. Linda Villumsen from New Zealand. The ultimate rider to lead. She is, in every sense of the word, a time trial specialist. A very specific mentality in cycling. She likes to be in control. You can see it is one of the most relaxed faces we have seen on the start line. She has tremendous bike handling skills. We haven't seen much of her. She) American team. Ellen Van Dijk short but very very sharp. Disaster. She has gone off the road. That will be so costly for the Dutch time trialist. Really devastating. Just the moment of lost focus. This will possibly put her out of contention of the medals. That is really difficult to understand. A loss of concentration or focus. She drifted just a little too wide. It is all about getting that extra millimetre, trying to use every section of the road. She has to dig very deep now. She is the lead on the road now. Looking very composed and focused on this long drag. About 6 km to the base of the climb. Aggressive looking start from Kristin Armstrong. It was expected that this would be tough for Villumesn her and Borghini both descend very well. There are question marks over Linda's climbing ability. A 2.3 km climb to come. This is Linda, a Danish born Kiwi. On the slopes of the climb. She is very very particular about her equipment. It is a challenging aspect of cycling. She is a time trial cyclist and wants to use her own equipment. She will be next up there. She is outside Zabelinskaya's time. She had a really good time two weeks ago in Germany. She has already won a medal in the time trial in London 2012. Linda will challenge her. This is a section that will suit the New Zealand champion. We know Linda finishes off strong. This is what suits her, this sort of section of the climb. She is 20 seconds down at the moment on Zabelinskaya. Just 2km to go. Linda missed out on a medal by a couple of seconds in London. She was in fourth place there. Five times she was on the podium at the world Championships before she managed to take the gold medal last year. 20 seconds down from the leader, Zabelinskaya. It doesn't look like it's going to be a gold medal for Linda today. 20 seconds down. Will it be enough the her to get on to the podium? There is Olga watching the timer all the time. She will be a new Olympic champion. She will be delighted to see Linda is not going to bump up the hot seat. A medal is slipping away from Linda. She was fourth in 2012. She is fourth at the moment. She will finish in fifth place. 22.74 seconds down on the time set by Olga. Kristin Armstrong from the United States got gold in 2008. Gold is beckoning here for years after she got the gold. An incredible ride by the American. Three times and Olympic champion. She looks back and cannot believe it. 2008, 2012 and in Rio, Kristin Armstrong is the Olympic time trial champion. History has been made here. SAMBA MUSIC Misty day in Rio. It is the canoe slalom, and it is the semi-final for the K1. Michael Dawson for New Zealand. 29 years of age. He is well ranked. He doesn't mind going out for a recreational paddle or a huge waterfall. As long as he is in one of these kayaks, he is fine. He just has to go a little bit quicker if he wants to get up the on the podium. The first New Zealander at the Olympics since 1996 for slalom. going to the upstream seven. This is looking good. The advantage with Dawson. Dawson paddled the plastic canoe back home. They only do kayaking back home in NZ. was there in London four years ago. having to struggle hard. Can he keep the control through the last gates? It is not bad. It is the only decent to put him in position. Is he in the top three? No he is down in sixth. Michael Dawson, a competitor since 2005. The is done nothing in World Cup terms to suggest he would get to the final. But Rio is a place he has been enjoying. He is contributing to the charitable challenges put on by the folks here. He is not very well supported financially. He is off to Angola to do some adventurous canoeing. In the final, he couldn't produce quite enough to get amongst the finals. SAMBA MUSIC NIGHTTIME HOCKEY. It pool A action. New Zealand versus Brazil. They are at the bottom of the points table, Brazil. Just above them is New Zealand. It is a fabulous save. It is still there, still there! Brilliant work from Brazil. Playing with all the commitment and flair that you would expect from the South American swinging side. New Zealand had position in that circle. Across to Russell. PLAYERS SHOUT that is okay. How does that happen? Oh well, here we are. He is - Batista in the goal. It is a goal! Is that Wilson who come round and got the deflection? New Zealand have snatched their first goal. And there are the fans who've come such a long way. Nick Wilson, number 32. Not much time remaining on the clock. There is really good hockey, and there is a goal, an excellent second goal from New Zealand. The teamwork to lead up was sensational from New Zealand. Well, the passing sequence is what you dream of. 28-4 NZ, pass is off and in the goal from Wilson. Rocks back on to his right foot and cracks in. A low five from the skipper Simon Child. In the midfield, gets the ball back. Over to Russell. Child. into the circle and it is goal three for New Zealand. So this could be an umpire referral. Good work. Just checking it didn't come off the body of the New Zealander. The is the drive from Child. It catches... And what does he do now? Propels the ball forward with his stick. They are looking to see if it is the face of the stick and not the side. It is goal number three for New Zealand. 3-0 for NZ. Still, position in the midfield. Clever work. Now the ball goes to Child, the captain. Smash goes Simon Child! Again, another field goal. The speculator from the top of the circle. They played advantage. There he is. between two players. You have to have a really good eye to do that. 4-0, and the second quarter still has 4 min. A twist and turn and shot at goal. That could have been a little bit dangerous. The smash from Mcaleese. It went off the foot of Rodrigo. He holds legendary status in Brazilian hockey. He saved two penalties against the USA which gave them qualification. The Brazilian goalkeeper. It is Russell. Through the penalty corner. Kane Russell gets New Zealand's fifth goal. And they are coming frequently now, the goals. New Zealand's Nick Wilson scored the first two. There is the half-time buzzer. The first two quarters, and the New Zealand Black sticks are ahead. Ingles, the time and commitment. From Hugo. What a cracker! It is Nick Wilson who has scored a hat-trick. He might get points for that, but he has scored a ripper for a six. Look at this. Bang into the back of the net. Look at the finish. The tumble and the unfortunate connection with the Brazilian player. He is on fire at the 26-year-old. Wilson, the hat-trick man. Archibald. Another player out on the right. Just outside the circle. He will ask for the ball to be reset. Archibald this time is having a chance. Into the circle. It is Wilson again! Oh my goodness me. He has got goal number four. CROWD CHEERS and he doesn't celebrate; he just runs back to the half way line. Well, what a cracker. What do you say? I am running out of superlatives. It is devastating. New Zealand giving Faustino no chance. Take a bow, Nick Wilson. Rodrigo. Only 1.67cm. Taking too long to take the hit. There is goal number eight. Overturned it for Brazil because they are taking too long. CHANTS: Woop! There it is! The eighth goal. Stephen Jenness, going on to the scoresheet. All the New Zealand players up over halfway. A penalty. In it goes. Goal number nine! It was just perfunctory, wasn't it? No celebration. Comes up and plonks another one in. It is all over. You will look at the scorecard and in the history books it will say that New Zealand have dominated this game by nine goals to nil. That is the end of the pool A match. 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. That last shot was of Rylov. They emerge now at the maximum distance they are allowed. In Lane number five, Larkin in the yellow just ahead of the rest. Again, he needs to get himself out fast in the first hundred metres. Important to get into a nice stroke. In the 100 I thought he was ploughing a rather then skimming. Jacob from America might almost have the lead. He has had good fast times this year. He was impressive in the trials. Mitch Larkin of Australia. Rylov is dangerously in the middle of them. He is so smooth, Rylov. Mitch Larkin looks like he is creating a lot of wash and Whitewater compared to Rylov. They are the leaders. All three line. They are going to fight this one out. Larkin, Rylov and Jacob. Rylov cruises into the lead. He is the to prove a point. He was the fastest qualifier. This is tactically very good race for Rylov. Corey Main in eighth place. This is the second semi-final. Ashby in lane 8. That was bad form. Someone yelled out right at the last moment. The chance goes up for Rodriguez and Lane five. Just got in by a very small margin. Into the backstroke now. Hagino is a beautiful backstroke. There is starting to be a very big margin here. Throwing their arms over very fast. Hagino is a complete swimmer. Turns into the breaststroke now. Rodriguez of Brazil. Let's do a little check for the Brazilian crowd. Breaststroke is a good stroke for him. The swimmer from China is trying to work his way through. What a great performance from Hagino. He has a body length and a bit lead now. Into the freestyle. Showing us what he has in the 200 m individual medley. Santos and Ashby finishing well. Hagino touches first. Good finishers all around on this. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM