Olympics 2024: The best photos from the penultimate day of the Paris Games

12:01 pm on 11 August 2024

David Liti (NZL) gestures after competing in the Clean & Jerk discipline in the +102kg category of the Men's Weightlifting at South Paris Arena 6 during the 2024 Paris Olympics - Paris, France on Saturday 10 August 2024. (Photo: Simon Stacpoole / www.photosport.nz)

David Liti gestures to the audience after competing in the clean and jerk discipline. Liti finished eighth overall in the 102kg weightlifting final. Photo: Simon Stacpoole / www.photosport.nz

Kayaker Dame Lisa Carrington, golfer Lydia Ko and high jumper Hamish Kerr all bagged gold medals on a jubilant day for New Zealand Olympians.

Here are some of the best photos of the day.

Three men stand arm in arm each with their medals around their necks. The silver and bronze winners have them in their mouths.

High jumper Hamish Kerr held his nerve to take gold, with Shelby McEwen from USA taking silver and Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar the bronze. Photo: Iain McGregor/Photosport

New Zealand's Hamish Kerr celebrates winning in the men's high jump final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Hamish Kerr acknowledges the crowd at the Stade de France after winning the gold medal. Photo: BEN STANSALL / AFP

New Zealand's Lydia Ko competes during round 4 of the women’s golf individual stroke play of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, south-west of Paris, on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

Golfer Lydia Ko was all focus on her final day of play. Photo: AFP/EMMANUEL DUNAND

Lydia Ko was looking to complete her Olympic set and add a gold medal to the silver and bronze she won at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics. Photo: AFP/PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU

New Zealand's Lydia Ko reacts during round 4 of the women’s golf individual stroke play of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, south-west of Paris, on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

Ko strides across the course. Photo: AFP/EMMANUEL DUNAND

New Zealand's Lydia Ko celebrates winning the gold medal during round 4 of the women’s golf individual stroke play of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, south-west of Paris, on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP)

An emotional Ko waves after bagging her first Olympic gold medal. Photo: AFP/PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU

Picture by Ed Sykes/SWpix.com - 08/08/2024 - Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Track Cycling - National Velodrome, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France - Men's Omnium, Points Race 4/4 - Aaron Gate (New Zealand)

Aaron Gate and Campbell Stewart were pipped for a medal in the madison, finishing fourth. Photo: SW Pix / www.photopsort.nz

David Liti (NZL) competes in the Snatch discipline in the +102kg category of the Men's Weightlifting at South Paris Arena 6 during the 2024 Paris Olympics - Paris, France on Saturday 10 August 2024. (Photo: Simon Stacpoole / www.photosport.nz)

David Liti competes in the snatch discipline at the Paris Olympics. Photo: Simon Stacpoole / www.photosport.nz

New Zealand's Aimee Fisher competes in the women's kayak single 500m semifinal of the canoe sprint competition at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in Vaires-sur-Marne during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Aimee Fisher dominates her semifinal in the women's K1 500m. Photo: AFP/BERTRAND GUAY

New Zealand's gold medallist Lisa Carrington celebrates after crossing the finish ahead of Hungary's Tamara Csipes (TOP) in the women's kayak single 500m final of the canoe sprint competition at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in Vaires-sur-Marne during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Dame Lisa Carrington reacts after winning the women's K1 500m final and her eighth Olympic gold. Photo: AFP/BERTRAND GUAY

Lisa Carrington (hugging Aimee Fisher) of New Zealand wins gold in the women’s Kayak Single 500m gold medal final at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium-flat water, Paris.

Aimee Fisher and Dame Lisa Carrington share an embrace following the race. Photo: Photosport

(From L) Hungary's silver medallist Tamara Csipes, New Zealand's gold medallist Lisa Carrington and Denmark's bronze medallist Emma Aastrand Jorgensen celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony after the women's kayak single 500m final of the canoe sprint competition at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in Vaires-sur-Marne during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Dame Lisa Carrington on the winners' podium alongside Hungarian silver medallist Tamara Csipes, left, and bronze medallist Emma Jørgensen of Denmark. Photo: AFP/BERTRAND GUAY

New Zealand's gold medallist Lisa Carrington celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony after the women's kayak single 500m final of the canoe sprint competition at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in Vaires-sur-Marne during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Dame Lisa waves as the national anthem plays. Photo: AFP/BERTRAND GUAY

New Zealand's Ellesse Andrews competes in a women's track cycling sprint 1/8 final of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on August 10, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

Cyclist Ellesse Andrews contests the women's 1/8 sprint finals at the Paris velodrome. Photo: AFP/SEBASTIEN BOZON

New Zealand's Ellesse Andrews reacts after a women's track cycling sprint 1/8 final of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on August 10, 2024. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Ellesse Andrews waves to the crowd after beating the defending champion, Canada's Kelsey Mitchell, in the 1/8 sprint finals. Photo: AFP/JOHN MACDOUGALL