Bay of Plenty teen Sam Ruthe has become the youngest person to break four minutes for the mile, with a 3m 58.35s run at Mt Smart Stadium

There was to be no medal repeat for New Zealand shot putter Tom Walsh at the Paris Olympics.

Zoe Hobbs cruises into the women’s 100m semifinals, finishing second in her heat in 11.08 seconds.

There is definite medal chances and outside-chance medal hopefuls for The NZ Team on Day 7 in Paris.