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It was another seismic and record-breaking day for Sevens at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 as a single-day attendance record of more than 130,000 fans was set at a packed Stade de France across two competition sessions.
South Africa, France, Fiji and Australia advanced to Saturday’s semifinals.
Hosts France will play South Africa in the last four, with Fiji and Australia going head-to-head.
* Below we bring you all the drama from Day Three at the iconic Stade de France.
Saturday, July 17
Final – TBC v TBC
TBC
Bronze medal play-off – TBC v TBC
TBC
Semifinals
South Africa v France
TBC
Fiji v Australia
TBC
Fifth-place final
TBC
Fifth-place semifinal
New Zealand 17 – 12 Argentina
A tightly contested match to kick off Day 3 here at the Olympics. New Zealand drew first blood a couple of minutes into the game, trying to make quick work of the Argentine players. They secured a converted try but their lead was short-lived, with the Argentinians leveling it out a couple of minutes after. They went into the break all squared, which was a fair summary of the game thus far after back and forth breaks from both sides. The second half continued in the same way, with both teams bagging one try. With nothing between them at the final whistle they went into extra time. Another ferocious battle ensued but KnewStubb made it over t he line with the help of his team to give NZ the win.
Ireland v United States
TBC
Seventh-place play-off
TBC v TBC
TBC
Ninth-place play-off
Samoa v Kenya
TBC
Eleventh-place play-off
Japan v Uruguay
TBC
