The atmosphere was electric at NZ House off the Champs-Élysées on Wednesday morning as the families of the Black Ferns Sevens, the women’s rugby sevens double Olympic champions, eagerly awaited the arrival of their team to continue the celebrations.
The crowd gathered to watch triathlete Hayden Wilde in the final stages of the men’s competition. Wilde, leading the race on the run, seemed poised to secure another gold for his nation until Team GB’s Alex Yee, the silver medalist in Tokyo, surged ahead in a sprint with 400m to go, ultimately claiming the gold.
