Erika Fairweather just misses out on Olympic swimming medal
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A narrow miss for one of New Zealand's early medal hopes with Erika Fairweather finishing fourth in the women's 400m freestyle.Erika Fairweather came oh so close to a bronze medal in the so called Race of the Century, the women's 400m freestyle.A slow first 200m meant she has to make up plenty of ground in the second half of the race, and although she rocketed home, she couldn't quite reel in Katie Ledecky in third.Meanwhile, the Fijian sevens team walked away with silver after home team France took the title.And we talk to Ryan Fox about the Olympic golf tournament.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details