GB’s Hall & Hull remain out of contention as Metraux leads

Georgia Hall in action on second day of women's Olympics golf

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Paris 2024 Olympics leaderboard, round two

-8 Metraux (Swi); -7 Yin (Chn); -5 Ko (NZ); -4 Uribe (Col), Babnik (Slo)

Selected others: +4 Hall (GB); +8 Hull (GB)

Great Britain’s struggles continued in the women’s Olympic golf as Morgane Metraux took a one-shot lead after the second round at Le Golf National.

Georgia Hall is highest placed in a tie for 36th, but sits on four-over par after shooting a two-over 74 in the second round on Thursday.

Charley Hull is tied in 52nd spot after an improved performance on the second day, shooting a round of one under.

However, the damage of the opening day means the 28-year-old is eight over and well out of medal contention.

There is no cut in the event so both will continue into the weekend, when Switzerland’s Metraux will look to remain in command.

The 27-year-old from Lausanne took the halfway lead after an impressive front nine of 28 in a six-under 66, taking her to eight under for the tournament.

China’s Yin Ruoning is just one stroke behind after a bogey-free 65, while overnight leader and home favourite Celine Boutier fell back to joint sixth with a four-over 76.

American Nelly Korda’s title defence suffered a setback, with the world number one making a quadruple bogey late in her second round to drop six shots adrift of the lead in a tie for 12th place on two under par.

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, who is the only golfer to win multiple Olympic individual medals, boosted her hopes of completing the set with a 67 to reach five under overall, putting her in third place.