Helping Luke Dobney
Environmental engineer Luke Dobney has a great shot at making the NZ Commonwealth Games men’s gymnastics team, next year. Yip… gymnastics! Who even knew we were good at that? (Except for[…]
Tagged: Olympics
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So Farewell then Eric Murray
A true legend of New Zealand sport has retired at the top of his game. Eric Murray and Hamish Bond did everything. 69 races undefeated, two Olympic Gold medals etc. […]
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World Records in Athletics
By Keith Miller It must be that time of year again. The calls are out again to expunge many World Records in Track & Field events, and to start afresh. […]
The Big Owe
By Harbour Heather For a sports and history nerd, nothing’s better than stadium tours when traveling. Learning about famed stands, sitting where legends of the game once resided, and insightful[…]
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 9 September
Welcome to the 2016 Paralympics. Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham, an extreme wheelchair athlete, somersaults after speeding down a MegaRamp in the Opening Ceremony. Which is pretty cool. What is not so[…]
Sporting pictures of the week :- 25 August
So farewell to Rio then. And nobody seemed more tired at the end of it than the women’s Steeplechase finalists. Never, ever, mess with a Mongolian wrestler. A feel-good picture[…]
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The Olympic Awards
By Keith Miller As the Closing Ceremony brings the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to an end, it’s time to reflect on a fine performance from the New Zealand team. With[…]
Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 21 August
By Keith Miller As we head towards the end of Rio 2016, a bit of excitement towards the end of the tournament was always going to be welcomed with open[…]
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Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 20 August
By Keith Miller Occasionally there’s a medal that just takes your breath away – today it was the Bronze Medal for Eliza McCartney in the Pole Vault. It’s not so[…]
Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 19 August
By Keith Miller A record breaking day for New Zealand, with five medals – two of them history makers – and an overall best ever total of 15 medals (so[…]
