Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 10 August
By Keith Miller It all started so well overnight from a NZ perspective. Yet it could be argued that after so much expectation, this was one of NZ’s most disappointing[…]
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Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 9 August
By Keith Miller There’s nothing better than a surprise performer – as an example few picked Natalie Rooney to pick up the silver medal in the Women’s Trap Shooting yesterday,[…]
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Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 8 August
By Keith Miller Unfortunately, due to a few technical difficulties (in other words a cocktail party that turned into a surprise wedding with an open bar on Saturday night), the[…]
Sporting pictures of the week :- 5 August
It is fair to say the locals’ anticipation of the Rio Olympics has been mixed. This photo sums it up the best. Welcome to the Australian table tennis team. If[…]
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Sports Illustrated’s NZ Olympic Prediction
By Keith Miller Each Olympic Year, Brian Cazeneuve from Sports Illustrated does a wonderful, wonderful thing. The veteran journalist scours all 306 events on offer at the Olympics, and works[…]
Allowing Stepanova In Would Have Been Dopey
By The Spotter This piece is in response to the following letter written by the thirteen national anti-doping groups (‘Nados’) to IOC President, Thomas Bach on the Russian doping scandal. In the tenth[…]
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The #StandDown campaign
Kiwi Olympic athlete asks winners to Stand Down from dais if they receive medal to protest against cheats Today, Moss Burmester officially launched a campaign. Retired New Zealand Olympic swimmer[…]
Sporting pictures of the week :- 29 July
The biggest surprise of the week was that Russia got to host a farewell party at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for what remains of their 2016 Olympic team.[…]
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Russian Roulette
By The Spotter When the International Olympic Committee over the weekend freed that huge Russian fish from the strong Wada line it was hooked on by deferring decisions about Russian competitors’ rights to compete in Rio over to the[…]
WADA finally gets a bit lucky.
The Rio Olympics are almost here, and apart from the obvious blatant peril male golfers find themselves in, we have the extraordinary scenario of one of the biggest pillars of[…]
