Wanderer 1,597 Posted July 5, 2016 #1 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,597 Posted July 5, 2016 Author #2 Share Posted July 5, 2016 List of selected athletes for Rio as of July 3rd http://www.olympic.org.nz/assets/Rio-2016-Selected-NZ-Athletes-03July16.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantm 2 Posted July 9, 2016 #3 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Im always intereted to see the prospects of our cross Tasman neighbours. The traditional sports the NZ excel in seem to be their brightest chances Rowing Canoeing Sailing and of course,Rugby. 10 Gold medals may not be out of the Question! (as long as Australia gets 11+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi 91 Posted July 17, 2016 #4 Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) World No. 1 Lydia Ko in yet another playoff at the Marathon Classic in the LPGA tour against Lee of Korea and Jutarnugarn of Thailand. Edited July 17, 2016 by Joshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi 91 Posted July 17, 2016 #5 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Ko wins after 4 playoff holes. What a relief. Her last round jitters are worrying though. Let 2 majors slip this year she could've ended up with 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi 91 Posted July 18, 2016 #6 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Valerie Adams throws seasons best and 2nd best throw this year of 20.19m at meet in Budapest finishing 1st. The field included two main rivals Schwanitz and Carter. Gong who has thrown the farthest of 20.43m wasn't there again. But the upwards trend of Adams bodes well fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi 91 Posted August 19, 2016 #7 Share Posted August 19, 2016 An OK Olympics for us. Rowing and Cycling the obvious disappointments expected a lot more. On the other hand the Sailors have been the standouts. I can't really see many other medal opportunities apart from a bronze medal match for our Hockey Women. But can't see them winning since they have a history of choking. So we've surpassed our national committees target of 14 medals so far. 8 4ths and quite a lot of missed opportunities. Not many golds this time. Other than that some sports were a huge disappointment, some exceeded expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi 91 Posted August 22, 2016 #8 Share Posted August 22, 2016 So we end the Olympic campaign with 18 medals. 4G 9S 5B. 4 more than what the NZOC forecast. Most medals we have secured. 9 4ths and 40 all up in the top 8. Overall a success but we were down golds this Olympics from London. Rowing and Cycling Mens 7's underperformed. Whereas Sailing, Athletics, Canoeing over performed. A lot of surprise medals though. 8/10 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,597 Posted February 22, 2018 Author #9 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) After Albertville and year 1992, NZ finally with medal at the Winter Olympics!!! After Peter Michael's great performances in speed skating and 4th place in 5000m race and well as 4th place in men's team pursuit, Nico Porteous (freestyle skiing, halfpipe) and Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (snowboarding) won bronze medals ending New Zealand's 26-year-drought. Summary of the games coming soon Edited February 22, 2018 by Wanderer dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,597 Posted February 6, 2022 Author #10 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Well, this requires a mention here! First gold medal ever at Winter Olympic Games. And on a special day! Snowboarding Women's Slopestyle Final Results Zoi SADOWSKI SYNNOTT 92.88 Julia MARINO 87.68 Tess COADY 84.15 hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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