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It’s going to be very tough to call this one between Lisa and Aimee. Only person who has defeated Lisa in this in last 7 years is Aimee at nationals and then later 2 times in world cups this year

For your kind info it’s called Te Reo. Māori are the native of Aotearoa New Zealand

Haha. Maybe. Some people can’t just deal with facts. Wonder why their team misses out of qualifying

With 2 kiwis entering this time what would be a likely result?

I would’ve taken Australia comment fairly if they had actually dominated or were ranked as a top side. But clearly they aren’t. Regardless you’ve proven my point. Anyway 30 more days till we see the men’s team play.

You’re literally saying you’d expect GB Seven’s team to compete with the likes of Fiji and Aussie. When clearly those 2 haven’t quite been dominant off recent history. Fiji men’s side might remain 2nd greatest Sevens nation of all time.

That’s a bit harsh to ignore NZ who has the most successful Rugby 7s team of all time (both men’s and women’s)

As a kiwi it’s hard to digest some of the things that were out of reach for us as a nation. 1. 3 Athletes/Team Beach Ferns - Lost to China in very controversial qualifiers semis match hosted in China part Beach Volleyball QF Black Sticks women missed out on Hockey QF due to poor loss to USA. They are much better team than that. 3 athletes narrowly missing out on spot - Taylor Reid for triathlon as we could only have 2 male go through due to team qualification and he was off by 1 rank. One of the top 2 male BMX & Mountain Biking will miss out which appears Bearman and Gaze will qualify and Bias and Cooper missing out. Finally no boxing QF for NZ. Many qualified athletes from Badminton, Gymnastics, Taekwondo, Archery and Table Tennis had qualified but NZOC has tough rules in regarding no tourist policy. They would only want to send athletes they see in potential top 8/16. Many ideal candidates who haven’t retired but took pro edition of their respective sports - David Nyaka in Boxing and Pete Burling & Blair Tuke 49er Sailing. 2. Sports/Events Canoe Sprint - Bring back Women’s K1- 200m. Track Cycling - Individual Pursuit - bring it back again. Squash - again LA 28 is too far Mountain Biking should feature 2 x events which should include XC Short Circuit Swimming - 50m Backstroke should feature at Olympics 3. Timing/Schedule Road Races should’ve been stretched away from Track Cycling which could’ve allowed Athletics starting very late. Should’ve been held in different ground not same as Rugby 7s. Why are men’s Rugby and Football starting 3 days before the opening?

Does NZ count as small nation? 4.9 million people.

Well GB were gold medal winners and Team NZ were silver at the world champs last year so not sure if that either implies Italy being favs in any sort

Are you predicting that?

I didn’t mean that Team NZ would sweep gold medals. I just meant total medal haul could be well beyond expected based on the what people are predicting on here. I didn’t mean you specifically. Infact you are one of the few (or maybe the only one besides me) who has consistently mentioned of Team NZ do fairly well.

Team NZ already had the edge over the Team GB twice in Nations cup back to back. They are inform team. Madison will see Botha and Wollaston rise to the occasion. Wollaston has had impressive year in tracks and roads but because she is solely focusing on Tracks for Paris she is likely to get podium in all 3 endurance race. She is fired up for Omnium

Love how everyone is underestimating Team NZ 8 medals contenders 5 real shot at medals Men’s Madison (Gate and Stewart) Men’s Omnium (Gate) Men’s Team Pursuit (Gate, Stewart, Sexton, Hornblow) Women’s Team Pursuit (Botha, Wollaston, Shearman, Shields) Omnium (Wollaston) Madison (Wollaston and Botha) Women’s Sprint (Andrews) Women’s Keirin (Andrews) Women’s Team Sprint (Andrews, Patch and Fulton) It’s okay to underestimate the little ol’ kiwis. Just a reminder, 8 medals at UCI World Cup last year. Domination in Nations Cup since then.

Looks like the Team GB is in bit of a dilemma Archibald’s injury may mean Wollaston would be eyeing for Omnium medal and Women’s team Pursuit might favour Team NZ

Team NZ athletes for Canoe Sprint Mens - K2 - 500m - Kurtis Imrie & Max Brown C2 - 500m - Hamish Legarth & Grant Clancy K4 - 500m - Kurtis Imrie, Max Brown, Hamish Legarth & Grant Clancy

Team NZ athletes for Canoe Sprint Womens - K1 - 500m - Lisa Carrington K1 - 500m - Aimee Fisher K2 - 500m - Lisa Carrington & Alicia Hoskin K2 - 500m - Aimee Fisher & Matehaere K4 - 500m - Lisa Carrington, Alicia Hoskin, Tara Vaughan & Olivia Brett

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Team NZ part 2

TEAM NZ ANNOUNCED FOR TRACK CYCLING cannot post the officials pics

You are correct as I meant 2 in swimming. I meant 1 for Clareburt (most likely 400m IM as he has the fastest time this year) and 1 for Fairweather (either 200m or 400m FS)

Yeah I meant pursuit sorry haha. It’s 2am here. I should be asleep Gold for Andrews, Gate, Wollaston and chances for Men’s Madison and Women’s team pursuit is there too

Predication for NZ by Gracenote seemed bit off as usual. I’d say 22-25 is a possibility Athletics: 2 to 3 - Kerr for High Jump, Walsh for shotput and McCartney for pole vault. Canoeing - 1 Slalom (Luuka Jones for KX), 4 x for Sprint (K1 500 - 2 Fisher and Carrington, K2 500 Carrington & Hoskins, K4 500) 5 in total Rugby 7s - Both men’s and women’s. 2 Cycling - Track - 6 (W Keirin, W Sprint, W Omnium, W Team Sprint, M Madison and M Omnium). Mountain Biking - Sam Gaze - 7 in total Rowing - 4 (both men’s and women’s single sculls, men’s 4s, women’s 4s) Triathlon - 1 for Wilde Golf - Ko for women’s Swimming - 2 Clareburt and Fairweather 1 x each Equestrian - 1 x for team eventing or atleast individual for Tim Price Sailing - 3 outside chances but it really depends on their day. Trampoline - maybe if Dylan delivers 2022 WC again

Fair enough. Don’t agree with it. But surely wouldn’t rate Dutch and British girls as favourites. But sure let’s wait for next few months. We shall see.

i am sorry I get your point but head to head is what I am going by. Just coz Andrews and Bayona hasn’t competed in this latest edition of Nations cup doesn't put them out of contention. Less than 6-8 months ago Andrews and Bayona were dominating both World Cup followed by UCI Track Champs league which featured many names of list above. Any doubt raised for Andrews should be cleared in a months time. I mean many don’t even list her a contender until I mentioned her just now.