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New Zealand cycling was plunged into mourning on Tuesday after Olympian Olivia Podmore's sudden death at the age of 24.

The best friend of New Zealand Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore says there were no signs she was struggling with her mental health just one day before she took her own life at age 24.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand's cycling federation said on Tuesday it would review its mental health support for athletes following the sudden death of Olympian Olivia Podmore at the age of 24.

Olivia Podmore cycled at the 2016 Rio Olympics but was not part of New Zealand's team at the recent Tokyo Games.

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Eric Murray, Double Olympic Gold MedalistBRANDED|2021|01:14:01|PG Eric Murray is a two-time Olympic Champion having won gold in the coxless pair with crewmate Hamish Bond at both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The pair teamed up in 2009 and formed what would become the most successful combinations in rowing history. Bond and Murray were unbeaten internationally from 2009 until they parted ways in 2016. The duo also holds the world record time in the event (6:08.50), set at the Lond...

Ian Anderson16:34, Jul 30 2021 SKY SPORT When two-time Olympic champion Hamish Bond talks, you listen. Hearing what he had to say led to a gold medal for the mens rowing eight – and the third in the career of one of New Zealands greatest Olympians. When the tumultuous year of 2020 ticked over into 2021, the NZ men’s sweep oar programme had few clues about what turbulent water the new year may hold. Naomi Baker/Getty Images Hamish Bond (C), flanked by Tom Murray and Tom Mackintosh, in Toko...

Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Eric Murray and Hamish Bond were two-time winners of the mens pair rowing at the Olympics. The video then cuts to Murray watching the women’s eight rowing team battle it out in their final to take home the silver medal, before cutting to the mens eight final race. The video shows him standing up, alongside his TVNZ co-hosts, and cheering for the men’s team – of which one of the rowers is Murrays former pairs partner and medallist Hamish Bond. “Come on,” h...

Photo: Steve McArthur/Photosport Ltd 2021 Emma Twigg started the medal rush by winning gold in the womens single sculls. Twigg dominated the final winning in an Olympic best time of 7 mins, 13.97 secs. She led from start to finish and crossed the line 3.42 secs ahead of Hanna Prakatsen of the Russian Olympic Committee, with Austrias Magdalena Lobnig claiming bronze. Twigg told Sky Sport she could not believe it. "All these years many, many disappointments and I just cant thank the people I hav...

Standouts from Day 2 | Harris Hits Jul 29, 2021 at 07:42 PM Copied! Lets dive right into my Harris Hits/Observations from day two of Training Camp 2021. Ive asked GM Nick Caserio about the constant churn of roster management in this league a few times since hes gotten here, and he always reminds me that its 24/7/365. He has taken that to heart the past few days. He traded FOR receiver Anthony Miller over the weekend. Then, he traded Randall Cobb to the Pac...