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Lisa Carrington's gold rush could not continue as the Kiwi crew missed out on a medal in a rain-affected Olympic final in Tokyo.

TOKYO — U.S. men continued to sputter on the athletics track at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, while kayaker Lisa Carrington became New Zealand’s most…

After winning gold in London in 2012 and Rio four years later, Carrington could have been excused if her prowess had faded in the five years following. But the seven-time world champion in the shortest distance remained untouchable, trouncing the worlds elite in an Olympic-best time of 38.12 seconds – finishing almost a kayak-length clear of Spains Teresa Portela with Denmark’s Emma Jorgensen third. She then teamed up with Caitlin Regal and smashed the world’s best time when winning go...

Coming off an Olympic-best time in their semifinal, Carrington and Regal were clear victors in a time of 1:35.785, ahead of Poland and Hungary. The previous world’s best time was 1:37.071 set by an Austrian duo in 2011. That was despite it being Carringtons fourth race of the day at the Sea Forest Waterway in just more than three hours. It was Regals first Olympic medal – the 29-year-old made her Olympic debut in 2016 when part of the NZ crew which finished fifth in the K4 500. Regal wi...

Aaron Goile14:07, Jul 30 2021 Carolyn Kaster/AP Jonelle Price and Grovine De Reve got New Zealand’s equestrian campaign underway in Tokyo. Jonelle Price has got New Zealand’s Tokyo Olympics equestrian campaign off to a solid start on Friday’s opening day of the eventing competition. In the first of three dressage sessions, world No 7 Price, aboard Grovine De Reve, produced a decent showing for the three judges, to be awarded a score of 30.70, which had her placed eighth of 21 riders in t...

Jesse Campbell and Diachello JK Riding Photography Equestrian Jesse Campbell is set to make his Olympic debut next week, having been chosen for the New Zealand eventing team. The 32-year-old rider, who is based near Ramsbury, along with his wife and fellow eventer Georgie Campbell, has flown out to Tokyo with his horse Diachello. Jesse and Georgie only recently tied the knot, at Ramsburys Holy Cross Church last December. Hell be the one to watch on Friday - and he has the backing of man...

New exhibition at Mangawhai The Snapshots of the Olympics – a New Zealand Story exhibition opened at the Mangawhai Museum last week. It tells the story of each of New Zealand’s gold medal-winning Olympians since the first Kiwis attended in 1912 as part of an Australasian team. It starts with swimmer Malcolm Champion and ends with sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. Curators Bev Ross and Christine Bygrave visited gold-winning windsurfer Barbara Kendall as part of their research. She has lo...

Wesley Ward’s Campanelle is among 24 colts and fillies left in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot.

Henry de Bromhead is set to have his first runner in a Group One on the Flat in Britain at Royal Ascot after supplementing Flirting Bridge for the Coronation St

Motorists along I-90 between Park City and Billings saw something interesting next to them on Friday morning (6/4), as crews delivered a huge lion to Lockwood.