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Tokyo Olympics: 15 athletes named in conditional New Zealand athletics team for 2021 Games 16 Apr, 2021 12:00 AM 6 minutes to read New Zealand Olympians gathered at The Cloud with 100 days to go before Tokyo 2021. Video / Jed Bradley New Zealand Olympians gathered at The Cloud with 100 days to go before Tokyo 2021. Video / Jed Bradley NZ Herald Fifteen athletes have been conditionally named in the New Zealand athletics team for the Tokyo Olympics in July. The team is made up of an exciting mix of experienced campaigners and emerging talent, with Olympic medallists Dame Valerie Adams, Tom Wals...

Press Release – NZOC Fifteen athletes have been conditionally named in the athletics team for the Tokyo Olympic Games, announced today at the AUT Millennium track by the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC). The initial athletics team for Tokyo 2020 is: Dame Valerie Adams, shot put (Pakuranga Athletic Club/Auckland), coached by Dale Stevenson Connor Bell, discus (North Harbour Bays Athletics/Auckland), coached by Mike Schofield Lauren Bruce, hammer (South Canterbury Athletic Club/Canterbury), coached by Dale Stevenson Camille Buscomb, 5000m/10,000m (Hamilton City Hawks Athletics/Waikato Bay...

Alisha Lovrich/Athletics NZ Dame Valerie Adams has her eye on the big prize in 2021 as she heads towards her final Olympics. Fifteen athletes have been conditionally selected to represent New Zealand at the Tokyo Olympics. The group is headed by shot putter Dame Valerie Adams, who will compete at her fifth Olympic Games, joining Barbara Kendall as the second Kiwi woman to reach that milestone. Discus thrower Connor Bell, hammer throwers Lauren Bruce and Julia Ratcliffe, javelin thrower Tori Peeters, high jumper Hamish Kerr, and fellow shot putters Jacko Gill, Tom Walsh, and Maddison-Lee Wes...

Fabulous Flip Sides of Thunder with Luke Morley Thunder’s guitarist Luke Morley discusses the British quintet’s new BMG album “All the Right Noises” and celebrates the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Top 100 singles chart success of “Dirty Love” Author: . It certainly has all the right power and variety, but before we get to that, let’s start with the song we first heard from you on the radio in America, “Dirty Love,” which is celebrating its 30th anniversary. That A side was catchy and powerful and the flip side, “Girl’s Going Out of Her Head,” has such...

Photo: PHOTOSPORT Mason felt she was in the form of her life when New Zealand went into Covid-19 lockdown a year ago and the forced isolation and travel restrictions meant all her plans went out the window. After running a personal best of 2:38:35 at the 2019 Sydney marathon, the 33 year old doctor intended to only work part time in 2020 with the aim of heading overseas to compete in events to realise her dream of getting to the Olympics. Fortunately she was able to run and win the Rotorua and Auckland marathons in late 2020 and she feels very fortunate to be in the position she finds herself...