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Olympics 2024: Taekwondo New Zealand issues public apology
11 Aug 2024Two athletes were abruptly excluded from the Olympic Games after a series of conflicting messages between Taekwondo New Zealand and the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
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Neutral athletes from Russia, Belarus can take part in closing ceremony
11 Aug 2024The move is an about-face from the Olympics' opening ceremony, from which the athletes were barred from participating.
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NZ's rising stars of fastest Olympic event
22 Jul 2024From virtual unknowns, two young athletes have quickly surged into contention in the first-ever Olympic speed climbing event.
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The 'dogshit' Olympic selection criteria
15 Jun 2024Being picked to go to the Olympics should be a cause for celebration. But that's hard when you've had to call in the lawyers to make it happen.
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Olympic B-girl disqualified for political message
10 Aug 2024The breakdancer, who competes for the Refugee Olympic Team, wore a cape with the words 'free Afghan women'.
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Australia's Olympics chief hits out at trolling of breaker Raygun
11 Aug 2024The breakdancer - who left the competition without winning a single point - has become the subject of multiple memes online.
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Brittney Griner set for gold medal game after Russian prison ordeal
10 Aug 2024When she was in a Russian penal colony, the WNBA star was not sure she would ever play basketball again - let alone at the Olympics.
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Carrington v Fisher: A showdown years in the making
10 Aug 2024Analysis - Not long after Dame Lisa Carrington cemented her status as NZ's most decorated Olympian, a little-known Kiwi paddler took to the water in Denmark.
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Olympics: Confusion reigns as commentators mistakenly believe Maddi Wesche won gold
10 Aug 2024The landing of her last attempt was missed by everyone, from the camera operator to the global feed's commentators and Kiwis watching at home in the early hours.
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'I've got nothing to lose': Ko chases gold medal
10 Aug 2024The Kiwi golfer is tied for the lead going into the last round of the women's golf.
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'I am a woman like any woman,' winning Olympian boxer says after misinformation frenzy
10 Aug 2024"I am a woman like any woman," Khelif told a news conference after her gold medal which came after a sustained campaign against her on social media.
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What shooter Yusuf Dikeç was thinking during that photo
Dikec may have gone viral for his calm and casual demeanour at the Olympics - but what he was feeling inside was quite the opposite.
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Breakdancing lecturer bows out of Games with zero points
10 Aug 2024Australia's Rachael Gunn - aka Raygun - said knew she couldn't compete athletically with her rivals - so she had to be "different and creative".
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'So cool to do it together' - Lisa Carrington wins 7th gold medal
10 Aug 2024Her first thought at the finish line wasn't relief for her aching muscles - instead, it was of her boat-mate, the "awesome" Alicia Hoskin.
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Wesche wins silver: 'Nobody probably expected me to medal'
10 Aug 2024Maddi Wesche, who finished sixth in the Tokyo Olympics, has cemented herself onto the shot put podium at Paris. Video
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Winning seventh Olympic gold 'surreal', Dame Lisa Carrington says
10 Aug 2024The women's K2 duo were so focussed on their own race, they didn't realise they were a full boat length ahead of their closest competitors.
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Olympics: Wesche takes silver in nailbiter final, Ko tied for gold ahead of last round
10 Aug 2024The shot putter says "silver medallist" doesn't sound too bad after throwing a personal best but getting pipped at the post. Meanwhile, golfer Lydia Ko heads into the final round tied for first…
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Unlikely Pakistani hero's journey from mud brick house to Olympic gold
10 Aug 2024Arshad Nadeem's home village erupted into rapturous celebrations after he clinched Pakistan's first ever Olympic medal in athletics.
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Boxer Imane Khelif wins Olympic gold after gender dispute
10 Aug 2024The female boxer was thrust into the centre of a gender dispute at the Paris Games, but has had the last say.
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Afghan refugee athlete wears 'Free Afghan Women' cape at Paris Games
10 Aug 2024Manizha Talash, a member of the refugee Olympic team, could face a potential sanction.
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The best photos from day 14 of the Paris Games
10 Aug 2024Maddi Wesche has taken out silver in the women's shot put, while the women's K2 team powered to gold on the water. Here's all the action.
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Athletes to watch on day 15 of the Paris Games
10 Aug 2024Lydia Ko continues her Olympic quest, Aimee Fisher and Dame Lisa Carrington vie for glory in the K1 500m and Hamish Kerr has high hopes for a high jump medal.
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Olympic wrestler arrested for alleged sexual assault
10 Aug 2024The wrestler, who won bronze in Tokyo, is accused of assaulting a customer at a Paris cafe.
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Double gold medallist's feud with mum eclipses historic win
9 Aug 2024Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo's fight with his mother has been making headlines in his home country, threatening to drown out the euphoria over his twin golds.
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