New Zealand Olympic Committee
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New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC)
The New Zealand Olympic Committee has marked the 100 day milestone to the Olympic Games with the naming of four triathletes to the New Zealand Olympic Team and the confirmation that both men’s and women’s football teams will be assured a place at London.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Middle distance legend Sir John Walker is to present the Olympic silver medal to Beijing 1500m medallist Nick Willis at the International Track Meet in Christchurch on February 26th, the New Zealand Olympic Committee announced today.
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Children from around the country will have the opportunity to stand tall on the podium to receive their own gold, silver and bronze medals as part of the ASB Olympic Schools programme launched today at Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate in Auckland.
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New Zealand cyclist Linda Villumsen was pipped for the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games women's road time trial today.
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New Zealand were denied a Commonwealth Games women’s hockey gold medal by the cruelest of circumstances today.
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Joelle King was the toast of the New Zealand squash this evening after coming away from the Commonwealth Games with gold and silver medals.
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New Zealander Val Smith, who had a dismal start to her Commonwealth Games campaign, went within one match of winning the gold medal today.
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New Zealander shooters Mike Collings and John Snowden survived a nerve-jangling 6½-hour wait before being confirmed as Commonwealth Games fullbore pairs gold medallists today.
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New Zealand bowed out of Commonwealth Games gold medal contention in the men’s hockey when they were beaten 6-2 by the world’s No 1 team Australia in the semi-finals today.
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New Zealand staged a stirring second-half fightback today to win their fourth consecutive Commonwealth Games sevens rugby gold medal.
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Nick Willis lost his Commonwealth Games 1500m crown this evening when he finished third in a hard-fought final.
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Gordon Tietjens, rugby sevens coach extraordinaire, has seen it all during his decade-plus at the helm of the New Zealand team.
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Andrea Miller won a rare Commonwealth Games hurdles medal for New Zealand in Delhi today.
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Former double Commonwealth Games champion Beatrice Faumuina was below her best in the discus and finished in fifth place in Delhi today.
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Ali Forsyth has become the shining light in the New Zealand bowls team in Delhi.
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Nikki Hamblin completed a memorable Commonwealth Games by grabbing a hard-earned silver medal in the 800m today.
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The New Zealand men’s hockey team went within three minutes of elimination from the Commonwealth Games today.
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Aucklander Stas Chalaev today provided New Zealand with its second Commonwealth Games weightlifting medal in Delhi when he took the silver in the men’s 105kg division with a personal best total of 334kg.
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New Zealand cyclist Hayden Roulston shrugged off the effects of the flu to win a hard-earned silver medal in the 168km Commonwealth Games road race in Delhi.
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Hayden Roulston, the big man on the New Zealand cycling squad, further enhanced an already glowing reputation with his courageous silver medal ride in the road race today.
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Richard Patterson continued New Zealand’s medal rush today by claiming a silver medal in the 85kg class at the weightlifting.
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Alison Shanks yesterday became New Zealand’s first gold medallist at the Delhi Commonwealth Games with a commanding performance in her specialty event, the 3000m individual pursuit.
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The strong New Zealand cycling squad added two further medals to their Delhi Commonwealth Games tally today.
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New Zealand picked up two silver medals in the Commonwealth Games pool this evening.
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Southlander Jess Hamill got New Zealand’s Commonwealth Games track and field campaign off to a flying start when she won the silver medal in the F34 shot put this evening.
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New Zealand's boxers made a dream start to their Commonwealth Games campaign today.
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New Zealand picked up silver and bronze medals in the Commonwealth Games cycling today, but still finished the day at the velodrome slightly disappointed.
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