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What do athletes do once their Olympic dreams are over?
"Even if you do win, you're on a high for a little while but then you're like, 'Oh s..., what do I do next?"
Olympics 2024 headlines with summaries.
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Six charts that show how much faster Olympians are today
Zoe Hobbs runs fast enough to come first at every Olympics until 1964. A gold medal time in the 100m freestyle in 1996 wouldn't get you out of the heats now. Here's how much things have changed.
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'Why didn't the NZ crew go at the gun?': Woeful Kiwis get sympathy cheers in Paris
The confusion was almost immediate. Foreign media were puzzled. Why were the Kiwis so bad?
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Paralympics continue to change lives
12 Sep 2024A Paralympian with 20 years experience and Paralympics New Zealand chief executive share what the Paris campaign meant to them.
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Kerr still checks in on Olympic medal to make sure it really happened
10 Sep 2024Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr admits he still looks at his gold medal every couple of days to confirm that he really did win in Paris. Audio
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Paralympic Games 2024: Closing ceremony in pictures
9 Sep 2024The Paris 2024 Games came to a close like they started, in the rain, but amid a festive atmosphere with an electro-party at the Stade de France. Audio
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Paralympics Gold medalist on 'surreal life experience'
9 Sep 2024Dunedin Paralympian Anna Grimaldi says it will take some time to properly sink in that she just won her third gold medal. Audio
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Canoeist Peter Cowan takes Paralympics bronze
9 Sep 2024The podium place sees the NZ team finish the Paris Games with nine medals. Audio
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Anna Grimaldi wins Paralympics gold in Paris
8 Sep 2024The Dunedin athlete has won NZ's first gold medal of this year's Paralympics - and not in her specialist event.
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Heartbreak for Kiwi Paralympic medal hopefuls
7 Sep 2024New Zealand fell achingly short of adding to their medal tally at the Paralympics - producing a handful of near misses in Paris.
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Paris to name sports venue after dead Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei
The French capital will pay tribute to Rebecca Cheptegei, who was set on fire by her boyfriend, by naming a sports facility in her honour.
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New Zealand has big hopes for coastal rowing
6 Sep 2024Rowing New Zealand is hoping the introduction of coastal rowing as an Olympic sport will open up a whole new group of athletes to the sport.
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Paralympics medal tally: What has NZ won so far?
5 Sep 2024New Zealand's list of medals at the Paris Paralympics continues to grow.
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Paralympics: Danielle Aitchison picks up second silver medal
5 Sep 2024The Hamilton sprinter recorded a time of 13.43 seconds in the women's 100m T36 final.
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When your Olympic dream turns into a nightmare
5 Sep 2024Middle distance runner James Preston is back home in Wellington and eager to return to international competition after a disappointing Olympics.
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Paralympics: Holly Robinson wins shot put medal
4 Sep 2024Holly Robinson wins her first Paralympic shot put bronze medal in Paris
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'Amazing success' as Kiwi runners win medals
4 Sep 2024A cerebral palsy researcher is celebrating the success of New Zealand athletes at the Paris Paralympics with the condition. Audio
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Anna Grimaldi wins bronze in 100m final in Paris
4 Sep 2024It is New Zealand's fifth medal of the Paralympics, after Will Stedman picked up a silver medal in his 400m final overnight. Audio
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'Lots more potential medals' still to come for NZ Paralympic team
4 Sep 2024Chef de mission Raylene Bates told RNZ they were riding a high but had cycling, equestrian, athletics heats and more swimming tomorrow alone.
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Paralympics: Kiwi William Stedman misses medal by 2cm
3 Sep 2024In a field loaded with experience, Stedman - who won silver in Tokyo - came agonisingly close.
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Paralympics: Aitchison claims silver, Murray wins cycling bronze
2 Sep 2024It brings Zealand's medal tally to three, adding to cyclist Anna Taylor's silver.
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Archer becomes first pregnant athlete to win Paralympics medal
1 Sep 2024"As long as I'm healthy and baby's healthy, I knew I could compete," Jodie Grinham says.
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NZ sprinter breaks Paralympic 200m record
1 Sep 2024Danielle Aitchison clocked 28.21 seconds at Stade de France, qualifying fastest for tonight's final.
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Anna Taylor wins NZs first medal at Paris Paralympics
31 Aug 2024Anna Taylor has won New Zealand's first medal of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, with silver in the women's C4 3000m individual pursuit.
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Oldest and youngest paralympians share excitement ahead of Games
29 Aug 2024Whether you're 62 or 18, the anticipation is the same for two of New Zealand's athletes at the Paralympic Games in Paris.
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