17 Jul 2024

Countdown on for Olympic games kick off

From Morning Report, 8:50 am on 17 July 2024

With only ten days left before the Olympics in Paris kick off, New Zealand has finalised its team of almost two hundred athletes. Thousands of athletes from more than two hundred nations will compete in this year's games.Ingrid Hipkiss spoke with New Zealand Team Chef De Mission Nigel Avery, himself a former games competitior, who said the first athletes arrive on the 19th, and he's getting ready for a lot of pep talks.