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Olympics 2024 headlines with summaries.
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'I disagree': Kiwi Olympic star's selection policy critique
Olympic medalist Eliza McCartney speaks out over selection policy as her kitesurfing partner faces missing the cut for Paris.
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Brown and Imrie off to second Olympics
12 Jun 2024New Zealand will have a men's canoe K4 competing at the Olympics for the first time in over 30 years.
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Olympic president implored to help get rid of hijab ban
12 Jun 2024The IOC had announced that athletes at the Paris Games would be permitted to wear hijabs, but France's sports minister barred French athletes from doing so.
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Walsh not panicking over a lack of success
11 Jun 2024Shot putter Tom Walsh admits his build-up to the Olympics hasn't been ideal, but he's not panicking.
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Olympics 2024: Political turmoil won't derail Games, IOC and Paris 2024 say
11 Jun 2024Political upheaval in France won't affect preparations for the Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach said after call for new parliamentary elections.
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'It's been stressful': Kite foiler wins Olympic appeal
10 Jun 2024The wait is over for kite foiler Lukas Walton-Keim, who has been named to compete at the Paris Olympics on appeal.
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Table tennis player third to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games
8 Jun 2024Bruna Alexandre was on edge when she got a late night phone call from the Brazilian national table tennis coach.
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Kiwi Olympic triple jumper getting plenty of support from South Africa
7 Jun 2024Ethan Olivier will have a member of the South African team leading his support when he competes at the Paris Olympics.
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Djokovic 'will do best to return soon' after knee surgery
7 Jun 2024His recovery is likely to take at least three weeks, meaning the Serb could potentially miss Wimbledon, which starts on 1 July.
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NZ Olympic chief hopeful River Seine will be clean enough for triathlon
6 Jun 2024Earlier this year testing by charity Surfrider Foundation Europe revealed "alarming" levels of E coli in the river. Audio
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Paris Olympics: Confidence boost for kayaker Finn Butcher
6 Jun 2024Stepping on a World Cup podium is nice, but in the long run is doesn't mean a lot to New Zealand Canoe slalom paddler Finn Butcher.
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Djokovic pulls out of French Open with knee injury
5 Jun 2024World number one Novak Djokovic's disappointing season continued when the defending French Open champion was forced to pull out with a knee injury.
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Emma Twigg headlines NZ Olympic rowing team
4 Jun 2024World champions and Olympic medalists are among those named to represent New Zealand in rowing at the Paris Olympic Games.
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Football Ferns concede three goals in 15 minutes against Japan
4 Jun 2024The Ferns held firm to take the lead into the break but Japan had the better of the second-half.
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Ledecky says faith in swimming anti-doping at 'all-time low'
1 Jun 2024Seven-times Olympic swimming gold medallist Katie Ledecky says her faith in the anti-doping system is at an all-time low.
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Gate pedals for Paris redemption after Tokyo crash
31 May 2024The 33-year-old cyclist aims to redeem himself at the Paris Olympics after a crash in Tokyo cost the nation a medal.
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Shooter Chloe Tipple to compete at third Olympics - 'it never gets old'
31 May 2024Shooting athletes Chloe Tipple and Owen Robinson have been named in the New Zealand team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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IBA to offer prize money to all boxing medallists at Paris Games
30 May 2024The IBA will offer prize money to all Olympic boxing medalists in the Paris Games in a move that drew criticism from Olympic officials.
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Record-setting run propels James Preston to Paris Olympics
29 May 2024James Preston's record-setting 800-metre run secures Olympic naming.
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Allegations of Olympic selection bias after secret criteria leaked
28 May 2024They were the headline picks for NZ's sailing team. But a document suggests the pair weren't eligible.
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NZ's top Paris Olympics medal prospects
27 May 2024NZ claimed its biggest-ever medal haul in Tokyo in 2021. Can that be beaten in 2024?
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Top Kiwi paddlers set for another showdown
24 May 2024Dame Lisa Carrington and Aimee Fisher will go head to head again this weekend in another intriguing battle ahead of the Olympics.
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Another rowing crew qualifies for Olympics
22 May 2024New Zealand Rowing has qualified one more boat for the Olympics with the women's pair securing their place at the last chance regatta in Switzerland.
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Weightlifter David Liti to attend second Olympic Games
21 May 2024Weightlifter David Liti has been selected for the New Zealand team in this year's Paris Olympics.
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