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Fencers win Ukraine's first gold medal at Paris Olympics
4 Aug 2024Going into the final leg, Olga Kharlan was thinking of Ukrainian troops fighting on the front lines as motivation. Then she heard the crowd chanting her name.
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Olympics spectator dragged from arena for holding up Taiwan banner
3 Aug 2024The spectator was seen being bodily removed up a staircase, shouting, while a Taiwanese shuttler was playing.
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Taiwanese boxer ensures medal amid Olympics gender debate
4 Aug 2024Featherweight Lin Yu-Ting has been at the centre of a social media storm over her gender, alongside fellow boxer Imane Khelif.
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Athletes to watch at the Olympics on day nine
4 Aug 2024Cyclists and kayakers will serve up some thrilling competition. Here's who to look out for.
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Purple reign - The colour that's captivating Olympic champs
4 Aug 2024In a departure from traditions, the track on which Olympic athletics champions are crowned in Paris is a vibrant purple.
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As the Paris Olympics try to go green, NZ sports bodies are stuck in the starting blocks
31 Jul 2024Analysis - It is one thing to aspire to be the "greenest games in history", quite another to achieve it, writes Chris McMillan.
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The colourful history of the Olympic opening ceremony
27 Jul 2024The flashy events don't just kick off the games - they tell fresh stories about the host city and country and set new creative standards.
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Jamaican sprinter says security delay caused missed semi
4 Aug 2024Sprinting great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce missed her Olympic 100m semi-final after sustaining an injury in the warm-up after security delayed her stadium entry.
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Competing couple keep contact to a minimum during Olympics
4 Aug 2024There will only be time for a text between Eliza McCartney and Lukas Walton-Keim as they start their competitions within 24 hours of each other.
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Algerian boxer Khelif eyes gold amid gender row
4 Aug 2024Algerian boxer Imane Khelif says she is proud for guaranteeing herself a medal amid a row over her eligibility for the Paris Games.
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30 minutes of misery for New Zealand athletics team
4 Aug 2024It was a procession of despair, disappointment and shattered dreams at Stade de France on Sunday.
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Golf: American Schauffele, Spain's Rahm share lead before final round at Paris Games
4 Aug 2024Defending champion Xander Schauffele remains top of the men's Olympic golf leaderboard.
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Live: Records and regret on day 8 of the Olympics
4 Aug 2024No medals for New Zealand at the athletics or swimming, but the plenty of success for other countries.
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Swimming: Ledecky takes record ninth gold
4 Aug 2024The American champion tore up the record books again at the Paris Games by claiming a ninth career gold medal.
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Pounamu pendants to remind NZ athletes of home
4 Aug 2024The entire New Zealand Olympic team will leave France with pounamu pendants to remind them of home.
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Hobbs 'had more to give' in 100m semi-final
4 Aug 2024An emotional Zoe Hobbs says she "let it go from the get-go".
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Tennis: Zheng beats Vekic to win historic gold for China
4 Aug 2024Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese player to win an Olympic tennis singles gold medal when she beat Donna Vekic in a tense final.
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Biles soars to third gold medal with vault triumph
4 Aug 2024Simone Biles won the vault final to clinch her third gold at the Paris Olympics, dominating the competition with her signature Biles II vault.
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Emma Twigg 'emptied the tank' in farewell to Olympic career
4 Aug 2024If Tokyo was for the demons, Paris was for the love of it, Dana Johannsen writes. Audio
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Cycling: Evenepoel survives late puncture to claim road double
4 Aug 2024Belgium's Remco Evenepoel had a heart-in-mouth moment as he claimed gold in the Olympic men's road race in impressive fashion.
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Rower Emma Twigg unable to defend Tokyo title
3 Aug 2024The five-time Olympian was pipped in the women's single scull finals by Dutch rower Karolien Florijn.
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Swimming star Leon Marchand and those Michael Phelps comparisons
3 Aug 2024Four finals, four gold medals, four Olympic records: Frenchman Leon Marchand's prowess in the Paris pool has been extraordinary.
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Football: What did we learn at the Olympics?
3 Aug 2024Analysis - With drama both on and off the pitch, Mathew Nash breaks down New Zealand's footballing efforts at Paris 2024.
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Olympics 2024: Boxing controversy - what we know and what we don't
3 Aug 2024Algeria's Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting's participation at the Paris Olympics has proved controversial given their disqualifications in 2023. Video
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