Olympics: Cues for the couch potatoes
It's that time again - endurance, tears, glory against the odds - and that's just for those watching.The Olympics are a TV marathon, and only the best-trained couch potatoes will get to the finish line.For the less serious...
Rowing: Lightweight scullers plot a heavy hit to complete Kiwi medal haul
They are the odd men out in more ways than one, but Peter Taylor and Storm Uru have the capacity to show that timing can be everything.When New Zealand's strong rowing contingent start their Olympic programme today on the Shunyi...
Swimming: Snyders confident of stroking way to semifinals
Think New Zealand swimming at Beijing and Moss Burmester is the first name which springs to mind.Certainly the world's No 7-ranked 200m butterfly exponent looms as New Zealand's best medal prospect in the pool.But when the...
Rowing: Lightweight scullers plot a heavy hit to complete Kiwi medal haul
They are the odd men out in more ways than one, but Peter Taylor and Storm Uru have the capacity to show that timing can be everything.When New Zealand's strong rowing contingent start their Olympic programme today on the Shunyi...
Swimming: Snyders confident of stroking way to semifinals
Think New Zealand swimming at Beijing and Moss Burmester is the first name which springs to mind.Certainly the world's No 7-ranked 200m butterfly exponent looms as New Zealand's best medal prospect in the pool.But when the...
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