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Kiwis on parade as Paris gives 'a big hug' to Paralympians
29 Aug 2024France's President has officially opened the Paralympics as the city promises a Games to remember.
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NZ Paralympic team has the depth to win medals
29 Aug 2024Almost half of the team are debutants but there is still a stack of experience heading into the Paris Games.
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Grimaldi hopes positive team spirit translates into Paralympics medals
28 Aug 2024The Dunedin long jumper says she's feeling emotional and honoured to be chosen as a flagbearer. Audio
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Paralympic classification explained: What do all the numbers mean?
28 Aug 2024Explainer - You can't have a Paralympic Games or Para sport without sport classification - so how does it work and what do all those letters and numbers mean?
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The Paralympics are about to begin: Here's what you need to know
How to watch, when the big events are, and which Kiwis look like medal prospects.
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Australia wants non-compete period enforced for Olympic medallist defector
22 Aug 2024Australian officials expect the global governing body to enforce the two-year ban after Matt Richardson switched his allegiance to Britain.
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The day a resplendent Simone Biles returned to full noise
History's most-decorated gymnast is back at the Olympics, rebuilt and renewed - and RNZ's Dana Johanssen was among the enraptured crowd.
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NFL in talks to clear players for Olympic flag football
20 Aug 2024The NFL says it is in talks to clear a path for interested players to compete in flag football at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
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A conversation with an Olympic judge
17 Aug 2024Sport climbing was a hit at the Tokyo Games, and returned to Paris. Along with two athletes, New Zealand also had a judge at the Games.
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Raygun makes plea over devastating online hate
"I didn't realise that that would also open the door to so much hate," Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn says,
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Olympic boxing champ at centre of gender row files bullying lawsuit
15 Aug 2024Boxer Imane Khelif has filed a lawsuit over alleged cyberbullying during the Paris 2024 Olympics, which reportedly names author JK Rowling and X owner Elon Musk.
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What is the Olympic chocolate muffin and why did it go viral?
15 Aug 2024The Olympics may be over, but the online popularity of a chocolate muffin from the athlete village lives on. One of the surprise stars of the Paris Olympics, at least...
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Euphoria tinged with 'post-Games blues' as athletes touch down
14 Aug 2024New Zealand Olympians have returned triumphant after the team's most successful Games campaign ever.
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Should NZ Olympians get paid for medals?
14 Aug 2024Around the world, successful athletes are awarded cash bonuses for their performance - from nil to hundreds of thousands of dollars. What do Kiwis get?
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Olympic runner finishes marathon despite broken leg
14 Aug 2024A British runner completed the gruelling event in Paris in under three hours despite the serious injury.
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Welcome home! Kiwi Olympians return
14 Aug 2024In pictures: After winning 20 medals at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, New Zealand's athletes are back on home soil.
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2.8 million Kiwis tune in to watch Paris Olympic Games
14 Aug 2024The most-watched sports overall were athletics, rowing, swimming, canoe sprinting, artistic gymnastics and golf, Sky says.
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Grief, recriminations, then gold: How the wheel has turned for Cycling NZ
14 Aug 2024The women of New Zealand's track cycling team trumped all other Kiwi competitors for medals at the Paris Olympics. They came from a dark place to get there.
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Sleepless in Scotland: Lydia Ko waiting for golden reality to sink in
14 Aug 2024Real or a dream? Lydia Ko says her Olympic gold medal-winning fairy-tale performance in Paris has not sunk in yet.
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NZ's Paris Games athletics efforts, rated - by a 102yo coaching legend
13 Aug 2024Arch Jelley turned 102 today, and coached John Walker, among others. These are his Olympics reckons. Audio
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Post-Olympic Blues is a thing for athletes
14 Aug 2024Miss watching your favourite sport? Spare a thought for the competitors.
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How did Raygun qualify for the Olympics?
13 Aug 2024The story behind viral sensation and breakdancing lecturer Rachael "Raygun" Gunn's path to the Games.
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Britain's Tom Daley announces retirement after Paris silver
13 Aug 2024Tom Daley announced the news as he returned from the Paris Games where he won silver in the men's synchronised 10-metre event together with Noah Williams.
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Olympics 2024: Is it possible the internet made something better?
12 Aug 2024They might not all have won medals, but these athletes definitely won the internet.
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