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Sam Tanner heading to the Tokyo Olympics
Sam Tanner. Photo: Supplied.
Tauranga’s Sam Tanner has been selected to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.
The ex-Bethlehem College student broke the University of Washington collegiate record in the 1500 meter race in February, running the race in a time of 3:34 seconds, qualifying him for the Tokyo Olympics.
Fifteen athletes have been conditionally named in the athletics team for the Tokyo Olympic Games, announced yesterday at the AUT Millennium track by the New Zealand Olympic Committee - NZOC.
The team is made up of an exciting mix of experienced campaigners and emerging talent, with Olympic medallists Dame Valerie Adams, Tom Walsh and Nick Willis joined by the likes of Connor Bell, Maddison-Lee Wesche, and Sam Tanner – all three of whom are aged 21 or under.
Friday, 16 April 2021, 11:13 am
Fifteen athletes have been conditionally named in the
athletics team for the Tokyo Olympic Games, announced today
at the AUT Millennium track by the New Zealand Olympic
Committee (NZOC).
The initial athletics team for Tokyo
2020 is:
Dame Valerie Adams, shot put
(Pakuranga Athletic Club/Auckland), coached by Dale
Stevenson
Connor Bell, discus
(North Harbour Bays Athletics/Auckland), coached by Mike
Schofield
Lauren Bruce, hammer
(South Canterbury Athletic Club/Canterbury), coached by Dale
Stevenson
Camille Buscomb,
5000m/10,000m (Hamilton City Hawks Athletics/Waikato Bay of
Plenty), coached by Nic
Bideau
Jacko Gill, shot put
(Takapuna Athletic and Harrier Club/Auckland), coached by