It’s been a big week for Wellington runner James Preston. On Sunday morning NZT, the 27-year-old broke the late Sir Peter Snell’s NZ record in the 800m. Two days later he woke up to confirmation he’d been named to the New Zealand Team for the .
Paris will be the second Olympic Games for eight-time National Champion Stairmand, while it will be the debut of Vette who recently secured a place on the coveted World Surf League Challenger Series, alongside some of the best surfers in the world.