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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. ....
ANDREW CORNAGA/PHOTOSPORT There was no messing with Dame Valerie Adams on the day she was named to take part in her fifth Olympic Games. You know Dame Valerie Adams is in a good headspace around her historic fifth Olympic Games selection for Tokyo because of the merciless ribbing she dishes out to the pair of male reporters unlucky enough to catch her near the end of Friday’s media session at Auckland’s Millennium training facility. Dame Valerie was very much the headline act at the announcement of a 15-strong athletics team for Tokyo as she in all likelihood brings the curtain down on one of the great New Zealand sporting careers at the age of 36, and mother to daughter Kimoana and son Kepaleli. ....
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 ....
Tokyo Olympics: 15 athletes named in conditional New Zealand athletics team for 2021 Games 16 Apr, 2021 12:00 AM 6 minutes to read New Zealand Olympians gathered at The Cloud with 100 days to go before Tokyo 2021. Video / Jed Bradley New Zealand Olympians gathered at The Cloud with 100 days to go before Tokyo 2021. Video / Jed Bradley NZ Herald Fifteen athletes have been conditionally named in the New Zealand athletics team for the Tokyo Olympics in July. 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 younger. ....
Press Release – NZOC 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 Mike Schofield ....