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“Then all of a sudden, they had to wait another year. For some, it was a bridge too far.” It’s been a challenging 18 months for the athletes, with preparation for the Games being disrupted. Even with that disruption, many are “getting on with stuff and performing to the best of their ability”, he said. “There was some anxiety around the Games and [athletes] having to change their schedules. There was an uncontrollable aspect of it which has impacted not just athletes but the general population,” he said “Once the Games were announced. they got on with it. They had a plan and could put campaigns together.
Little did Sideline Sid know that when he called a 16-year-old David Nyika into the ring at the 2011 Boxing New Zealand National Championships, that a decade later, the Auckland boxer would represent his country at the Olympic Games.
One of the real pleasures of two decades of ring announcing, is watching the development of young boxers entering the ring for the first time, into competitors who are confident of their ability in combat.
David Nyika is set to become the 31st Kiwi boxer represent New Zealand at the Olympics, since Charlie Purdy made his entrance at the 1924 Olympic Games held in Paris, France.