Italy lowered the men’s team pursuit world record to beat Denmark in a thrilling gold medal ride at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today.

’Brien, Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard and Lucas Plapp claimed the bronze medal.The quartet had trailed New

Zealand at halfway, but were the beneficiaries when their rivals suffered a crash which allowed them

Tobago’s Nicholas Paul, the Russian Olympic Committee’s Denis Dmitriev, Germany’s Maximilian Levy and New

New Zealand has announced a further addition to their team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, with Para

Zealand, at the AUT Millennium in Auckland, which was streamed live on Facebook.Steven began her career

I’m looking forward to making my friends and family back in New Zealand proud while representing New

Zealand and wearing the silver fern."

On behalf of the New Zealand athletics community I would like to congratulate Anna on her selection to

the New Zealand Paralympic team," Pfitzinger said."

World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin has revealed that talks are underway with private equity firms over a potential investment following the sport’s appearance at Olympic Games here. 

If we can use what we do to open up new markets for the sport, then boats rise for everybody," Gilpin

Premiership.Private equity firm Silver Lake is also in discussion to secure a 12.5 per cent stake in New

Zealand Rugby’s commercial operations for a NZD$387.5 million (£201 million/$281 million/€236.6 million

World Taekwondo Oceania has approved a new constitution and opened the application process for Council

The new constitution, which was approved by an online Special General Meeting on July 23, is a standard

continental bodies by World Taekwondo.Updates include term limits - although terms served before the new

80.Nine Council members should also be elected by the General Assembly.Taekwondo players from Tonga, New

Zealand and Australia competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics ©Getty ImagesThe next World Taekwondo Oceania

Surfing Australia has teamed up with Olympic sponsor Airbnb to deliver a list of surf-inspired stays in the country, looking to capitalise on the sport's Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.

the women's quarter-finals and Gilmore in the previous round.In March, Surfing Australia took on the new

The new Irukandjis name was launched in March this year and will see multiple surfing disciplines represented

Olympics) July 27, 2021Suggested stays include a beach house on the waterfront at Boomerang Beach in New

With in-person spectatorship looking different this year, audiences are searching for new ways to support

Zealand."

With a decision on the future of the Rugby League World Cup expected in the next couple of days, the General President of the Rugby League Players Association Dale Cherry-Evans says he believes some Australian players are still keen to go to the tournament.

As much as we'd all love to play for Australia and the guys would love to play for New Zealand, it's

defend them if the tournament goes ahead on its scheduled dates this year ©Getty ImagesAustralia and New

Zealand both withdrew from the tournament, scheduled to be held in England from October 23 to November

Zealand."

But it would be weird to sit there and watch it and not see Australia and New Zealand involved."

South Korea's Park Inbee is aiming to defend her Olympic crown and will play with the two other Rio 2016 medallists when the women's golf competition gets underway here at the Tokyo 2020.

golfers coming from 36 countries.She will be teeing up in the opening two rounds alongside Lydia Ko of New

Zealand and China's Feng Shanshan who collected silver and bronze respectively five years ago.World

Germany produced a third consecutive world record ride to earn a dominant women’s team pursuit gold here today, ending Britain’s reign as the Olympic champions.

Union eventually ruled that Denmark would join top qualifiers Italy in the final, with Australia and New

Zealand competing in the bronze medal ride.

Brazil's reigning champions Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze successfully defended their women's 49erFX title at Tokyo 2020, as Britain's Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell captured a dramatic 49er gold.

Fletcher and Bithell started the day eight points behind New Zealand's defending champions Peter Burling

move in front of the Kiwis and claim a stunning victory.Both boats finished on 58 points after the New

Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, won bronze on 70 points and would have handed the gold to New

Zealand had they finished first."

World record holder Li Wenwen finished 37 kilograms clear of her nearest rival and a whopping 117kg ahead of the last-placed athlete as she took gold in the over-87kg super-heavyweight category and claimed China’s seventh weightlifting gold medal of Tokyo 2020.

Kashirina and, at 21, she is likely to be so for years to come.Laurel Hubbard, the transgender athlete from New

Zealand, failed to make a total after missing all her snatch attempts.Robles' bronze medal, added to

Laurel Hubbard made Olympic history by becoming the first openly trans woman to compete at the Games, but bowed out of the women’s over-87 kilogram competition prematurely after failing to make a lift in the snatch.

participation has led to headlines around the world, with numerous media articles and columns written about the New

Laurel Hubbard thanked the IOC, IWF and the NZOC for their support ©Getty ImagesHubbard also thanked the New

Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC), who had pledged before the competition to protect her from the intense

participation agreed in 2015 was now outdated.The organisation held a consultation process to devise a new

underway for the Olympic Games at the time.IOC science and medical director Richard Budgett said the new

to make history by becoming the first openly trans woman to compete at the Olympic Games, with the New

remember weightlifting officials at the event being surprised by the level of hostility towards the New

locals more open towards Hubbard’s participation at the event.As it was, the locals cheered when the New

Zealand Olympic Team was also forced to delete a tweet celebrating Hubbard’s success from its account

Zealand Olympic Committee has pledged to support Hubbard given the intense international focus.The only

recent public statement from Hubbard was released earlier this week by the New Zealand Olympic Committee

Britain’s supremacy in the Olympic velodrome will be put to the test as Tokyo 2020 track cycling competition begins tomorrow at the Izu Velodrome in Shizuoka.

the women’s team pursuit, after beating Britain in Berlin last year.Australia, Canada, Germany and New

Zealand will hope to provide a challenge to the favourites.Women’s team sprint gold will be claimed

China’s Gong Lijiao completed her Olympic medal set in the women’s shot by winning gold here this morning with a 2021 world-leading effort and personal best of 20.58 metres.

Raven Saunders of the United States earned silver on 19.79m and 36-year-old Valerie Adams of New Zealand

I am very excited, happy, and proud to win this medal for New Zealand," said Adams, whose celebrations

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