For today's sporting history, Perlina Lau talks to Adrian Blincoe who was a distance runner who represented New Zealand at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also held the New Zealand record for the 5000m for 15 years.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Allison Roe
For today's sporting history we're going back to the 1981, where a New Zealander took the running world by storm.
24-year-old Allison Roe, a long-distance runner from the Auckland's north shore, won both the prestigious Boston & New York marathons in the same year. She broke both course records and smashed the world record in New York. Only to have it controversially stripped weeks later. Allison became a global star overnight and became the first female to win the Halberg New Zealand Sportsperson of the Year award.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Tall Fern legend Jody Cameron
This week we're joined by former Tall Fern legend Jody Cameron.
Jody competed at the Athens games with the Black Ferns in 2004 and now co-owns the all-female-owned basketball team the Northern Kahu. She also leads High Performance Sport New Zealand's initiative to help women pursue a career in high performance coaching.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Katherine Oberlin-Brown
This week for sporting history I'm joined by Katherine Oberlin-Brown
At just 19 she was the women's two-time Motorcross World champion...
The first time anyone had held the title back-to-back.
Katherine had a glittering career in front of her. She might still be riding today... If it weren't for one fateful moment.
A training crash that left her with just a 50% chance of ever walking again.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Tuariki Delamere
For today's sporting history we're going back to 1974. A fleeting moment - less than 11 seconds - when track & field bumped into gymnastics.
A splash of magic happened and a boy from Papakura came inches away from revolutionising the long jump. That boy was Tuariki Delamere. And that magic... The Delamere flip.
A short lived - and quickly banned - long jump technique. It involved doing a summersault mid jump.
Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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