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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Noel Harris
The sport of horse racing has been Noel Harris' whole life. His father Jock was a Manawatū jockey and horse trainer, who won more than 350 races.
Following in his father's footsteps, Noel rode his first winner at Foxton on 16 May 1970 and by the time he retired from racing in 2015, had ridden over two-thousand winners in New Zealand.
He also won the jockeys' premiership in both New Zealand and Singapore.
In 2018, Harris was inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame...and earlier this year was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the thoroughbred racing industry.
These days, Harris lives in Mount Maunganui and is a mentor for apprentice jockeys. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Finn Butcher
In this segment we often go way back in time, but today we are focusing on somebody whose time is right here - right now.
Finn Butcher won the gold medal in the inaugural Olympic kayak cross event at the Paris Olympic Games last year.
That moment in time - on the water last year - catapulted 'The Butcher' from small town Alexandra into the nation's consciousness.
Then, last month, after a public vote, he was awarded the Favourite Sporting Moment award at 2025 Halberg Awards for the emotional post-race embrace he enjoyed with his father.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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27:23
Hamish Kerr
In this segment we often go way back in time, but today we are doing something rare and focusing on the now.
It takes a special kind of athlete to get this treatment, but current Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr fits the bill
You might remember he won that gold medal after a jump off with American Shelby McEwen.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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