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1936 - In front of Adolph Hitler at the 1936 games, Lovelock sets a World Record when he wins gold. The biased commentary of the BBC’s Harold Abrahams has become famous: “Five yards, six yards, he wins. He's won. Hooray!!"
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In 1953 Hillary, along with Tenzing Norgay, is the first person to climb the highest mountain in the world.
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1964 -After a Gold in 1960, 2 Golds at the 62 Commonwealth games and 3 WRs broken in New Zealand, expectations were high for Snell, even though he had never raced 1500m until Tokyo, he didn’t disappoint.
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In 1976 John walker won gold in the 1500m race at the Montreal Olympics. the previous year John Walker broke the one mile record in 3mins and 50seconds.
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The tour by the South African rugby team infamously divided the country - there were riots around the country, two games were called off and the final test match was flour bombed from a plane. Ironically the rugby was top notch — the All Blacks won the series2-1 in a nail-biting finish
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1987 - Kirwan’s 95m try against Italy in the opening game set the scene for the first World Cup. Held in New Zealand in 1987 and some feel appropriately won by the home team —
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Mark Todd won a gold medal the the 1990 Equestrian world champs and again in 1998.
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At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Danyon Loader’s first-place finish in both the 400m and 200m freestyles distinguished him as his country’s first Olympic gold medallist in swimming since New Zealander Malcolm Champion swam on a combined Australasian Team in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. Loader was his country’s first swimmer to break world records (short course) in two different strokes, butterfly and freestyle
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After keeping the WR she gained in training a secret, Ulmer blitzed the field and the WR to win Gold at the 2004 Olympics. Photo: bikeradar.com
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2010 - After two periods of extra time, a winner could still not be decided so Australia and NZ continued to play at the 2010 games, until the Ferns had their two goal margin and won 66-64
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All Blacks beat France 8-7 in a thrilling final at Eden Park, Auckland.
