It's been a great weekend of sport, first with our Olympian rowers picking up gold over the weekend and our own Sam Bewley grabbing his second bronze medal in the men's cycling team pursuit.
To add to the weekend sporting extravaganza we had Dave Rennie's Chiefs win their first Super Rugby title in the final in Hamilton.
It has made getting up in the wee hours of the morning to watch the action at the Olympics so worthwhile. Seeing Bewley punch the air in triumph was a great sight. It's fantastic to see our elite sports stars showing some emotion.
Look at Sonny Bill Williams' reaction when he scored a try. He ran to the crowd and leapt into some excited spectators. Then after the match the team did a stirring haka. This was not an off-the-cuff sort of thing. They timing and execution would suggest the team had learned and practised the haka. Fantastic stuff!
As for Bewley, well his effort was huge but it was marked with a tinge of sadness with the 25-year-old saying haere ra to a successful track cycling programme.
