If you were to design a sportsman to "inspire the next generation", how would they look?

Two weeks after being knocked out of an Olympic gold medal by Michelle Carter, shot putter Valerie Adams has claimed victory over the American.

Eliza McCartney's coach doubts the teenage pole vault sensation has any idea the impact her Olympic bronze medal has had on New Zealand.

Make-up artist Jady Duarte revealed that the fastest man in world sporting history "wasted no time in making his move".

The Rio glow will last a long time, but normal sports service is resuming, which means the Olympics are taking their place among the usual suspects.

Usain Bolt's main squeeze back home will be upset - but won't think he crossed the line for a series of post-Olympics romps in Rio.

Sprint king Usain Bolt lured a young Brazilian student into bed by baring his six pack and pulling his famous victory pose.

Polish Olympic 1500 metre runner Joanna Jozwik has been labelled a racist after causing controversy with a post-race interview.

Athletics New Zealand's anticipating a funding boost for Tokyo following their four medals in Rio. The athletics team scooped three

Feyisa Lilesa marked his silver medal in the men's marathon staging a protest against his country's government, claiming his life could be in peril.

Confusion reigns over whether Nikki Hamblin has been awarded a prized Olympic medal in Rio.

BRAZIL Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Track and Field, Olympic Stadium - 12/20 August 2016 16 August: Eliza McCartney overcame

Nick Willis added an Olympic bronze medal to the silver medal won eight years ago in Beijing when he stormed home to claim third in

Andrea Hewitt couldn't hide the sadness of the last nine months after crossing the Olympic finish line in Rio this morning.

Nick Willis has won his second Olympic 1500m medal with a thrilling late run to snatch the bronze medal in Rio today.

They call it the "fourth medal" but it's rarer than an Olympics gold, silver and bronze medal - and there's a growing chance a Kiwi is about to win it.

New Zealand athlete Nikki Hamblin and the American runner she tangled with in the heats of the 5000m have received a fair play award

Unique set of Olympic titles could be a short-lived with Beijing relay medal under threat of being stripped over a teammate's reportedly failed retrospective doping test.

The parents of controversial US sprinter Justin Gatlin have rushed to his defense as the weight of being public enemy number one in

World indoor shot put champion Tom Walsh is through to the Olympic final and he'll have New Zealand teammate Jacko Gill alongside him.

It took almost three hours and a general anaesthetic to get javelin thrower's shoulder back in her socket after her Olympic Games blow out.

The South African athlete once forced to undergo gender testing is being guarded round the clock ahead of her bid to win Olympic gold

They were strangers at the starting line, but less than 20 minutes later, they found themselves eternally linked - by circumstance and benevolence.

Darya Klishina says she is so stressed by the past week of her life that she can't even talk about it.

WATCH: New Zealand distance runner Nikki Hamblin's show of sportsmanship at the Olympics overnight was of no surprise to those who know her.

Britain's fantastic performance at Rio continued today as Sophie Hitchon became the first British woman to win an Olympic medal in the hammer throw.

In the moments before the start of the 1,500 metres at the Rio Olympics Kiwi middle distance runner Nick Willis will call upon his

WATCH: Michael Conlan's Olympic dream was crushed in controversial circumstances. He's unleashed on the judges, Russia, and Vladimir Putin.

Twins Anna and Lisa Hahner enjoyed a moment they'll never forget when they crossed the finish line. It got them in trouble.

Eliza McCartney is through to the final of the pole vault, Nick Willis makes the semi-final of the 1500m and Nikki Hamblin added to