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![Cycling: Van Velthooven back with Rio in his sights](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Cycling: Van Velthooven back with Rio in his sights
Olympic medallist Simon van Velthooven has cut short his competitive sojourn in Japan to line up in the first Rio 2016 qualifying event in Cambridge starting today.
![Sailing: Top titles and Olympic places on the line as Kiwi crews step up for their big test](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Sailing: Top titles and Olympic places on the line as Kiwi crews step up for their big test
New Zealand's sailing prowess gets another examination when the International Sailing Federation world championships start in Santander, Spain tonight.
![Rowing NZ eager to take eights crews to Rio](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Rowing NZ eager to take eights crews to Rio
Rowing New Zealand's plans for an eights programme is taking shape.
![Grace to take British sprint squad to Rio Olympics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Grace to take British sprint squad to Rio Olympics
Former New Zealand track coach Justin Grace has been appointed Britain's sprint coach as they prepare for a strong performance at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
![The race to rewrite history](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
The race to rewrite history
An oral history of Carter and Docherty's race to the finish line, where they became only the second NZ duo to go gold-silver in an Olympic event.
![A champion looking for redemption](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
A champion looking for redemption
Ten years ago on Tuesday at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Hamish Carter and Bevan Docherty rewrote history. This is their story, from build-up to the bike.
![Rugby: Committee to prop up eligibility](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Rugby: Committee to prop up eligibility
The Olympic eligibility loophole that allows players to swap nations may be closed to heavier athletes and any others the IRB arbitrarily decide are not genuine candidates to play sevens at Rio.
![Games appetiser for main meal in Rio](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Games appetiser for main meal in Rio
Some countries are blessed with an anthem which stirs the soul. Others - think of eastern Europe for starters - don't.
![A moment in time: Gold medal put on ice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
A moment in time: Gold medal put on ice
Some put their Olympic gold medals under lock and key, Muhammad Ali claimed to have thrown his into the Ohio River after being denied service at a Louisville restaurant and others put it in their sock drawer.
![Yachting: Rio water causing a stink](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Yachting: Rio water causing a stink
New Zealand's sailors face a challenge with the water as much as on the water at the Olympic test event off Rio de Janeiro this week.
![Pricey Olympic offices](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Pricey Olympic offices
One of Auckland's oldest homes has become the unlikely headquarters for our Olympics and Commonwealth Games efforts.
![Sixty seconds with: Paul Kingsman](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Sixty seconds with: Paul Kingsman
Does a spa pool after a speaking engagement in Virginia count? Otherwise the answer is: a while. I'm normally in the gym five days a week but I don't miss training six hours a day, watching the ceiling go by.
![Andrew Alderson: Judgement daze at Sochi](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Andrew Alderson: Judgement daze at Sochi
Summer or winter Olympic Games events make more compelling viewing when measured against fellow competitors and time, rather than by judges, writes Andrew Alderson.
![Dana Johannsen: When did free speech become an F-word?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Dana Johannsen: When did free speech become an F-word?
I've recently been told I should "stick to netball, sweetie" when it comes to my columns. I say, f*** that, states Herald sports writer Dana Johannsen.
![Wendy Sweet: Fun is the freeskier's middle name](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Wendy Sweet: Fun is the freeskier's middle name
'Hi Mum" - Beaming down into the camera, after death-defying runs on both the halfpipe and the slopestyle course.
![Pistorius 'surfed porn' before shooting](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Pistorius 'surfed porn' before shooting
Oscar Pistorius was allegedly surfing porn websites on his mobile phone the night he shot model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria home.
![Jossi Wells flagbearer for NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Jossi Wells flagbearer for NZ
Freeskier Jossi Wells has been announced as the flagbearer for the the New Zealand Olympic Team at the closing ceremony
![Winter Olympics: Finding the cold hard cash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Winter Olympics: Finding the cold hard cash
With the Sochi flame about to be snuffed, debate rages as to the quality of New Zealand's performance.
![David Leggat: Sochi funders must take long, cold look at winter sports](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
David Leggat: Sochi funders must take long, cold look at winter sports
The summer and winters Games are different beasts. What can't differ, however, is how they are assessed when it comes to funding, writes David Leggat.
![Sochi Games: Wells just misses medal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Sochi Games: Wells just misses medal
Freestyle skier Jossi Wells has just missed out on winning New Zealand's second ever Winter Olympics medal with a fourth in the halfpipe event at Sochi.
![Dana Johannsen: Sochi - It's like watching Kiwis on an expensive ski holiday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Dana Johannsen: Sochi - It's like watching Kiwis on an expensive ski holiday
Our Winter Olympians are a hard lot to get behind, writes Dana Johannsen. Given NZ's modest record, the team went to Sochi with very few expectations from the public.