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  •   Home > News > Sports > Sailing

    Jo Aleh hopes she and Molly Meech are a match made in sailing heaven

    Jo Aleh hopes she and Molly Meech are a match made in sailing heaven


    After spending the last five years coaching, 35-year-old Aleh is making a return to the sport, with the hopes of claiming a third Olympic medal at the Paris Games in 2024.

    She's switching from the 470 to the 49er FX, which is the women's skiff class used at the Olympics.



    Sekope Kepu wants to be seen as a mentor for his teammates when he leads Moana Pasifika during Super Rugby Pacific.

    The Wallabies centurion will captain the side in their first season and brings 110-test caps of experience into the camp.

    Moana Pasifika have their first pre-season outing against the Chiefs this evening at Mt Smart Stadium.



    Free-skier Nico Porteous leaves for China from Switzerland on February 9 in his bid to secure a medal at the Beijing Olympics.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     16 Jan: There's a Team New Zealand America's Cup vibe to the Swedish SailGP team debuting at the season-opener in Perth this weekend
     16 Jan: Swedish SailGP driver Nathan Outteridge is poised to blow out the cobwebs out as his new syndicate debuts at the season-opening event in Perth
     30 Dec: The glory of crossing the line first in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race might have been celebrated in the bars beyond Constitution Dock, but the contest for the Tattersall Cup to crown the overall handicap winner remains on the water
     28 Dec: The leading contenders have now reached the coast of Tasmania in another dramatic Sydney to Hobart yacht race
     27 Dec: In the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, Comanche remains around four miles ahead of LawConnect in the lead, with 340 miles to go
     27 Dec: The Sydney to Hobart fleet has lost its first 100-foot supermaxi, with Wild Thing 100 retiring from the 80th running of the race on the first night of sailing
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