The squad, made up of Sam Dakin , Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster, get underway tonight with qualifying.

Mitchell, who is competing in his third Olympics, says his team is in the best shape they can be in.

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13 Apr: An unlicensed driver who ran over a motorcyclist before fleeing in Hastings will carry out a community-based sentence

29 Mar: Star Belgian cyclist Wout van Aert has had surgery after suffering multiple fractures in a crash which has put his Giro d'Italia entry in doubt

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20 Mar: A motorcyclist has been critically injured, after colliding with a vehicle at Kaipara Flats near Warkworth

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