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Rower Emma Twigg is avoiding underestimating her competition in the women's singles sculls

28 July 2024

Rower Emma Twigg is avoiding underestimating her competition in the women's singles sculls

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Finding a balance between enjoyment and ruthless competitiveness is the key for canoeist Luuka Jones heading into her fifth Olympic Games
	23 Jul 2024: Finding a balance between enjoyment and ruthless competitiveness is the key for canoeist Luuka Jones heading into her fifth Olympic Games... more

Jamaica's top sprinters have sent warning shots to their rivals ahead of the Paris Olympics... posting searing times in the 100-metre heats at the Jamaican Olympic trials in Kingston
	28 Jun 2024: Jamaica's top sprinters have sent warning shots to their rivals ahead of the Paris Olympics... posting searing times in the 100-metre heats at the Jamaican Olympic trials in Kingston... more

Daniel Williamson appreciates the challenge laid down by his New Zealand rowing squad team-mates for tickets to the looming Olympics
	21 Jun 2024: Daniel Williamson appreciates the challenge laid down by his New Zealand rowing squad team-mates for tickets to the looming Olympics... more

Single sculler Tom Mackintosh has tasted World Cup victory in the boat for the first time, six weeks from the Olympics
	17 Jun 2024: Single sculler Tom Mackintosh has tasted World Cup victory in the boat for the first time, six weeks from the Olympics... more

Women's single sculler Emma Twigg is off to her fifth Olympic Games - the first New Zealand rower to do so
	4 Jun 2024: Women's single sculler Emma Twigg is off to her fifth Olympic Games - the first New Zealand rower to do so... more

Four-time Olympic gold medallist and 23-time world champion gymnast Simone Biles has claimed a record-extending US ninth all-around title
	3 Jun 2024: Four-time Olympic gold medallist and 23-time world champion gymnast Simone Biles has claimed a record-extending US ninth all-around title... more

Winter Games New Zealand are championing the tourism and economic benefits of hosting two FIS World Cups in Queenstown and Wanaka
	1 Jun 2024: Winter Games New Zealand are championing the tourism and economic benefits of hosting two FIS World Cups in Queenstown and Wanaka... more

Slender margins separate Aimee Fisher and Dame Lisa Carrington two months out from the Paris Olympics
	27 May 2024: Slender margins separate Aimee Fisher and Dame Lisa Carrington two months out from the Paris Olympics... more

Dame Lisa Carrington and Alicia Hoskin have won gold in the K2 Women's 500 metres final at the Canoe Sprint World Cup event in Poland
	25 May 2024: Dame Lisa Carrington and Alicia Hoskin have won gold in the K2 Women's 500 metres final at the Canoe Sprint World Cup event in Poland... more

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