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Before Rio they were big names in their sport within New Zealand. Now they have received international acclaim. The thing about sport is there have to be losers to have winners. The New Zealand cycling team will be disappointed to come away with just one medal, but to my mind Ellis, and both individual pursuit teams were really excellent. When it takes a world record to deny you, that can hardly be regarded as any sort of failure at all.

There was a bit of bad luck. The swimming squad struggled to make semi-finals let alone finals, but might have got a lift if the best swimmer in the squad, Lauren Boyle, had been firing. Instead, Boyle went into the games well short of preparation after losing a lot of training because of health issues. They are inspiring, authentic, and humble. Makes me so proud to be a kiwi. The minister for sport and recreation, Grant Robertson, praised the team for its historic performance on Sunday.

Competing without friends and families on the sidelines would have made the games more challenging, but support staff on the ground helped to fill that absence, he said.

The medals were won across 11 sports, including gymnastics trampolining for the first time. Eleven of the 20 medals were won by women. The New Zealand team ranked 12th on the medal table in Tokyo at time of print, just below France and Canada , which compares well with recent Olympic Games — New Zealand was 19th in Rio, 15th in London in , 27th in Beijing in , 24th in Athens in and 46th in Sydney in The next biggest teams have been Rio , London , Beijing and Athens Our athletes competed in more than sessions.

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