The Tokyo Diaries – 31st July
By Keith Miller Another successful day for New Zealand in Tokyo, with Gold Medal in the Women’s Sevens, and a Trampolining Bronze for Dylan Schmidt. Up against Fiji in the[…]
Tagged: Diary of an Olympian (Watcher)
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The Tokyo Diaries – 30th July
By Keith Miller As far as New Zealand Olympic history goes, you’d be hard pressed to go past the magical hour today on the water. After consecutive fourth placings at[…]
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The Tokyo Diaries – 29th July
By Keith Miller Thought I’d kick the day off with a spot of Women’s Volleyball, as Italy took on Argentina. The Italians started to edge away with it, taking the[…]
The Tokyo Diaries – 28th July
By Keith Miller Finally – we can cease our national pastime of wondering when the medals will come four days into competition and start celebrating. It was Silver for the[…]
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The Tokyo Diaries – 27th July
By Keith Miller A delayed start to events this morning as the Women’s Triathlon was put back for a while. Once underway it made for slippery conditions on the bike,[…]
The Tokyo Diaries – 26th July
By Keith Miller You take two weeks leave. You park yourself in front of the TV for 16 hours a day in pure dedication. Through that time, you have one[…]
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The Tokyo Diaries – 25th July
By Keith Miller Day Two started with the new kid on the block. Well, one of them anyway. Surfing’s debut got underway, and hopes were high that New Zealand’s Billy[…]
The Tokyo Diaries – 24th July
By Keith Miller And, just like that, we are underway in a hail of sport. Day One proper had a myriad of disciplines on offer, resulting in the TV remote[…]
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The Tokyo Diaries Preview – Part 6 of 6
By Keith Miller Tennis The interesting component to this event may be trying to work out who will physically turn up on the day. So many big names out, and[…]
The Tokyo Diaries Preview – Part 5 of 6
By Keith Miller Shooting Rifles, pistols, shotguns – it all makes for reasonably good TV viewing. Another Olympic sport that has benefitted a great deal from high definition and slowmo[…]
