5 Jul 2021

First Olympic Games for weightlifter Kanah Andrews-Nahu

From First Up, 5:33 am on 5 July 2021

It's just 18 days until the Tokyo Olympics begin and one of the youngest athletes on the New Zealand team is 20-year-old Kanah Andrews-Nahu It will be the first Olympic Games for the weightlifter who will be competing in the women's 76kg category. The Aucklander goes into the Games having won bronze at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games with a combined total of 211kg. RNZ reporter, Ella Stewart caught up with Kanah to ask her about her journey to the Olympics.