5 Jul 2021

Taranaki club secures Sydney Olympics mat for training

From Morning Report, 7:53 am on 5 July 2021

A tiny wrestling club in South Taranaki is nurturing future champions on an unusual piece of Olympic memorabilia that it uses on a weekly basis.

The Alton Olympic Wrestling Club used insider-connections to secure a specialised wrestling mat used at the Sydney Olympics.

Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has this report.