30 Jul 2021

Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

From Nine To Noon, 11:32 am on 30 July 2021
Hayden Wilde wins bronze at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Hayden Wilde wins bronze at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: John Cowpland / Photosport

Looking at Olympic success so far, Sam ponders whether Bay of Plenty is New Zealand's sporting capital.

He says seeing triathlete Hayden Wilde win the first medal set him thinking about  how the region punches above its weight.

The Mount Maunganui based mens sevens team got silver and arguably our leading Olympian, Ohope's  Lisa Carrington's canoe events are yet to come.