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London Games 2012 headlines with summaries.
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Gold medal won by cyclists
3 Sep 2012Cyclist Phillipa Gray and her pilot Laura Thompson won gold in the 3000m individual B pursuit at the Paralympics in London on Sunday beating the world champions from Ireland. Audio
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Gold medal for swimmer
3 Sep 2012Swimmer Cameron Leslie won gold in a world record time in his individual medley event at the Paralympics in London on Sunday. Earlier, Mary Fisher won a silver medal.
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Bronze medal won by shooter
3 Sep 2012Shooter Michael Johnson won bronze in the 10m air rifle standing event at the Paralympics in London on Sunday.
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Another gold medal for Pascoe
2 Sep 2012Sophie Pascoe of New Zealand won her second gold medal in world record time at the Paralympics in the women's 100m butterfly on Saturday.
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Fisher's success hailed by coach
2 Sep 2012New Zealand Paralympic team high performance coach Mal Humm says the success of swimmer Mary Fisher has been a highlight of the Games in London and her best event - is yet to come.
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More medals for NZ swimmers
2 Sep 2012Sophie Pascoe has won a silver medal at the Paralympics, her second medal of the London games, while fellow swimmer Mary Fisher took out silver in the freestyle.
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Cycling bronze for Gray and Thompson
1 Sep 2012Tandem cyclists Phillipa Gray and Laura Thompson have won bronze in the 1km time trial at the Paralympic Games.
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Pascoe wins gold for NZ at Paralympics
31 Aug 2012Swimmer Sophie Pascoe has won New Zealand's first gold medal at the Paralympics in London, smashing two world records in the process.
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Hawking stars in Paralympics opening ceremony
30 Aug 2012The Paralympics have begun in London with a spectacular opening ceremony watched by some 80,000 spectators and featuring a rare public appearance by Britain's most famous living scientist, Stephen…
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Back injury sidelines cyclist
28 Aug 20122011 disabled Maori sportsperson of the year, cyclist Jayne Parsons, has had her dream of winning three gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympics dashed - after pulling out due to injury.
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Johnson named to bear NZ flag
25 Aug 2012Paralympic shooter Michael Johnson will be the New Zealand flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games on Wednesday evening.
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Southland welcomes home Olympic athletes
25 Aug 2012Southland has welcomed home its Olympic athletes with thousands lining the streets of Invercargill to catch a glimpse of the region's medal winners. Audio
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Teams scale peaks to create Paralympic flames
25 Aug 2012Four teams are scaling the highest peaks of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Tuesday to create the Paralympic flames.
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Thousands cheer return of Olympic athletes
24 Aug 2012Thousands of people gathered in Christchurch on Friday to welcome home athletes who took part in the London Olympic Games. Audio
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Call for Jamaica to introduce tougher testing
17 Aug 2012Jamaica must bring in tougher testing before the world will accept its sprint stars as honest competitors, the founder of the World Anti-Doping Agency says. Audio
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Adams will have to wait for gold
17 Aug 2012A New Zealand member of the International Olympic Committee says Valerie Adams will have to wait until the end of the year to get her London Games gold medal.
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NZ call for all countries to have drug-testing systems
15 Aug 2012New Zealand's chef de mission says countries should not be allowed to compete at the Olympic Games unless they have a drug-testing system monitored by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Audio
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Olympic athletes welcomed home
15 Aug 2012Hundreds of supporters have turned out to welcome home New Zealand's Olympic athletes. Audio
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Adams to miss welcome for Olympians
14 Aug 2012The country's olympic team will be officially welcomed home from the London 2012 Games in Christchurch's Hagley Park on Friday week but Valerie Adams will not be there. Audio
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Adams 'speechless' at getting gold after all
14 Aug 2012Shot putter Valerie Adams says she was speechless when Olympic Games chef de mission Dave Currie phoned her to tell her she had won the gold medal in the shot put at the London Games after all. Audio
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Minister has special NZ ceremony in mind
14 Aug 2012Sport Minister Murray McCully says there are plans for a ceremony to celebrate Valerie Adams's belated Olympics gold medal win, but it may be some time before she actually receives the medal.
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Suspicions already raised about Belarussian shot-putter
14 Aug 2012Drug Free Sport New Zealand says suspicions were raised about disgraced Olympic shot-putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk even before she tested positive for a steroid and was stripped of her gold medal. The gold… Audio
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Swimming and triathlon singled out as under performers
13 Aug 2012Swimming and triathlon have been singled out as New Zealand's under performers at the London Olympics, by funding agency High Performance Sport New Zealand.
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Goodbye from London and over to you, Rio
13 Aug 2012The 2012 London Games are over: the Olympic flame was extinguished on Sunday night at the end of a spectacular closing ceremony and the Olympic flag was handed over to Rio de Janeiro, host of the next…
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