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2016 Olympics
Welcome to NZCity's Olympics zone designed to help you easily find information about the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
During the course of the games we'll keep you up to date with interesting NZ olympic news, and continually update our links to the best Olympic web sites. Don't forget to check out the official Olympics Site
Flavor Flav considers the Paris Olympics to be his personal "highlight" of 2024Entertainment 13 Dec : The 65-year-old rap star served as the official hype man of the US women's water polo team at the Paris Olympics, and he now looks back on the experience with a lot of fondness click for full story...
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Australian Olympic cyclist, Rohan Dennis, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge over the death of his wife, Olympian Melissa HoskinsLaw and Order 10 Dec : Australian Olympic cyclist, Rohan Dennis, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge over the death of his wife, Olympian Melissa Hoskins click for full story...
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Snowboard star Valentino Guseli injures ACL and Scotty James wins silver in ChinaSkiing 08 Dec : Valentino Guseli, one of Australia's brightest prospects for the 2026 Winter Olympics, has injured his ACL, ruling him out of a large chunk of the season a year out from the Milan-Cortina Games. click for full story...
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High speed crash in UCI Track Champions League sends British Olympian Katy Marchant to hospitalHealth & Safety 08 Dec : A British Olympic cyclist is taken to hospital but reportedly avoids serious injury after being launched over the barriers into the London Velodrome crowd with a rival during a big track cycling event. click for full story...
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Norway's Sander Skotheim wins World Athletics fair play award for supporting decathlon teammate Markus Rooth at Paris OlympicsInternational 07 Dec : Norwegian decathlete Sander Skotheim wins an international fair play award for staying in the event at the Paris Olympics just to help his teammate take gold, in a story reminiscent of Australian pair Cedric Dubler and Ash Moloney. click for full story...
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Flavor Flav will be a torch bearer at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic GamesEntertainment 28 Nov : The 65-year-old hip-hop artist, who sponsored the US women's and men's water polo teams at this year's Paris Olympics, has received the greenlight to perform the honour in four years, and the star admitted it is a "bragging right" click for full story...
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Emma McKeon announces her retirement from competitive swimming having won Australia's most Olympic medalsSwimming 25 Nov : Australia's most successful Olympian in history announces she is retiring from competitive swimming having won 14 medals at the Games. click for full story...
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Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee has retired from triathlonAthletics 22 Nov : Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee has retired from triathlon click for full story...
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| "In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams." - The Olympic athletes' oath |
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