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'Wear factor 50 all of the time' – Irish quartet make hay at NZ National Rowing Champs

By Abby Wilson, 1News Sport Editor

February 16, 2018

The contingent from Skibbereen Rowing Club stand out for more than one reason at Lake Karapiro.

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Track and field athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be tested more often ahead of this year's Paris Olympics because of sub-standard anti-doping programs at home, the sport’s investigators said.

Who's expected to win the most medals at the Paris Olympics?

A new forecast has New Zealand wedged between Poland and Belgium.

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Maddie Davidson will represent New Zealand at her second Olympics, after a history-making turn in Tokyo.

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