Olympics Information

The Olympics
by Breanne and Elissa

This year the Olympics started on the 27th of July. The Olympics is when people all over the world come together and compete for the gold medal representing they are the best in the whole world in that one sport. Each competitor represents the country from which they come from. There are many sports in the Olympics.

Some of the sports are...
Equestrian - Jumping, Dressage, Eventing,
Ice Hockey,
Badminton and a whole lot more.

Our country, New Zealand, has being going very well especially in rowing. In rowing we have three gold and two bronze. In equestrian we have one bronze. In cycling we have two bronze in athletics we have one silver and in shot put we scored a silver medal. We are still beating Australlia so it's all good.

Olympics!
By Brydon

This year has the Olympics in it which makes it very special. The Olympics have been around since 776 BC but stopped AD 393 and then restarted in 1893 so it has been around for over 2500 years. The 3 leaders are China, U.S.A and Great Britain. New Zealand are 17 at the moment but Australia are 11. The first three teams medals total is 191. we are good on the water but not so good at track and field. We have 9 medals. Lets cheer for our team as they go for gold.