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Select one New Zealand athlete going to the Olympic games and write a short biography about them. You could include personal information or concentrate on their sporting achievements. Include a photo. ======

**//She is currently playing for the NHL team, northland wearing the number 28 shirt. She was born in Parmerston North and born on the 31-07-89. she is also currently a student.//**
====**//On the feild Charlotte's nickname is lottie, on the feild she is also playing as a strike, and is a rear talent on attack. One of her weaknesses are defending. One of her highlights were winning the silver medal at the 2010 commonwealth games in Delhi.//**====



TASK 2: Symbolism is one of the strong components expressed within the Olympic Games. The Greeks appreciated and honoured poets and their descriptive language as part of the Olympic spirit. The "Olympic Hymn" of the modern era was written by Greeks Costis Palamis and Spiros Samaras. It was translated into French, and was used at the first Modern Olmpic Games held in Athens in 1896. Since 1960, it has been used at the Opening Ceremonies of each Olympic Games. The hymn is played or sung during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Originally written in Greek, it has been "freely" translated into other languages and below is the main version.

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At the start of each Olympics, every athlete promises to play fairly and obey all of the Olympic rules. One athlete from the host country takes his oath at the opening ceremony on behalf of all athletes. ======
 * " In the name of all the 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"**

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"All the competitors, will strive to be the best that they can be, peforming to the best of their abilites and striving for greatness, some will rewrite the history book, in spirit of sportmenship, we honour our teams." ======

Olympic Games Article:
 * Choose ONE sport that you are interested in and FIND a news article relating to that sport. Once you have done that, complete the following activities:**

1. Give the article a new HEADLINE

2. Rewrite the article in your own words

3. Find an image that relates to the article.

4. Publish on your wiki page.


 * Sunday 29 July 2012 **


 * Black Sticks beat Australia in Olympic opener **

The New Zealand Black Sticks celebrate their first Olympic Games victory over Australia 1-0. The two teams have played each other four times at Olympic Games and the Black Sticks had lost all four until tonight.

As the Olympic schedule is so tight, their celebrations will be short lived, as they will have to start focusing on their next match against South Africa on Tuesday.

The Black Sticks can be proud of scoring first against their transtasman rivals with Cathryn Finlayson finishing off a scrambled effort, which calmed any nerves they may have had before the game.

The Black Sticks defence was tight throughout the game, which helped them get a 1-0 lead, which they haven’t had for a long time.

Punt’s speed caused defensive issues for Australia but they were not able to use her speed as much as they liked causing both coach and Punt to get frustrated.

One of the Black Sticks strengths is their speed but they will need to look for other options against South Africa, which will be another hard game.

New Zealand has a very hard pool with teams like Argentina who have a ranking no. 2 in the world and Germany no. 3 in their pool.



Task
Create an imaginative story based around the London Olympic Games. Your story must include a New Zealand athlete, a lost piece of sporting equipment and a gold medal for New Zealand.

__//** MATCH BALL GO'S MISSING! **//__ __//** The N.Z Black Sticks (Anita Punt) celebrated their winning goal against Australia during their hockey finial! **//__

Australia are demanding a rematch after the yellow, London 2012 match ball went missing. London officals are giving a 1000 pound reward for the missing match ball finder.

Australian coach Adam, has asked London officals to consider a rematch after New Zealand winning the london 2012 hockey GOLD MEDAL.