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Week 4 __ The Golden Gloves __ Olympics 1948; ‘With seconds to go in the final round, Jack black, otherwise known as ‘Blackie’ from New Zealand circles Vladimir Kipushkin, the Russian. ‘And Blackie’s wearing those signature golden gloves he loves to wear.’ The commentator booms over the roar of the crowd. Vladimir wasn’t in easy opponent, an ex-soldier, and a dirty fighter. Jack though was just a farmer. The two of them circle each other, then Blackie fakes a jab, and then comes in with a solid roundhouse, the Russian puts his arms up to block the jab, just has he puts his hands down, the glittering glove slams into his face, lifting him off his feet, onto the ground, and stays down. The crowd cheers (well the New Zealanders anyway). ‘Blackie has won New Zealand a gold!!!!’

London Olympics 2012; Minutes before the finals and disaster had struck, she couldn’t find her gloves, no matter how hard she looked, she couldn’t find them, Siona Fernandes was angry. Angry because those gloves were from her father and to her they were priceless She was sure that the other team had taken them, but you can’t start accusations, minutes before a final. As she was walking towards the stand were her coach was, to tell him she couldn’t fight, an old man walked up to her, she could see he was a boxer, or used to be one, he had a boxers stance. ‘Good luck out there, you show that lady how we fight in NZ!’ the old man croaked. ‘Thank you, but I don’t have any gloves, how am I supposed to fight’ Siona asked. The old man thought for a moment, then produced some gloves, like a magician, from his old woollen coat. He passed them to her. The gloves were worn, but still had a brilliant golden shine to them. She looked up to the man to thank him, but he was already walking away. ‘You can keep them if you like’ he said over his shoulder. Five minutes later… ‘And Siona from NZ has an equal amount of points to the big American, Carly Stevens, and I don’t know about anyone else, but those golden gloves are strikingly similar to the ones used by Blackie, back in 1948!’ Carly fakes a jab, and comes in with a roundhouse. Siona expects the fake, ducks under the punch and comes up with a vicious uppercut, more of a golden blur then a punch, her opponent is sent stumbling to the ground, and stays to the ground, Siona has won the gold, with the golden gloves.

Week 3

Defeat for de Villers New Zealand's only judo representative says that her first round defeat at the Olympic Games was not what she wanted, nor what she expected. Moira de Villiers expected a top-10 performance in London, with plans of attaining a podium finish in Rio in 2016. Instead, the 22 year old judoka will be going back to the drawing board as she seeks to regroup before the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, after being beaten in London by German opponent Kerstin Thiele. "It was a good fight because I didn't get thrown by her, so it wasn't like she got the better of me," she said. "I got outplayed in the beginning, a couple of penalties ( in judo you have different penalties, like grabing th persons leg, or some illegal choke holds etc...), and I couldn't get back from it." De Villiers was a competitor in the 70kg class, and was unable to tkae advantage, and finish her opponite off. Her inability to execute a move saw her penalised, and defeated. In the Olympic format, a loss means elimination. However de Villiers remained optimistic about her future, and was full of praise for her coach and partner, Jason Koster, who remained with her during the Games. "He's been fantastic. He knows me so well, and I wouldn't have wanted anybody else. I'm still quite young and I just want to take this experience, move on, and get some more experience in Europe."

She said it was "amazing" to belong to the New Zealand team, and was heartened by her team mates' "openmindedness" about judo, a minority sport with a complicated rule set. "A lot of the team members were getting into it and watching it with us," she said. "It was quite good to let them know how hard it is. At the same time, it's such a great sport to watch. We do want to get our sport out there."

Week 2: In the name of everyone competing, I will strive to do my best, and be a true sportsman/sportswoman, for the glory of the sport I compete in. Week 1 Task 1:Biography of a New Zealander entering the Olympics this year. Sarah Walker (born in 10 july 1988) is a BMX rider born in Whakatane, who is entering the Olympics in London this your.Sarah started BMX when she saw her brother riding one day, and since then she has won numerous races. Some of the races include; when in 2008 in the UCI rounds, Sarah won seven races, came 2nd in one race and didn't race two races. She was ranked number one in the world by the UCI in 2008, and was one of the favourites to win the BMX women's event at the beijing olympics, in the end she finished 4th. On 25 July 2009, Sarah won the BMX World Championship in Adelaide, in both the Elite Women and the Elite Cruiser Women events.

Task 2:Write a new Olympic anthem for the 2012 Olympic Games

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 * Here are the words; **

Nations of the world, all together Nations of the world, we unite Nations of the world, all together Light the Olympic torch, we'll shine

We will ride the road to glory Or gold will be the nations story As we run to the top We will never ever stop Or nations will be cheering for gold

Nations of the world, all together Nations of the world, we unite Nations of the world, all together Light the Olympic torch, we'll shine