New zealand london olympics team

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Thank you for signing up to Cycling News. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. A quartet of individual sports will be introduced to the Olympic program next year — surfing, skateboarding, karate and sport climbing — and there are Kiwi contenders in each of those four sports.

At this stage, the only events that will definitely not have New Zealand representation in Tokyo are handball and modern penthalon. The NZOC's selection criteria requires athletes to demonstrate they are capable of finishing in the top 16 of their event at the Games, with potential to finish in the top eight.

The nomination criteria, which describe the events and results an athlete needs to demonstrate the NZOC selection standard, are developed in conjunction with each national federation. Ultimately, nomination and selection to the New Zealand team is reliant on a quota spot being secured for the event at the Games either by country or by name , then meeting the relevant federation's nomination criteria and the NZOC selection policy.

New Zealand sent athletes to the Games in Rio, an increase of 15 on the figure for London in Four years earlier in Beijing the team was strong, while the Games in Athens featured New Zealand competitors. In terms of participants the Tokyo Games is expected to be the largest sporting event in history, with more than 11, athletes from nations set to compete in 33 sports.