Episode 26 - Straight to the Point

05/29/23 • 66 min

Javelin thrower Tori Peeters furthered her national record in Japan recently but the girl from Gore is far from satisfied with being the best in this country. As the world stage beckons Tori talks pointedly about success, failure, disappointment & delight.

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Episode 25 - High Vaultage

Eliza McCartney leapt into our lives in 2016 with a brilliant Olympic bronze as a 19-year-old with a smile as wide as the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Two years later she soared to what is still the world's fifth highest women's vault of all time but there were warning signs of injury troubles which would ultimately cost her a trip to Tokyo & see her effectively start from scratch. Now a rebuilt & renewed athlete has ripped up the runway in 2023 already armed with a ticket to Budapest & beyond.

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Episode 27 - Leah Jet

One of New Zealand's fastest female sprinters has returned to farm work during her off-season from West Texas A & M University & is turning heads in a Te Awamutu gym with her uniquely tailored workouts. Leah Belfield was born & raised on a dairy farm in rural Waikato. She represented the province in a host of different sports as a youngster but a sprint double in the 2015 NZ Secondary Schools Championship in Timaru propelled the Arohena arrow down an athletics course that is still gathering speed.