Paraplegic team away this week
PA Auckland I Twelve wheelchair athletes [will leave Auckland for [Canada on Friday to represent New Zealand in the •Toronto Olympics for the physically disabled They will be among the 1700 competitors from 60 countries taking part tn the biggest (games of their kind, from [August 3 to II [ The outstanding competii tor among the New Zeaj leaders is undoubtedly Mrs [Eve Rimmer, who first made [her mark at the 1968 Para[lympics in Tel Aviv. She [returned home the winner of ‘all the teams medals, one gold, two silver, and two bronze. In Toronto she will be competing in the shot, javelin and discus Mrs Rimmer, who is 39, of Whakatane, has exceeded the Canadian standard in each event and is the brightest New Zealand medal hope. R. T. Ngata, of Tauranga. is another with excellent prospects of a gold medal in weight-lifting. He is already the holder of the world record at 185 kg. Early this month, he added another 15kg to the total but the new aggregate will not be recog nised as a fresh record because the feat was accom plished at a show demonstra tion. The other 10 paraplegic Olympians are:— W. R. Lear iThinedin). weightlifting; D. R. Hvnds (Taurangat, discus, shot, wheelchair slalom. D. J. Miller (Rotorua', a former Australian, slalom. 60m track, shot; D. J. Moore (Bay of Plenty), shot, javelin, and discus; G. T. Maret (Otagoi. pen tathlon. discus, J. L. Savagt iKaweraui. the captain of th< team, shot, table tennis, javelin G. T. Condon (Christchurch discus. 50m breaststroke 3 x 25m medley; F. G. Creba iWalmate weight lifting, shot, discus; B I McNiehoil (Christchurch), weight lifting, slalom, shot, D. P. Cibbers (Hastings). 50m freest' 50m breaststroke, and 50m ba stroke.
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