Brian Newth, New Zealand’s modern pentathlete in jthe Olympic Games at Moscow, waves New Zealand’s black Olympic flag during, the opening ceremonies held at the Lenin Stadium on Saturday. rr Behind . . Newth, who competes today; were the team manager, Mr Tay Wilson, the modern pentathlon manager, Mr John Clark, the canoeing man-
ager, Mr John Grand, and the canoeist, Allan Thompson, reports Ron Palenski, NZPA staff correspondent. Dr Graeme Campbell could not march because he did not have a blazer and two canoeists, Geoff Walker and lan Ferguson, opted out — Walker even missed being in the stadium to watch and had to see Soviet television’s ver- - sion of it., ■' ? .
The New Zealanders were on tire track for five minutes, drawing polite applause when they were formally announced as they passed Chairman Brezhnev on the saluting base and. more enthusiastic support when they passed two groups of Australian spectators at the top bend. No New Zealanders in the crowd made themselves obvious.
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