N.Z. swimmer gets bronze
PA Seoul New Zealand’s Paul Kingsman won a bronze medal in the 200 m men’s backstroke last evening becoming just the second New Zealander to win a swimming medal in full Olympic competition. Kingsman, who swam the 200 m in a New Zealand record 2:00.48, equalled the performance of Jean Hurring who also won a bronze backstroke medal (100 m at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. The world recordholder, Igor Polianski, won the gold last evening in
A blooper by the public address announcer marred the medal ceremony for Kingsman. Two errors left Kingsman in something of a quandary. First, the bronze medallist in the backstroke event as introduced by a Russian name that Kingsman said later he did not recognise. Then the hapless public address man compounded the error by asking spectators to stand for the New Zealand national anthem — when he should have said the Russian national anthem to honour
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