Some of the country's best track and field talent will be on show in Christchurch this afternoon as the city hosts its annual International Track Meet.  

Tom Walsh, Nick Palmer, Anna Grimaldi, Lisa Adams, and Tiaan Whelpton are all set to compete in their respective events. 

Shot putter Nick Palmer has the home crowd advantage, and joined D’Arcy to preview the event. 

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Some of the country's best track and field talent will be on show in Christchurch this afternoon as the city hosts its annual International Track Meet. &nbsp;
Tom Walsh, Nick Palmer, Anna Grimaldi, Lisa Adams, and Tiaan Whelpton are all set to compete in their respective events.&nbsp;
Shot putter Nick Palmer has the home crowd advantage, and joined D’Arcy to preview the event.&nbsp;
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Nick Palmer: Kiwi shot putter previews the International Track Meet in Christchurch

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We’re rolling into the second week of Super Rugby with a blockbuster New Zealand derby. 

The Chiefs are heading down to Dunedin to face off against the Highlanders this evening. 

The Highlanders will be aiming to keep their momentum going, after last weekend’s victory over the defending champion, the Crusaders.  

Attack coach Cory Brown joined D’Arcy Waldegrave to preview the clash. 

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We’re rolling into the second week of Super Rugby with a blockbuster New Zealand derby.&nbsp;
The Chiefs are heading down to Dunedin to face off against the Highlanders this evening.&nbsp;
The Highlanders will be aiming to keep their momentum going, after last weekend’s victory over the defending champion, the Crusaders. &nbsp;
Attack coach Cory Brown joined D’Arcy Waldegrave to preview the clash.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Cory Brown: Highlanders attack coach previews the clash against the Chiefs

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Kiwis are hitting the waves as the Ocean Swim series returns to the Bay of Islands. 

There’s a range of different races this weekend, with something for anyone.  

Brent Foster, former Commonwealth Games and Ironman competitor, is one of those swimming – he joined D’Arcy to discuss the event.  

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Kiwis are hitting the waves as the Ocean Swim series returns to the Bay of Islands.&nbsp;
There’s a range of different races this weekend, with something for anyone. &nbsp;
Brent Foster, former Commonwealth Games and Ironman competitor, is one of those swimming – he joined D’Arcy to discuss the event. &nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Brent Foster: Former Commonwealth Games competitor on this weekend's Ocean Swim series

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Uh oh. Trouble at mill. Trouble on the slopes. Trouble with five-time Olympic medallist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott. I hasten to add, not trouble of her doing – I don’t believe that she has a troubling bone in her body.   

The NZ press has jumped on a perceived error within the judging panel, who placed the Kiwi in silver medal position after her final slopestyle run. It was by a snowflake, a mere .35 of a point behind eventual winner, the Japanese rider Mari Fukada.  

Two-time British Olympian Aimee Fuller has told TNT Sports that she believes the final decision was controversial and the judges got it wrong.  

 “I think there was injustice in the results of today’s women’s slopestyle final, a real shame to see that progression wasn’t rewarded on this instance.”  

Progression being the key word here —a buzz word that has long hovered around snowboarding— which is the ability, drive, and necessity to continue to raise the quality and difficulty of tricks in the Slopestyle, Half pipe, and Big Air.  

Aimee makes some valid points around the application of scores through each section of Zoi’s run, the final three jumps being the crux of the criticism. Technically sound on the rails from the Kiwi, but progressively superior in the air. Pushing the boundaries successfully and cleanly, a level above the eventual gold medallist.  

If I was being picky, Zoi’s dismount on the third rail, the front side lip slide with a 270 pretzel out, was a metre or two early and that may have cost her. But the main gripe from Fuller rests with the glamorous final three jumps.   

I’m no judge, I haven't slid in 15 years, and when I did ride, I was a sloppy try hard, so it’s probably a bit rich for me to comment.  

This debate around an athlete besmirched can be whittled down to one thing: the vagaries of judging.  

As beautiful and gobsmacking as judged events can be, it’s a subjective bunfight and really has no place at an Olympic level.   

Highest, fastest, longest, strongest, etc. 

Measured not judged. 

The athletes know this, are comfortable with this, and understand the complexities and perceived injustices of the process.   

Yet they still compete.  

They accept, smile, and move on. 

Uh oh. Trouble at mill. Trouble on the slopes. Trouble with five-time Olympic medallist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott. I hasten to add, not trouble of her doing – I don’t believe that she has a troubling bone in her body. &nbsp;&nbsp;
The NZ press has jumped on a perceived error within the judging panel, who placed the Kiwi in silver medal position after her final slopestyle run. It was by a snowflake, a mere .35 of a point behind eventual winner, the Japanese rider Mari Fukada. &nbsp;
Two-time British Olympian Aimee Fuller has told TNT Sports that she believes the final decision was controversial and the judges got it wrong. &nbsp;
&nbsp;“I think there was injustice in the results of today’s women’s slopestyle final, a real shame to see that progression wasn’t rewarded on this instance.” &nbsp;
Progression being the key word here —a buzz word that has long hovered around snowboarding— which is the ability, drive, and necessity to continue to raise the quality and difficulty of tricks in the Slopestyle, Half pipe, and Big Air. &nbsp;
Aimee makes some valid points around the application of scores through each section of Zoi’s run, the final three jumps being the crux of the criticism. Technically sound on the rails from the Kiwi, but progressively superior in the air. Pushing the boundaries successfully and cleanly, a level above the eventual gold medallist. &nbsp;
If I was being picky, Zoi’s dismount on the third rail, the front side lip slide with a 270 pretzel out, was a metre or two early and that may have cost her. But the main gripe from Fuller rests with the glamorous final three jumps. &nbsp;&nbsp;
I’m no judge, I haven't slid in 15 years, and when I did ride, I was a sloppy try hard, so it’s probably a bit rich for me to comment. &nbsp;
This debate around an athlete besmirched can be whittled down to one thing: the vagaries of judging. &nbsp;
As beautiful and gobsmacking as judged events can be, it’s a subjective bunfight and really has no place at an Olympic level. &nbsp;&nbsp;
Highest, fastest, longest, strongest, etc.&nbsp;
Measured not judged.&nbsp;
The athletes know this, are comfortable with this, and understand the complexities and perceived injustices of the process. &nbsp;&nbsp;
Yet they still compete. &nbsp;
They accept, smile, and move on.&nbsp;

D'Arcy Waldegrave: Trouble on the slopes

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Nick Palmer: Kiwi shot putter previews the International Track Meet in Christchurch

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