Olympics Countdown: 31 days to go!
Did you know that athletics is the biggest Olympic sport? A massive 2000 athletes will compete across a range of track, field and road events. These include sprints, hurdles, relays, shot put, high jump, pole vault and marathons. It’s an extremely technical sport and athletes have to be very precise with their performance in order to win. It’s also a lot of fun – many of you may have given these sports a go on your school athletics days.
One of our most well known field athletes is Valerie Adams who has won an amazing three world titles in Shot Put – two Commonwealth Games gold medals and an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing games. Check out this Olympic profile on Valerie Adams to find out more information and to see some amazing shot put action shots.
Come along to the library for our free school holiday activities all about Paralympics and Olympics 2012. Meet a Paralympian and try out their special sporting equipment! For more information phone 499 4444 or visit us online.