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 o