The 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games are upon us. The local breakfast TV news carried an interview with Valerie Adams, one of New Zealand’s outstanding Olympians.
Olympic champion Valerie Adams says she feels "really proud" after being named as New Zealand's flag bearer at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Adams will lead the New Zealand Commonwealth Games team into Celtic Park stadium for the opening ceremony, and says she is "quite excited" because it will be the first opening ceremony at which she will carry the New Zealand flag.
Adams says it was at the Commonwealth Games that her international career began. "I went to my first Commonwealth Games when I was 17 in 2002 and to be my fourth games this time is actually quite extraordinary."
It will be the nation's 20th appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. The New Zealand Olympic Committee registered the complete team on 8 July 2014, with 232 athletes competing at the Games across all 17 sports.(Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Diving, Gymnastics, Hockey, Judo, Lawn bowls, Netball, Rugby Sevens, Shooting, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Triathlon, Weightlifting, Wrestling)
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