Tag: Gareth Kean
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Gareth Kean to take break from pool
Read The New Zealand Herald Olympic swimmer Gareth Kean has decided to take a break away from the sport but few reasons have been given for his sudden departure. The 22-year-old will miss next week’s national championships in Auckland, which double as the Commonwealth Games trial. Kean, who won a silver medal at the Delhi…
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NZ Champs: Matt Stanley takes down another Loader record
20-year-old Matthew Stanley rewrote the record books for a second straight night at the New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland tonight, which doubles as the Olympic Trials. In a class of his own in the 200 freestyle, Stanley qualfied for the London Olympics in 1:47.57, 6/100ths of a second inside the 16-year-old national record set…