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Hopes 2026 Winter Olympics will be NZ's most successful ever

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Thu, 5 Feb 2026, 8:48am
(Photo by Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Hopes 2026 Winter Olympics will be NZ's most successful ever

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Publish Date
Thu, 5 Feb 2026, 8:48am

There’s cautious optimism New Zealand could achieve the country's largest medal haul at a Winter Olympics. 

17 athletes, all in various snowboard and ski disciplines, will compete at the Milan-Cortina Games starting this weekend. 

Chef de Mission Marty Toomey told Mike Hosking that recent form points towards a new frontier of success. 

He says the Snow Sports NZ crew have come off an X Games with six medals, and New Zealand took three medals in the Beijing Games, so he’s hoping they’ll get north of that. 

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