It was a night of celebration and emotion as the Governor General of New Zealand placed the Olympic Gold medal around Valerie Adams neck at a public gathering in Auckland on Wednesday evening. His Excellency and Patron of the New Zealand Olympic Committee Sir Jerry Mateparae said that an audience of four and half … [Read more...]
Adams awarded Gold
August 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Valerie Adams has been awarded the gold medal for shot put at the London Olympic Games. The announcement comes after Belarus’s Nadzeya Ostapchuk tested positive for the steroid metenolone in a urine sample. Ostapchuk’s positive test means the 31-year-old has been stripped of her medal, which now passes to Adams. Adams … [Read more...]