Firefighters climb Sky Tower To mark 9/11

                                  Kiwi kid :
About 160 firefighters have climbed the Sky Tower in Auckland to honour their New York counterparts who died in September 11 terror attacks. Today marks the 15th anniversary of the attacks and New Zealand is one of the first countries to pay tribute.  Firefighters traveled from around New Zealand to climb the Sky Tower's 1100 steps , many of them wearing their full uniforms. The American flag at the US Embassy and Consulate in Wellington has been lowered remembrance today.
   

Typhoon hits Tokyo

A typhoon bringing heavy rain and wild gusts  of up to 180 km/h has hit japan's capital, Tokyo.
At least two people have died and 29 people have been injured in the storm. Typhoon Mindule made a direct hit on Tokyo around midday on Monday. Many airlines have cancelled their flights across Japan. 400 flights have been cancelled so far. A typhoon is an extremely large , powerful and destructive storm that occurs especially in the region of the Philippines or the China Sea. 

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Digging for Gold

Ruapotaka Mini Olympics

On Friday the 19th of August at Ruapotaka School we made our own mini Olympics.

After lunch some of the parents came to watch us. I was the flag bearer for Russia. After the Opening Ceremony finished, we had 4 rotations. The events we played were the gumboot throw , long jump , Badminton and javelin. After the siren went off, we all lined up for the closing ceremony, awarded medals to those who did well and sang the New Zealand national anthem.

Mini Olympics - Russia

Here is my Mini Olympic presentation.

Bolt world's fastest man

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has won the 100m final at Rio Olympics.

The result confirms Bolt as the world's greatest sprinter after he claimed his third succeeding gold medal in the event. Bolt crossed the finish line in a season's best time of 9.81 seconds, with American Justin Gatlin just seven hundredths of a second slower to win sliver. Canada's Andre DeGrasses took bronze. The win takes Bolt a step closer to his goal of winning a historic triple-triple, which is the mix of winning gold in the 100m, 200m , and the 4x100m relay in three straight Olympics.

The men's 200m sprint heats get under way on Wednesday.

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Drysdale wins gold in photo finish

Mahy Drysdale has won the men's single sculls at the Rio Olympics.

The kiwi collected our gold second medal of the Games with a dramatic photo finish victory. Drysdale went to the final as the defending Olympic champion and title favourite. However , Croatia's Damir Martin had other plans. The Croatian led the field by a boat length after 1000m but by the 1500m mark Drysdale was in front and he appeared to have the race under control. But a amazing burst by Croatian falsely beating Drysdale right on the line.

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