Welcome to the Kiwi Kids News daily round up of the Tokyo Olympic Games. These Olympics will see round 11,000 athletes from 205 nations competing in the 339 events on offer, across 33 sports. New Zealand has a team of 211 athletes competing.
Scroll down to see the action from today.
KIWI ATHLETES IN ACTION – 22nd July
Football (Men) Group B – Game 1 v Korea
Men’s Football
Our men’s football team – the Oly Whites – have had an excellent win against South Korea.
New Zealand won 1-0 with Chris Wood scoring in the 71st minute.
This is New Zealand’s first Olympic football win. In the past The Oly Whites have managed a draw with China and Egypt respectively.
The Oly Whites next game is against Honduras in Round 2.
