Sarah Murphy

Young New Zealand's biathlete Sarah Murphy is meeting expectations in the gruelling discipline, and is on target for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

New Zealand will send its first biathlete to the Olympic Winter Games after Canadian-based New Zealander Sarah Murphy was confirmed in the team this morning.

Olympic team hopeful Sarah Murphy faces a nervous wait over the next week as selectors work to confirm the team to compete in Vancouver next month.