Otago's rising swimmers made a commanding statement by winning 16 medals and breaking four Otago records at the national age group championships recently.
Tokyo bronze medallist Dylan Schmidt will be on the hunt for a medal of a different colour when he competes for New Zealand at the Olympic Games later this year.
An emotional Kelly Slater has called time on his legendary surfing career, with current world No 1 Griffin Colapinto saying all surfers owe him for his contribution to the sport.
World champion Erika Fairweather rightly gets a lot of the attention. But another Dunedin swimmer provided one of the great stories at the national championships.