Kiwi athletes have struck gold, silver and bronze in an impressive 18-medal haul at the inaugural Out Games, which are being staged this week in Montreal, Canada. Athletes report soaring temperatures, which has made competing difficult for outdoor events. Eve Tregerthan (Wellington) GOLD 400m freestyle swimming GOLD 100m freestyle GOLD 50m butterfly SILVER 800m freestyle Cynthia Bourne (Auckland) GOLD 1500m freestyle swimming SILVER 800m freestyle BRONZE 400m freestyle Jan Nisbet (Wellington) GOLD 40km cycling road race SILVER 4.3km cycling time trial Michael Small (Auckland) GOLD 10km cross country Jools Joslin (Wellington) GOLD 5km walk race Don Barclay (Wellington) GOLD Discus Ron Judd (Auckland) GOLD 50m butterfly swimming Karen Moses (Wellington) SILVER 200m breaststroke swimming Jills Angus-Burney (Wellington) SILVER 1500m freestyle swimming Stuart Horwood (Auckland) SILVER 10km cross country Paul Andrews (ex-Wellington) BRONZE Wrestling Simon Taylor (Wellington) BRONZE Men's long jump The Out Games continue until Saturday 5 August 2006. Ref: GayNZ.com (d)
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First published: Wednesday, 2nd August 2006 - 12:00pm