This will forever be remembered as the year in which a sporting legend was brought down. American Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor and multiple Tour de France winner, was crushed by an inquiry into doping.

Former Olympic gold medallist Rob Waddell has been named as New Zealand Olympic Committee Chef de Mission, taking over from Dave Currie.

Olympic shot put champion Valerie Adams and Raylene Bates are still friends, embracing each other when they met for the first time since the London Games.

Valerie Adams has ruled out boxing her cheating Belarusian nemesis once and for all.

"This is more than I expected" said Valerie Adams, as she finally received the gold medal she was entitled to at the London 2012 Games.

In an emotional ceremony at The Cloud on Auckland's waterfront, champion shot putter Valerie Adams has been presented with her long-awaited gold medal.

Live blogging from Auckland, where golden girl Valerie Adams will finally receive her Olympic gold medal.

A beaming Valerie Adams has been embraced by family and adorned with lei in a triumphant return to Auckland ahead of her Olympic gold medal ceremony tonight.

Kiwis are being encouraged to head to Auckland's waterfront tonight to watch celebratory fireworks in honour of shot-putter Valerie Adams' Olympic gold medal ceremony.

The medal ceremony for Valerie Adams is to be held in front of a select audience of competition winners and VIPs, despite calls for a public celebration of her gold victory.

The claim from the coach of Belarusian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk that he spiked her food with steroids emits a stench worse than any rotting egg.

Fiona Southorn has claimed NZ's first medal at the Paralympics with a bronze in the C5 women's Individual Pursuit.

Social media editor Troy Rawhiti-Forbes looks at the athletes and organisations who win gold at the Socialympics.