Results:
Tennis - Gold
Swimming - Silver
Running - Gold
Long jump - Gold
It was a fun time in Brisbane, nice and hot, probably a little too hot for the athletes. Great team was the NZ Transplant Team along with the supporters (see below). NZ pulled together 30 medals, 14 of them Gold.
The World Transplant Games Federation has been holding international sporting events for transplant athletes for 20 years. This shows how successful transplant surgery truly is and at the same time it raises awareness of the need to increase organ and tissue (bone marrow included) donation.
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