19 Aug 2010

New Zealand wins second medal at Youth Olympics

6:52 pm on 19 August 2010

New Zealand's won its second medal at the Youth Olympics in Singapore, competing as part of an Oceania team to and finishing second in the triathlon team's event.

New Zealanders Aaron Barclay and Maddie Dillon combined with two Australian triathletes, to finish behind gold medal winners Europe.

The race involved teams of four, two male and two female, with each athlete completing a 250m swim, 6.6km bike and 1.7km run.

Barclay earlier won the men's individial triathlon gold medal.