Sarah’s sweet victory ‘The memory I’ll treasure forever’

When Sarah Cowley Ross is asked what her the most memorable moment from her time competing in the London 2012 Olympics was, she doesn’t skip a beat. The Kiwi athlete, originally from Rotorua, was part of the heptathlon event and had travelled to the Games alongside her family and some of her close friends.

The stadium was full, she recalls, and while it was special to know her whanau was watching, she had no idea where they were in the crowd.

“I put my blocks down for the first event – which was hurdles