Master Kesi O'Neill believes his daughter Rhiannon can gain selection for next year's Oceania Olympic Taekwondo qualifying tournament. And he isn't just speaking as a proud dad.
Master Kesi is the New Zealand mens' taekwondo coach and thinks his daughter and Auckland's Andrea Kilday are in the box seat for New Zealand's two women's spots at the qualifiers.
The pair recently returned from the Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Kilday with a gold medal in the under 46kg division, and O'Neill with silver from the under 62kg division - with five other New Zealand athletes who all won medals.
It was a history-making Pacific Games, the first to feature New Zealand and Australian athletes.
O'Neill, the long-time under 62kg New Zealand champion and highly-qualified second dan black-belt holder, finished second to 2013 world champion, Australian Carmen Marton. But she did finish one position better than her previous appearance at the games when, in 2007 representing Samoa, she took bronze.