Val: 'I do this for you'
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.
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Live blog: Valerie Adams' ceremony
Live blogging from Auckland, where golden girl Valerie Adams will finally receive her Olympic gold medal.
Athletics: Golden girl touches down
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.
Val’s medal party 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.
Adams to get her gold
Olympic champion Valerie Adams will receive her gold medal in a public ceremony in Auckland next week, the New Zealand Olympic Committee has confirmed.
Athletics: Adams sends records tumbling
Valerie Adams has crushed her rivals in the women's shot put in the Diamond League meeting in Zurich.
Adams may be facing long wait for gold
Olympic shot-put champion Valerie Adams is steeling herself for what could be a long wait to get her hands on her gold medal