Nelson sprinter Alex Jordan, winner of the 400m yesterday, made it two gold medals yesterday as he captured the 200 metres at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney.
Facing a strong headwind, an outside lane and battling the effects of heatstroke from the previous day, odds were against the teenager.
But the 16-year-old drove himself to succeed, taking the gold in 22.13 seconds.
"I'm going to get myself to the front and they just won't be able to catch me," he said as he headed to the start of the race.
It was the second gold of the day for the New Zealand athletics team and came on the back of an outstanding effort by Waikato Diocesan School student Julia Ratcliffe, 15, who won gold and broke the AYOF record in the hammer with a throw of 51.94.
Team Manager, Stephen Willis, heaped praise on the young Hamilton athlete.
"She handled the pressure extraordinarily well," he said. "Her first two throws were out there but she gathered her wits and came on strongly for her third. She then blitzed it on her fourth and that was a record and gold."
She threw almost 52 metres, the first time she's gone beyond the 50m mark.
A total of six gold medals were won by New Zealanders at the AYOF yesterday, chef de mission Barry Larsen rating the haul as a top-class effort.
Yesterday's golds:
Athletics - Alex Jordan, 200m
Athletics - Julia Ratcliffe, hammer throw (new AYOF record 51.94)
Equestrian- Team jumping
Rowing - Leah Stanley, women's single sculls
Rowing - Julia Edwards and Julia Trauvett, lightweight double sculls
Triathlon, Team Relay - Men
Medal tally, January 17 - 10 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze (34)
NZPA