Casual comment over beers leads to free helicopter rideJAMIE TROUGHTON/DSCRIBE Tauranga's Mike Dawson and Great Britain's Joe Clarke were offered a free helicopter ride if either won an Olympic medal in kayaking. Tauranga Olympic kayaker Mike Dawson may not have got a podium finish, but thanks to Great Britain's Joe Clarke, he will get a free helicopter ride. Jamie Squire/ Getty Images Tauranga's Olympic kayaker Mike Dawson didn't make the podium, but fellow kayaker Joe Clarke did. Jamie Troughton Mike Dawson on the water. It was not the first time Olympians had used the Whataroa River for pre-tournament training, Hill said.

Source: Stuff August 13, 2016 01:30 UTC