Officials at Te Papa are smiling again after a failed attempt to buy Sir Peter Snell's Olympic singlet had an unexpected golden lining today. Sir Peter lives in the southern United States' city of Dallas and could not be contacted this afternoon. "It's very exciting ... anything he's got that relates to his career obviously has a great story relating to New Zealand sporting history." Sir Peter earlier donated his third gold medal, from the 1964 games, to the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in Dunedin. We will continue to talk to Sir Peter about the opportunity.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 11, 2016 05:37 UTC