Eliza McCartney is visiting her old school, Belmont Primary on Auckland's North shore after arriving back in New Zealand early this morning. The 19-year-old entered the school assembly shortly before 9am beaming, her Olympic bronze medal slung around her neck. McCartney has been rushing around the city since arriving back from Rio where her underdog bronze medal win in the women's pole vaulting event launched her profile back in New Zealand. As a child McCartney also attended Vauxhall Primary school on the North Shore, where she was school mates with Kiwi pop sensation Lorde. Speaking to media this morning, McCartney said took her a while to process her Olympic bronze medal win.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 29, 2016 20:19 UTC