Valerie Vili competed individually in shot put at the Olympics, requiring her to qualify through stringent standards and training alone. While both individual athletes and team athletes can win medals through commitment, individual sports means only one athlete receives a medal for their solo efforts. As a member of the New Zealand team, Valerie is identified by her uniform, flag, and pride in representing her country, even with a 12 hour time difference between China and New Zealand where the Olympics were held.

1. Individual sports person Valerie Vili

2. Team vs Idividual Similarities In both you can win and celebrate, Both get medals and Both feel good about winning. Both take commitment. Differences As an individual only one person gets a medal but if you go with a team more than one person gets a medal. You compete by your self as an individual. As an individual you train by yourself.

3. Preperation For Valerie to have gotten into the Olympics, she had to meet qualifying standards which took a lot of training to qualify. She already was the world champion at shot put. She carried on training every day and that’s what it takes to win gold

4. Identification as part of the NZ team Valerie is identified as a part of the New Zealand team by her black clothes, shoes, carrying the nz flag and smile on her face!!!!!

5. The time difference between China and New Zealand is 4 hours!!! The next slide has a map to show the time difference Time difference between China and NZ

7. By Bethany Millar