Kiwi Rider November 2024 Vol.2 | Page 38

King , Shayne King and Josh Coppins waving the silver fern flag ), at Namur , in Belgium , in 2001 ( Daryl Hurley , Josh Coppins , Shayne King ) and at Matterley Basin , in England , in 2006 ( Josh Coppins , Cody Cooper , Ben Townley ). The Kiwis have also finished among the top-five on three other occasions – fifth in Austria in 1993 , fourth in Belgium in 2003 and fourth in France in 2005 . But the past few years have been lean times for the Kiwis . New Zealand has finished among the top 10 just three times since 2006 – they were eighth in England in 2008 , eighth in the United States in 2010 and eighth in France in 2015 . The United States is set to host the MXoN next year , at the Ironman Raceway , just outside Crawfordsville in Indianapolis , and New Zealand will then again hope to return and attempt to rekindle a few of those past glories .
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