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New Zealand's top-ranked swimmer Gareth Kean won the Emerging Talent Award. The 19-year-old won the 200m backstroke silver at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi - a result which also lifted him to eighth in the world. Also last year, Kean won double gold at the Junior Pacific Championships in Hawaii and three bronze medals at the 2010 Mare Nostrum, a European swimming series. Sportswoman of the Year was Commonwealth Games shot put champion, Valerie Adams. Adams is the reigning Olympic, World, and Commonwealth champion. She beat fellow Commonwealth Games medallists Nikki Hamblin, Casey Williams, Alison Shanks and Joelle King to the title. 2010 HALBERG AWARD WINNERS 2010 Halberg Award: All Whites (football) Sportsman of the Year: Richie McCaw (rugby) Sportswoman of the Year: Valerie Adams (athletics) Sports Team of the Year: All Whites (football) Coach of the Year: Ricki Herbert (football)
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