{"id":114542,"date":"2025-11-02T20:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/114542\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:32:08","slug":"gold-medal-winning-black-fern-sarah-hirini-announces-pregnancy-due-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/114542\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold medal winning Black Fern Sarah Hirini announces pregnancy, due next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">She was part of the Black Ferns\u2019 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cup winning teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">Hirini also won gold medals in the 2024 and 2020 Olympics and a silver medal in Rio 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">In December 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/olympics\/olympics-2024-how-sarah-hirini-defied-medical-science-to-engineer-black-ferns-sevens-gold\/A4WRXIRSKRAORGTHODNNPQ3IOQ\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/olympics\/olympics-2024-how-sarah-hirini-defied-medical-science-to-engineer-black-ferns-sevens-gold\/A4WRXIRSKRAORGTHODNNPQ3IOQ\/\">the Black Ferns captain tore her ACL<\/a>, an injury which can take up to a year to heal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">However, through an extensive rehabilitation routine, she was selected to be a part of the team to pick up back-to-back gold medals. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">In the 2024 final against Canada, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/olympics\/olympics-2024-black-ferns-sevens-great-sarah-hirini-suffered-facial-fractures-in-gold-medal-triumph\/3BG3IIP4ARGT5F2TRLIG7BQH7U\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/olympics\/olympics-2024-black-ferns-sevens-great-sarah-hirini-suffered-facial-fractures-in-gold-medal-triumph\/3BG3IIP4ARGT5F2TRLIG7BQH7U\/\">she took a knock in the face<\/a> during the game, but kept playing and provided the assist for Stacey Waaka to score the winning try.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">A scan the following day revealed Hirini had suffered multiple fractures in the face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI promise it was one of the happiest days of my life,\u201d wrote Hirini at the time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBut I was in some amount of pain from the knock I got on my cheek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe next day after scans we found out that I have multiple fractures in my face, thankfully not requiring anything other than some rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She was part of the Black Ferns\u2019 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cup winning teams. 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