Chess Olympiad disappointment for NZ

The Dresden Olympiad finished with New Zealand, seeded 71st in the open section, ending in 97th place, a disappointing performance. They had a bad first round loss against Trinidad and Tobago, but then seemed to stage a recovery, culminating in a victory against 29th seed Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 7th round. After this New Zealand were unfortunately pitted against the big guys, the incredibly strong Ukrainian team (0-4), then Georgia (0-4), Turkey (0.5-3.5), and Brazil (1-3). I think they can consider themselves unlucky to continue to have had such strong opposition. Individual performances were not that great, apart from Roger Nokes' astonishing start with 5/5, a rating performance of 2723. This was followed by a draw and 4 losses, but still, he was the only player who managed to perform above his rating. Russell Dive, so invincible at our own club, scored 2/8, but the worst performance was Bob Smith with 0.5/8, and a rating performance of 1790.
On the plus side, the women's team, led by Helen Milligan, outperformed their seeding, finishing in 62nd place, with Australia 1 place below. Helen and Judy Gao both improved their ratings in the process.