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New Zealand will have a triple jumper at an Olympics this year, for the first time since 1960 in Rome

New Zealand will have a triple jumper at an Olympics this year, for the first time since 1960 in Rome

19 April 2024

18-year-old Ethan Olivier has been named for the upcoming Paris Games, among a 15-strong athletics team.

The contingent is headed by recent world indoor championship gold medallists, high jumper Hamish Kerr and middle-distance runner Geordie Beamish, who will make his Games debut.

Sprinter Zoe Hobbs will also debut.

Eliza McCartney's confirmed for her return, while fellow pole vaulters Olivia McTaggart and Imogen Ayris are selected subject to performance conditions.

Shot put trio Tom Walsh, Jacko Gill and Maddi Wesche, and 1500 metre runner Sam Tanner also feature - as do discus thrower Connor Bell and javelin hurler Tori Peeters.

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21 Oct: High jumper Hamish Kerr has been named as one of five finalists for World Athletics' field athlete of the year

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06 Oct: New Zealand's finished with seven medals - three gold, two silver and two bronze - at the para athletics world championships in New Delhi

04 Oct: Danielle Aitchison has claimed women's T36 200 metres gold at the World Para Athletics Champs for a third straight year

03 Oct: Eight athletes have been conditionally selected to represent New Zealand at the 20-26 Winter Olympics in Italy

01 Oct: Danielle Aitchison has won the 100 metres T36 final at the para athletics world championships in New Delhi

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