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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Middle-distance runner Sam Tanner has detailed an improvement checklist as he targets two goals in Olympic year
     9 January 2024
    Middle-distance runner Sam Tanner has detailed an improvement checklist as he targets two goals in Olympic year
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    Olympic year has dawned, but New Zealand 1500-metre hope Sam Tanner's got another title he's chasing
    9 Jan 2024: Olympic year has dawned, but New Zealand 1500-metre hope Sam Tanner's got another title he's chasing... more
    High jumper Hamish Kerr has explained his new mental skills strategy after a pleasing start to Olympic year
    7 Jan 2024: High jumper Hamish Kerr has explained his new mental skills strategy after a pleasing start to Olympic year... more
    High jumper Hamish Kerr has set a stadium record at track and field's Lovelock Classic in Timaru
    6 Jan 2024: High jumper Hamish Kerr has set a stadium record at track and field's Lovelock Classic in Timaru... more
    Shot putter Tom Walsh is relieved to have aligned his high-performance athlete schedule with the Christmas break
    25 Dec 2023: Shot putter Tom Walsh is relieved to have aligned his high-performance athlete schedule with the Christmas break... more
    Hopes Hamish Kerr can leap to new heights next year under coach James Sandilands
    21 Dec 2023: Hopes Hamish Kerr can leap to new heights next year under coach James Sandilands... more
    Confirmation New Zealand athlete Braden Currie has successfully secured his qualification for the Ironman World Championships 70.3 to be held in Taupo next year
    10 Dec 2023: Confirmation New Zealand athlete Braden Currie has successfully secured his qualification for the Ironman World Championships 70.3 to be held in Taupo next year... more
    An opportunity to compete in a half ironman in Taupo has been too good to pass up for Methven's Braden Currie
    8 Dec 2023: An opportunity to compete in a half ironman in Taupo has been too good to pass up for Methven's Braden Currie... more
    There's just one goal in mind for long distance triathlete Braden Currie as he lines up in tomorrow's Taupo half ironman
    8 Dec 2023: There's just one goal in mind for long distance triathlete Braden Currie as he lines up in tomorrow's Taupo half ironman... more
    A Kiwi sports star charged with dishonestly taking a vehicle and intentional damage is keeping his name suppression -- for now
    7 Dec 2023: A Kiwi sports star charged with dishonestly taking a vehicle and intentional damage is keeping his name suppression -- for now... more

     Most Popular Recent Athletics News
     26 Jul: It may only be around 6 degrees in Wellington currently but that's not stopping emergency service staff and athletes from taking part in a polar plunge for a special cause ++++++++++
     10 Aug: A hint of rust from triathlete Hayden Wilde during his victorious return at the latest T100 race in London +++++++++
     04 Aug: Track and field has turned into a contact sport at the US Athletics Championships in Oregon ++++++++
     20 Jul: Pole vaulter Olivia McTaggart has rubber stamped her attendance at September's world athletics championships ++++++++
     20 Jul: Pole vaulter Olivia McTaggart has reached the world championship qualifying mark at the Diamond League athletics meet in London ++++++++
     06 Aug: Athletics New Zealand has confirmed it's largest ever team for a World Para Championships +++++++
     13 Aug: Tom Walsh has finished second in the shot put at the World Continental Gold Tour event at Budapest ++

     Athletics NewsLinks
      7 Aug: My 30-year-old world record is 'not a good sign for athletics', says jonathan edwards (BBCWorld)
      5 Aug: Beloved ex-wellington college teacher and athletics coach neville paul dies (NZ Herald)
      3 Aug: Hughes and hunt win british 100m titles (BBCWorld)
      31 Jul: ‘gender cannot trump biology’: world athletics introduce mandatory gender test (Sydney Morning Herald)
      31 Jul: World athletics introduces gene test for female category (BBCWorld)
      28 Jul: Japanese teen shatters 100m record (Sydney Morning Herald)
      23 Jul: Us olympic, paralympic officials bar transwomen from women’s sports (Stuff.co.nz)
      20 Jul: Pole vault: kiwi olivia mctaggart shines with career-best 4.73m win in diamond league (NZ Herald)
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