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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    A stunning effort from rising New Zealand middle-distance runner Maia Ramsden in the US this morning
     19 May 2024
    A stunning effort from rising New Zealand middle-distance runner Maia Ramsden in the US this morning
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    It's a two-way street when it comes to the oval-ball code competition for New Zealand's leading female athletes
    7 May 2024: It's a two-way street when it comes to the oval-ball code competition for New Zealand's leading female athletes... more
    Hamish Kerr has won the high hump event at the latest Diamond League tournament in Shanghai
    28 Apr 2024: Hamish Kerr has won the high hump event at the latest Diamond League tournament in Shanghai... more
    Discus thrower Connor Bell is fizzed after a perfect few days culminated in Olympic selection
    23 Apr 2024: Discus thrower Connor Bell is fizzed after a perfect few days culminated in Olympic selection... more
    Black Ferns coach Allan Bunting is adamant the league-union women's athlete poaching competition works both ways
    23 Apr 2024: Black Ferns coach Allan Bunting is adamant the league-union women's athlete poaching competition works both ways... more
    Two New Zealand athletes are celebrating podium places at the first Diamond League meet of 2024 in China
    21 Apr 2024: Two New Zealand athletes are celebrating podium places at the first Diamond League meet of 2024 in China... more
    New Zealand will have a triple jumper at an Olympics this year, for the first time since 1960 in Rome
    19 Apr 2024: New Zealand will have a triple jumper at an Olympics this year, for the first time since 1960 in Rome... more
    For the first time, a Kiwi swimmer has clocked a 50 metre freestyle time of less than 22 seconds
    13 Apr 2024: For the first time, a Kiwi swimmer has clocked a 50 metre freestyle time of less than 22 seconds... more
    Athletics has become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics - individual gold medallists at the Paris Games will pocket 84 thousand dollars
    11 Apr 2024: Athletics has become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics - individual gold medallists at the Paris Games will pocket 84 thousand dollars... more
    A couple of New Zealand's top throwers are frustrated despite being in national title winning form at the track and field championships in Wellington
    17 Mar 2024: A couple of New Zealand's top throwers are frustrated despite being in national title winning form at the track and field championships in Wellington... more

     Most Popular Recent Athletics News
     19 Dec: The University of Philippines' dragon boat athletes are unpaid, but driven by community pride +++++++++++++++++++++++
     07 Dec: Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings +++++++++
     21 Dec: Teenage runner Sam Ruthe has set two New Zealand age-group records at the "Night of Fives" meet in Auckland ++++++++
     08 Dec: The father of Tauranga teen running sensation Sam Ruthe has paid tribute to the long-term record-holder his son has consigned to history +++++++
     13 Dec: It's been a wild payday for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde ...pocketing almost four hundred thousand dollars for finishing the T100 season in perfect style +++++++
     13 Dec: Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde has only just won the first world title of his career...but he's already looking ahead to next season's T100 World Championship +++++++
     13 Dec: New T100 World Champion Hayden Wilde is adamant he didn't feel under pressure to win a first-ever triathlon world title ++++++

     Athletics NewsLinks
      19 Dec: Fri, 19 Dec 2025: Halberg award finalists revealed, athletics and snow sports dominate (Stuff.co.nz)
      13 Dec: Sat, 13 Dec 2025: Dopers are beating system – athletics integrity chief (BBCWorld)
      7 Dec: Sun, 7 Dec 2025: Sam ruthe shatters another national schoolboy record with stunning 800m run (Stuff.co.nz)
      1 Dec: Mon, 1 Dec 2025: She won gold medals and broke records in 2025. but this aussie high jumper’s year just got better (Sydney Morning Herald)
      31 Oct: Fri, 31 Oct 2025: Why convicted doper could keep women's marathon world record (Sydney Morning Herald)
      14 Oct: Tue, 14 Oct 2025: Former british olympic athletics coach charged with child sex offences (BBCWorld)
      8 Oct: Wed, 8 Oct 2025: Samoan discus star alex rose aims for olympic medal (RadioNZ)
      4 Oct: Sat, 4 Oct 2025: Danielle aitchison claims sprint double at the world para athletics championships (RadioNZ)
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