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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Pole vaulter Olivia McTaggart has reached the world championship qualifying mark at the Diamond League athletics meet in London
     20 July 2025
    Pole vaulter Olivia McTaggart has reached the world championship qualifying mark at the Diamond League athletics meet in London
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    Running prodigy Sam Ruthe is crediting coach Craig Kirkwood after breaking his 15th national age group record since November
    14 Jul: Running prodigy Sam Ruthe is crediting coach Craig Kirkwood after breaking his 15th national age group record since November... more
    A personal best for shot putter Maddi Wesche at the Diamond League meet in Oregon
    6 Jul: A personal best for shot putter Maddi Wesche at the Diamond League meet in Oregon... more
    Kiwi athletes are warned to be careful of their attire, after a first-of-its-kind doping case
    29 Jun: Kiwi athletes are warned to be careful of their attire, after a first-of-its-kind doping case... more
    Victory for Tom Walsh in the men's shot put at the latest Diamond League event in Rome
    7 Jun: Victory for Tom Walsh in the men's shot put at the latest Diamond League event in Rome... more
    Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has placed second in the women's 100 metres at the latest World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event in Poland
    31 May: Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has placed second in the women's 100 metres at the latest World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event in Poland... more
    A rebirth of sorts for 50-metre backstroker Andrew Jeffcoat
    26 May: A rebirth of sorts for 50-metre backstroker Andrew Jeffcoat... more
    To Morocco..
    26 May: To Morocco..... more
    Shot putter Tom Walsh has recorded his best heave in more than 14 months at a meet in Zagreb, Croatia
    23 May: Shot putter Tom Walsh has recorded his best heave in more than 14 months at a meet in Zagreb, Croatia... more
    An increasing number of children are looking to alternative education following Covid
    19 May: An increasing number of children are looking to alternative education following Covid... more

     Most Popular Recent Athletics News
     10 Nov: New report calls on Queensland government to convert Brisbane 2032 athletes' village into social housing +++++++++
     23 Oct: IOC says sports events should not be hosted in Indonesia after Israeli gymnasts banned +++++++
     05 Nov: Leicester Fainga'anuku believes the switch to test rugby in the midfield isn't too daunting ++++++
     31 Oct: Multi-sport athlete Braden Currie has retired from ironman racing ++++++
     21 Oct: High jumper Hamish Kerr has been named as one of five finalists for World Athletics' field athlete of the year ++++++
     16 Nov: T100 Dubai triathlon 'technical issue' sees extra bike lap and runners stopping short +++++

     Athletics NewsLinks
      31 Oct: Why convicted doper could keep women's marathon world record (Sydney Morning Herald)
      14 Oct: Former british olympic athletics coach charged with child sex offences (BBCWorld)
      8 Oct: Samoan discus star alex rose aims for olympic medal (RadioNZ)
      4 Oct: Danielle aitchison claims sprint double at the world para athletics championships (RadioNZ)
      1 Oct: Watch: ‘gutted’ nz sprinter misses podium by 0.001sec in 'closest race ever' (Stuff.co.nz)
      29 Sep: Kiwi shot put star is a world champion again, a year after retiring (Stuff.co.nz)
      23 Sep: Hollingsworth impresses in tokyo (Sydney Morning Herald)
      22 Sep: New olympic calendar likely because of climate change, says sebastian coe (BBCWorld)
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