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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Fourth for Zoe Hobbs in the 60 metres final at an indoor grand prix event in Boston
     3 February 2025
    Fourth for Zoe Hobbs in the 60 metres final at an indoor grand prix event in Boston
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    Teenage middle distance runner Samuel Ruthe's become the youngest man to win a national senior track and field title
    2 Feb: Teenage middle distance runner Samuel Ruthe's become the youngest man to win a national senior track and field title... more
    New Zealand's triple jump brothers have made a solid start to the season at the Capital Classic athletics meet in Wellington
    30 Jan: New Zealand's triple jump brothers have made a solid start to the season at the Capital Classic athletics meet in Wellington... more
    Sprinter Tiaan Whelpton claims he's under quality supervision looking towards the 2028 Olympics
    28 Jan: Sprinter Tiaan Whelpton claims he's under quality supervision looking towards the 2028 Olympics... more
    Sprinter Tiaan Whelpton has pointed to a new training regime as the key behind breaking a 30-year-old Athletics New Zealand national record
    26 Jan: Sprinter Tiaan Whelpton has pointed to a new training regime as the key behind breaking a 30-year-old Athletics New Zealand national record... more
    Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet has beaten the women's 5-kilometre world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at a road race in Barcelona
    1 Jan: Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet has beaten the women's 5-kilometre world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at a road race in Barcelona... more
    High Performance Sport New Zealand is putting faith in cycling in the next Olympic cycle - boosting funding for the sport by 770 thousand dollars, with canoe racing and athletics also seeing sizeable jumps in support
    18 Dec 2024: High Performance Sport New Zealand is putting faith in cycling in the next Olympic cycle - boosting funding for the sport by 770 thousand dollars, with canoe racing and athletics also seeing sizeable jumps in support... more
    Hayden Wilde's encouraged - and excited - by the prospect of more gruelling races as part of a renewed push for an Olympic gold
    16 Dec 2024: Hayden Wilde's encouraged - and excited - by the prospect of more gruelling races as part of a renewed push for an Olympic gold... more
    A podium finish for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde in his first Ironman World Championship event in Taupo
    15 Dec 2024: A podium finish for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde in his first Ironman World Championship event in Taupo... more
    Kiwi triathlete Hannah Berry is determined to end her season in style at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Taupo tomorrow
    13 Dec 2024: Kiwi triathlete Hannah Berry is determined to end her season in style at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Taupo tomorrow... 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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