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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Para-athlete Holly Robinson has decided to put down her javelin for good
     7 September 2024
    Para-athlete Holly Robinson has decided to put down her javelin for good
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    Swimmer Cameron Leslie is staying optimistic despite missing out on a medal in the men's S4 50-metre freestyle final at the Paralympics in Paris
    7 Sep 2024: Swimmer Cameron Leslie is staying optimistic despite missing out on a medal in the men's S4 50-metre freestyle final at the Paralympics in Paris... more
    Paralympian Will Stedman is ruing the leap that got away
    3 Sep 2024: Paralympian Will Stedman is ruing the leap that got away... more
    Hayden Wilde's got one over rival Alex Yee at the latest Super-Tri series event in Chicago
    26 Aug 2024: Hayden Wilde's got one over rival Alex Yee at the latest Super-Tri series event in Chicago... more
    Olympic silver medallist Maddi-Lee Wesche has finished sixth in the women's shot put at the latest Diamond League track and field meet in Lausanne
    23 Aug 2024: Olympic silver medallist Maddi-Lee Wesche has finished sixth in the women's shot put at the latest Diamond League track and field meet in Lausanne... more
    The athlete that provided one of the highlights of the Olympics has competed for the first time since the Paris Games
    22 Aug 2024: The athlete that provided one of the highlights of the Olympics has competed for the first time since the Paris Games... more
    History in the women's 400 metre Olympic hurdles, on Gold Sport..
    9 Aug 2024: History in the women's 400 metre Olympic hurdles, on Gold Sport..... more
    Eliza McCartney is certain she has more to give after finishing 6th in the Olympic Games pole vault
    8 Aug 2024: Eliza McCartney is certain she has more to give after finishing 6th in the Olympic Games pole vault... more
    Eliza McCartney has reflected on missing the chance to nab a second Olympic pole vault medal
    8 Aug 2024: Eliza McCartney has reflected on missing the chance to nab a second Olympic pole vault medal... more
    A confident Eliza McCartney after springing herself into another Olympic women's pole vaulting final
    6 Aug 2024: A confident Eliza McCartney after springing herself into another Olympic women's pole vaulting final... 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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