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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 January 2025

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

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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

A four year wait is nearly over for organisers of the ironman 70.3 world championships in Taupo
	13 Dec 2024: A four year wait is nearly over for organisers of the ironman 70.3 world championships in Taupo... more

A local rivalry will reignite this weekend when Hayden Wilde returns to the longer form of triathlon at the Ironman 70.3 world championships in Taupo
	13 Dec 2024: A local rivalry will reignite this weekend when Hayden Wilde returns to the longer form of triathlon at the Ironman 70.3 world championships in Taupo... more

Belief the threshold for All Black Sevu Reece's discharge without conviction, would've been high
	4 Dec 2024: Belief the threshold for All Black Sevu Reece's discharge without conviction, would've been high... more

All Black and Crusaders player Sevu Reece has been discharged without conviction, after admitting a charge of wilful damage at a Christchurch party
	3 Dec 2024: All Black and Crusaders player Sevu Reece has been discharged without conviction, after admitting a charge of wilful damage at a Christchurch party... more

Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee has retired from triathlon
	22 Nov 2024: Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee has retired from triathlon... more

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