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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has started 2024 on the right track after winning the women's 100 metres at the Potts Classic in Hastings
     21 January 2024
    Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has started 2024 on the right track after winning the women's 100 metres at the Potts Classic in Hastings
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    Kiwi middle distance runner Sam Tanner's revealed his plan to reach peak physical condition at this year's Paris Olympics
    9 Jan 2024: Kiwi middle distance runner Sam Tanner's revealed his plan to reach peak physical condition at this year's Paris Olympics... more
    Middle-distance runner Sam Tanner has detailed an improvement checklist as he targets two goals in Olympic year
    9 Jan 2024: Middle-distance runner Sam Tanner has detailed an improvement checklist as he targets two goals in Olympic year... more
    Olympic year has dawned, but New Zealand 1500-metre hope Sam Tanner's got another title he's chasing
    9 Jan 2024: Olympic year has dawned, but New Zealand 1500-metre hope Sam Tanner's got another title he's chasing... more
    High jumper Hamish Kerr has explained his new mental skills strategy after a pleasing start to Olympic year
    7 Jan 2024: High jumper Hamish Kerr has explained his new mental skills strategy after a pleasing start to Olympic year... more
    High jumper Hamish Kerr has set a stadium record at track and field's Lovelock Classic in Timaru
    6 Jan 2024: High jumper Hamish Kerr has set a stadium record at track and field's Lovelock Classic in Timaru... more
    Shot putter Tom Walsh is relieved to have aligned his high-performance athlete schedule with the Christmas break
    25 Dec 2023: Shot putter Tom Walsh is relieved to have aligned his high-performance athlete schedule with the Christmas break... more
    Hopes Hamish Kerr can leap to new heights next year under coach James Sandilands
    21 Dec 2023: Hopes Hamish Kerr can leap to new heights next year under coach James Sandilands... more
    Confirmation New Zealand athlete Braden Currie has successfully secured his qualification for the Ironman World Championships 70.3 to be held in Taupo next year
    10 Dec 2023: Confirmation New Zealand athlete Braden Currie has successfully secured his qualification for the Ironman World Championships 70.3 to be held in Taupo next year... more
    An opportunity to compete in a half ironman in Taupo has been too good to pass up for Methven's Braden Currie
    8 Dec 2023: An opportunity to compete in a half ironman in Taupo has been too good to pass up for Methven's Braden Currie... 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 +++++++++
     06 Aug: Athletics New Zealand has confirmed it's largest ever team for a World Para Championships ++++++++
     18 Aug: A close knit team is being pinpointed as a winning formula for high jumper Hamish Kerr +++++
     13 Aug: Tom Walsh has finished second in the shot put at the World Continental Gold Tour event at Budapest +++
     21 Aug: To the latest athletics meet in Lausanne, Switzerland.. +++

     Athletics NewsLinks
      17 Aug: This australian runner just set a new national record. she thinks it’s ‘pretty sick’ (Sydney Morning Herald)
      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)
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