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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    A personal best for shot putter Maddi Wesche at the Diamond League meet in Oregon
     6 July 2025
    A personal best for shot putter Maddi Wesche at the Diamond League meet in Oregon
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    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
    Kiwi high jumper Hamish Kerr has finished second at the latest Diamond League event in Doha
    17 May: Kiwi high jumper Hamish Kerr has finished second at the latest Diamond League event in Doha... more
    Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua is pouring cold water on the assumption athletes will make more money playing in Australia's Super Netball than the ANZ Premiership
    10 May: Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua is pouring cold water on the assumption athletes will make more money playing in Australia's Super Netball than the ANZ Premiership... 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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