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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Olympic champion high jumper Hamish Kerr headlines a 12-strong New Zealand squad named for the World Indoor Athletics Championships in China in just over a weeks time
     12 March 2025
    Olympic champion high jumper Hamish Kerr headlines a 12-strong New Zealand squad named for the World Indoor Athletics Championships in China in just over a weeks time
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    A Sam-squared 1500 metre finish at the track and field national championships hasn't come as a complete surprise to the man who coaches both runners
    9 Mar: A Sam-squared 1500 metre finish at the track and field national championships hasn't come as a complete surprise to the man who coaches both runners... more
    Tom Walsh is keeping a duel for national bragging rights in perspective ahead of a big month in the shot put circle
    8 Mar: Tom Walsh is keeping a duel for national bragging rights in perspective ahead of a big month in the shot put circle... more
    A belief any dust has been swept out of the shot put circle for Tom Walsh
    8 Mar: A belief any dust has been swept out of the shot put circle for Tom Walsh... more
    A welcome sight for Tom Walsh as he bids to become a national champion again in men's shot put
    8 Mar: A welcome sight for Tom Walsh as he bids to become a national champion again in men's shot put... more
    Maddi-Lee Wesche has defended her senior women's shot put title at the Track and Field Nationals in Dunedin
    7 Mar: Maddi-Lee Wesche has defended her senior women's shot put title at the Track and Field Nationals in Dunedin... more
    Olympic champion Hamish Kerr has only had himself to compete against at the International Track Meet in Christchurch
    22 Feb: Olympic champion Hamish Kerr has only had himself to compete against at the International Track Meet in Christchurch... more
    Delight from Snow Sports New Zealand CEO Nic Cavanagh over the recent success of Kiwi snow athletes on the world stage
    22 Feb: Delight from Snow Sports New Zealand CEO Nic Cavanagh over the recent success of Kiwi snow athletes on the world stage... more
    Dame Lydia Ko has been named New Zealand's top sportsperson, winning the supreme Halberg award at a function in Auckland - the golfer won Olympic gold and triumphed at the British Open
    19 Feb: Dame Lydia Ko has been named New Zealand's top sportsperson, winning the supreme Halberg award at a function in Auckland - the golfer won Olympic gold and triumphed at the British Open... more
    To Abu Dhabi..
    16 Feb: To Abu Dhabi..... 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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