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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Not even a bout of long Covid could stop canoe slalom veteran Luuka Jones from being selected for her fifth Olympic Games
     13 March 2024
    Not even a bout of long Covid could stop canoe slalom veteran Luuka Jones from being selected for her fifth Olympic Games
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    Hopes the swag of medals from the World indoor athletics Championship are a harbinger for this year's Olympics
    5 Mar 2024: Hopes the swag of medals from the World indoor athletics Championship are a harbinger for this year's Olympics... more
    New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs has set a personal best in the 60 metres final at the World Athletics Indoor Champs in Glasgow...but has finished 0.01 off the podium
    3 Mar 2024: New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs has set a personal best in the 60 metres final at the World Athletics Indoor Champs in Glasgow...but has finished 0.01 off the podium... more
    A new indoor 1500 metres national record has been set by Kiwi Maia Ramsden, who's qualified for the final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow
    2 Mar 2024: A new indoor 1500 metres national record has been set by Kiwi Maia Ramsden, who's qualified for the final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow... more
    Tom Walsh has heaved his way to victory at the indoor silver tier shot put event in the Czech Republic
    21 Feb 2024: Tom Walsh has heaved his way to victory at the indoor silver tier shot put event in the Czech Republic... more
    High Performance Sport feel the cost of an appeal is worth it when it comes to the ruling made against them by the Employment Relations Authority
    20 Feb 2024: High Performance Sport feel the cost of an appeal is worth it when it comes to the ruling made against them by the Employment Relations Authority... more
    A New Zealand sports star accused of dishonestly taking a vehicle and intentional damage has appeared in court for the first time in person since he was charged
    20 Feb 2024: A New Zealand sports star accused of dishonestly taking a vehicle and intentional damage has appeared in court for the first time in person since he was charged... more
    A first offshore victory of 2024 for shot putter Tom Walsh
    14 Feb 2024: A first offshore victory of 2024 for shot putter Tom Walsh... more
    Kiwi pole vault star Eliza McCartney has produced a superb world-leading vault of 4.84 metres to triumph at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet in France
    11 Feb 2024: Kiwi pole vault star Eliza McCartney has produced a superb world-leading vault of 4.84 metres to triumph at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet in France... more
    Tom Walsh has placed second at his latest World Indoors shotput event in France
    11 Feb 2024: Tom Walsh has placed second at his latest World Indoors shotput event in France... 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
      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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