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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Hayden Wilde's got one over rival Alex Yee at the latest Super-Tri series event in Chicago
     26 August 2024
    Hayden Wilde's got one over rival Alex Yee at the latest Super-Tri series event in Chicago
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    Olympic silver medallist Maddi-Lee Wesche has finished sixth in the women's shot put at the latest Diamond League track and field meet in Lausanne
    23 Aug 2024: Olympic silver medallist Maddi-Lee Wesche has finished sixth in the women's shot put at the latest Diamond League track and field meet in Lausanne... more
    The athlete that provided one of the highlights of the Olympics has competed for the first time since the Paris Games
    22 Aug 2024: The athlete that provided one of the highlights of the Olympics has competed for the first time since the Paris Games... more
    History in the women's 400 metre Olympic hurdles, on Gold Sport..
    9 Aug 2024: History in the women's 400 metre Olympic hurdles, on Gold Sport..... more
    Eliza McCartney is certain she has more to give after finishing 6th in the Olympic Games pole vault
    8 Aug 2024: Eliza McCartney is certain she has more to give after finishing 6th in the Olympic Games pole vault... more
    Eliza McCartney has reflected on missing the chance to nab a second Olympic pole vault medal
    8 Aug 2024: Eliza McCartney has reflected on missing the chance to nab a second Olympic pole vault medal... more
    A confident Eliza McCartney after springing herself into another Olympic women's pole vaulting final
    6 Aug 2024: A confident Eliza McCartney after springing herself into another Olympic women's pole vaulting final... more
    Tom Walsh is vowing to be back - after an injury in the men's shot put final scuppered his chances of another Olympic medal
    4 Aug 2024: Tom Walsh is vowing to be back - after an injury in the men's shot put final scuppered his chances of another Olympic medal... more
    To the Olympic shot put circle...
    4 Aug 2024: To the Olympic shot put circle...... more
    Hayden Wilde has earned a silver medal after getting overtaken by long-time British rival Alex Yee around 200 metres from the end of the men's Olympic triathlon
    1 Aug 2024: Hayden Wilde has earned a silver medal after getting overtaken by long-time British rival Alex Yee around 200 metres from the end of the men's Olympic triathlon... more

     Most Popular Recent Athletics News
     01 Feb: New Zealand's teenage running star says he wants to go even faster .. after another Worlds' best ++++++++++++++++++
     09 Feb: Zoe Hobbs and Tiaan Whelpton are Poland-bound after posting world indoor athletics championships 60-metre qualifying times at the Sir Graeme Douglas International in Auckland +++++++++++++++
     13 Feb: League of their own: the NRL Indigenous All Stars vs Maori match is much more than a novelty +++++++++++++++
     09 Feb: Teenage middle distance runner Sam Ruthe intends to compete at this year's Commonwealth Games ++++++++++++
     19 Feb: Winter Olympics 2026: Dog invades cross-country skiing, Americans get engaged as Ally Hickman feels the pain — day 12 quick hits +++++++++++
     21 Feb: Some of the country's best track and field talent will be on show in Christchurch this afternoon as the city hosts it's annual International Track Meet ++++++++++
     11 Feb: What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine-made snow makes ski racing faster and riskier – and it’s everywhere ++++++++++

     Athletics NewsLinks
      2 Mar: Griffith falls just short of global podium (Sydney Morning Herald)
      24 Feb: 'closest i've felt' - hodgkinson on breaking longest-standing world record (BBCWorld)
      21 Feb: Uk athletics pleads guilty to corporate manslaughter of paralympian (BBCWorld)
      17 Feb: Was a former all black singing the national anthem really new zealand’s favourite sporting moment of 2025? (Stuff.co.nz)
      16 Feb: Regis adds to parents' legacy with first uk title (BBCWorld)
      16 Feb: Watch: athletics star sam ruthe’s little sister wins new zealand u20 race - and she’s only 14 (Stuff.co.nz)
      15 Feb: Hodgkinson smashes own indoor record and sets sights on world best (BBCWorld)
      3 Feb: Why kiwi athletics legend compares sam ruthe to edmund hillary (Stuff.co.nz)
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