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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    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 August 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
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    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
    Jo Aleh and Aaron Gate have been confirmed as the athletes who will lead New Zealand at tomorrow morning's Olympics Opening Ceremony in Paris
    26 Jul 2024: Jo Aleh and Aaron Gate have been confirmed as the athletes who will lead New Zealand at tomorrow morning's Olympics Opening Ceremony in Paris... more
    Back-to-back Diamond League gold medals for high jumper Hamish Kerr heading into the Paris Olympics
    21 Jul 2024: Back-to-back Diamond League gold medals for high jumper Hamish Kerr heading into the Paris Olympics... more
    New Zealand Cricket admits the women's domestic system needs change in order to adequately prepare athletes for international cricket
    19 Jul 2024: New Zealand Cricket admits the women's domestic system needs change in order to adequately prepare athletes for international cricket... more
    Sprinter Danielle Aitchison has been selected to the New Zealand team for the Paris Paralympics
    5 Jul 2024: Sprinter Danielle Aitchison has been selected to the New Zealand team for the Paris Paralympics... more
    Ainsley Thorpe's ready to erase the disappointment of her debut Olympics
    24 Jun 2024: Ainsley Thorpe's ready to erase the disappointment of her debut Olympics... more
    The New Zealand triathlon team to compete at the Paris Olympics has been named
    24 Jun 2024: The New Zealand triathlon team to compete at the Paris Olympics has been named... more
    Jonny Brownlee has been left out of Great Britain's triathlon team for the Paris Olympics, marking the end of an era
    20 Jun 2024: Jonny Brownlee has been left out of Great Britain's triathlon team for the Paris Olympics, marking the end of an era... 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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