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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Sprinter Tiaan Whelpton has pointed to a new training regime as the key behind breaking a 30-year-old Athletics New Zealand national record
     26 January 2025
    Sprinter Tiaan Whelpton has pointed to a new training regime as the key behind breaking a 30-year-old Athletics New Zealand national record
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    Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet has beaten the women's 5-kilometre world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at a road race in Barcelona
    1 Jan: Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet has beaten the women's 5-kilometre world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at a road race in Barcelona... more
    High Performance Sport New Zealand is putting faith in cycling in the next Olympic cycle - boosting funding for the sport by 770 thousand dollars, with canoe racing and athletics also seeing sizeable jumps in support
    18 Dec 2024: High Performance Sport New Zealand is putting faith in cycling in the next Olympic cycle - boosting funding for the sport by 770 thousand dollars, with canoe racing and athletics also seeing sizeable jumps in support... more
    Hayden Wilde's encouraged - and excited - by the prospect of more gruelling races as part of a renewed push for an Olympic gold
    16 Dec 2024: Hayden Wilde's encouraged - and excited - by the prospect of more gruelling races as part of a renewed push for an Olympic gold... more
    A podium finish for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde in his first Ironman World Championship event in Taupo
    15 Dec 2024: A podium finish for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde in his first Ironman World Championship event in Taupo... more
    Kiwi triathlete Hannah Berry is determined to end her season in style at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Taupo tomorrow
    13 Dec 2024: Kiwi triathlete Hannah Berry is determined to end her season in style at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Taupo tomorrow... more
    A four year wait is nearly over for organisers of the ironman 70.3 world championships in Taupo
    13 Dec 2024: A four year wait is nearly over for organisers of the ironman 70.3 world championships in Taupo... more
    A local rivalry will reignite this weekend when Hayden Wilde returns to the longer form of triathlon at the Ironman 70.3 world championships in Taupo
    13 Dec 2024: A local rivalry will reignite this weekend when Hayden Wilde returns to the longer form of triathlon at the Ironman 70.3 world championships in Taupo... more
    Belief the threshold for All Black Sevu Reece's discharge without conviction, would've been high
    4 Dec 2024: Belief the threshold for All Black Sevu Reece's discharge without conviction, would've been high... more
    All Black and Crusaders player Sevu Reece has been discharged without conviction, after admitting a charge of wilful damage at a Christchurch party
    3 Dec 2024: All Black and Crusaders player Sevu Reece has been discharged without conviction, after admitting a charge of wilful damage at a Christchurch party... more

     Most Popular Recent Athletics News
     16 Nov: T100 Dubai triathlon 'technical issue' sees extra bike lap and runners stopping short +++++++++
     06 Dec: Another day - another new record for a teenage running phenom ++++++
     07 Dec: Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings +++++
     01 Dec: Nicola Olyslagers and Bruce McAvaney honoured at World Athletics Awards +++++
     08 Dec: The father of Tauranga teen running sensation Sam Ruthe has paid tribute to the long-term record-holder his son has consigned to history ++++

     Athletics NewsLinks
      7 Dec: Sam ruthe shatters another national schoolboy record with stunning 800m run (Stuff.co.nz)
      1 Dec: She won gold medals and broke records in 2025. but this aussie high jumper’s year just got better (Sydney Morning Herald)
      31 Oct: Why convicted doper could keep women's marathon world record (Sydney Morning Herald)
      14 Oct: Former british olympic athletics coach charged with child sex offences (BBCWorld)
      8 Oct: Samoan discus star alex rose aims for olympic medal (RadioNZ)
      4 Oct: Danielle aitchison claims sprint double at the world para athletics championships (RadioNZ)
      1 Oct: Watch: ‘gutted’ nz sprinter misses podium by 0.001sec in 'closest race ever' (Stuff.co.nz)
      29 Sep: Kiwi shot put star is a world champion again, a year after retiring (Stuff.co.nz)
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