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      Home > News > Sports > Athletics

    Alana Barber will have to break new boundaries if she's to be hot stepping it to Tokyo

    Alana Barber will have to break new boundaries if she's to be hot stepping it to Tokyo


    The kiwi race-walker must break 91 minutes in the 20km distance to qualify automatically for this year's Olympics.



    She finished outside that time at the Oceania championships over the weekend.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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