Walsh finished third at the World Championships in Doha after breaking and then losing the competition record with a personal best throw of 22.90 metres.

Walsh says it's given him extra motivation for 2020.

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27 Feb: Pole vaulter Eliza McCartney continues to have faith she can qualify for the Olympics, despite barely competing in the past two years

24 Feb: Nick Willis concedes he may have retired, if not for this year's Olympics

24 Feb: Dame Valerie Adams is managing to see the positive side to a second-place finish at the Sir Graeme Douglas International track and field meet in Auckland

23 Feb: Kiwi shot putter Tom Walsh's calling for a loud crowd at today's Sir Graeme Douglas athletics meet in West Uackland

16 Feb: A couple of monster heaves has seen Julia Ratcliffe break New Zealand and Oceania records twice at the Porritt Classic athletics meet in Hamilton

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

09 Feb: European champion Armand Duplantis has set a pole vault world record at a World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting in Poland

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