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Not even a bout of long Covid could stop canoe slalom veteran Luuka Jones from being selected for her fifth Olympic Games

13 March 2024

Not even a bout of long Covid could stop canoe slalom veteran Luuka Jones from being selected for her fifth Olympic Games

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Hopes the swag of medals from the World indoor athletics Championship are a harbinger for this year's Olympics
	5 Mar 2024: Hopes the swag of medals from the World indoor athletics Championship are a harbinger for this year's Olympics... more

New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs has set a personal best in the 60 metres final at the World Athletics Indoor Champs in Glasgow...but has finished 0.01 off the podium
	3 Mar 2024: New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs has set a personal best in the 60 metres final at the World Athletics Indoor Champs in Glasgow...but has finished 0.01 off the podium... more

A new indoor 1500 metres national record has been set by Kiwi Maia Ramsden, who's qualified for the final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow
	2 Mar 2024: A new indoor 1500 metres national record has been set by Kiwi Maia Ramsden, who's qualified for the final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow... more

Tom Walsh has heaved his way to victory at the indoor silver tier shot put event in the Czech Republic
	21 Feb 2024: Tom Walsh has heaved his way to victory at the indoor silver tier shot put event in the Czech Republic... more

High Performance Sport feel the cost of an appeal is worth it when it comes to the ruling made against them by the Employment Relations Authority
	20 Feb 2024: High Performance Sport feel the cost of an appeal is worth it when it comes to the ruling made against them by the Employment Relations Authority... more

A New Zealand sports star accused of dishonestly taking a vehicle and intentional damage has appeared in court for the first time in person since he was charged
	20 Feb 2024: A New Zealand sports star accused of dishonestly taking a vehicle and intentional damage has appeared in court for the first time in person since he was charged... more

A first offshore victory of 2024 for shot putter Tom Walsh
	14 Feb 2024: A first offshore victory of 2024 for shot putter Tom Walsh... more

Kiwi pole vault star Eliza McCartney has produced a superb world-leading vault of 4.84 metres to triumph at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet in France
	11 Feb 2024: Kiwi pole vault star Eliza McCartney has produced a superb world-leading vault of 4.84 metres to triumph at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet in France... more

Tom Walsh has placed second at his latest World Indoors shotput event in France
	11 Feb 2024: Tom Walsh has placed second at his latest World Indoors shotput event in France... more

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19 May: An increasing number of children are looking to alternative education following Covid +++++++++++++

10 May: Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua is pouring cold water on the assumption athletes will make more money playing in Australia's Super Netball than the ANZ Premiership +++++++++

05 May: Triathlete Hayden Wilde has been hospitalised in Japan after a bike crash +++++++++

26 May: To Morocco.. +++++++

26 May: A rebirth of sorts for 50-metre backstroker Andrew Jeffcoat +++++++

17 May: Kiwi high jumper Hamish Kerr has finished second at the latest Diamond League event in Doha +++++

14 May: The dreaded beep test: outdated or still a valid assessment of your fitness? +++++

Athletics NewsLinks

26 May: ‘more to come’: kiwi high jumper rapt with breakthrough victory in rabat (Stuff.co.nz)

17 May: Laiana mcclinton: first polynesian heritage athlete to win 100m and 200m state titles at high school meet (RadioNZ)

12 May: Aussie relay team wins silver, breaks record (Sydney Morning Herald)

12 May: Disaster strikes jamaican relay team (Sydney Morning Herald)

11 May: Star-studded jamaican team pipped by spain (Sydney Morning Herald)

14 Apr: Bol wins title with record-breaking run (Sydney Morning Herald)

13 Apr: Kiwi sprinter breaks 10-second barrier with wind assistance (Stuff.co.nz)

12 Apr: Teen prodigy myers claims national title (Sydney Morning Herald)

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