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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 February 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

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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

Three-time Olympic champion sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce plans to retire after this year's Games in Paris
	10 Feb 2024: Three-time Olympic champion sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce plans to retire after this year's Games in Paris... more

Kiwi athletics fans will have to wait until the national Track and Field Championships in mid-March before they can see shotputter Tom Walsh in action at home again
	7 Feb 2024: Kiwi athletics fans will have to wait until the national Track and Field Championships in mid-March before they can see shotputter Tom Walsh in action at home again... more

Middle distance runner Sam Tanner has fought off the Wellington weather to set a new meet record at the Capital Classic
	3 Feb 2024: Middle distance runner Sam Tanner has fought off the Wellington weather to set a new meet record at the Capital Classic... more

Sam Tanner has reflected on pursuing three running peaks in this Olympic year
	31 Jan 2024: Sam Tanner has reflected on pursuing three running peaks in this Olympic year... more

Runner Geordie Beamish has outlined why he's opted out of his preferred 3000 metre steeplechase event for the past four months
	30 Jan 2024: Runner Geordie Beamish has outlined why he's opted out of his preferred 3000 metre steeplechase event for the past four months... more

Geordie Beamish has set the New Zealand record for the 5000 metres, now he wants to crack the 13-minute mark
	30 Jan 2024: Geordie Beamish has set the New Zealand record for the 5000 metres, now he wants to crack the 13-minute mark... more

Eliza McCartney has finished second at her latest pole vault event in France
	29 Jan 2024: Eliza McCartney has finished second at her latest pole vault event in France... more

High jumper Hamish Kerr has his eye on two key rivals in this afternoon's Cooks Classic in Whanganui - himself and the bar
	27 Jan 2024: High jumper Hamish Kerr has his eye on two key rivals in this afternoon's Cooks Classic in Whanganui - himself and the bar... more

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