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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Hamish Kerr has won the high hump event at the latest Diamond League tournament in Shanghai
     28 April 2024
    Hamish Kerr has won the high hump event at the latest Diamond League tournament in Shanghai
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    Discus thrower Connor Bell is fizzed after a perfect few days culminated in Olympic selection
    23 Apr 2024: Discus thrower Connor Bell is fizzed after a perfect few days culminated in Olympic selection... more
    Black Ferns coach Allan Bunting is adamant the league-union women's athlete poaching competition works both ways
    23 Apr 2024: Black Ferns coach Allan Bunting is adamant the league-union women's athlete poaching competition works both ways... more
    Two New Zealand athletes are celebrating podium places at the first Diamond League meet of 2024 in China
    21 Apr 2024: Two New Zealand athletes are celebrating podium places at the first Diamond League meet of 2024 in China... more
    New Zealand will have a triple jumper at an Olympics this year, for the first time since 1960 in Rome
    19 Apr 2024: New Zealand will have a triple jumper at an Olympics this year, for the first time since 1960 in Rome... more
    For the first time, a Kiwi swimmer has clocked a 50 metre freestyle time of less than 22 seconds
    13 Apr 2024: For the first time, a Kiwi swimmer has clocked a 50 metre freestyle time of less than 22 seconds... more
    Athletics has become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics - individual gold medallists at the Paris Games will pocket 84 thousand dollars
    11 Apr 2024: Athletics has become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics - individual gold medallists at the Paris Games will pocket 84 thousand dollars... more
    A couple of New Zealand's top throwers are frustrated despite being in national title winning form at the track and field championships in Wellington
    17 Mar 2024: A couple of New Zealand's top throwers are frustrated despite being in national title winning form at the track and field championships in Wellington... more
    Connor Bell will look to move on quickly from this year's national track and field championships despite winning the men's discus title for the fourth year running
    17 Mar 2024: Connor Bell will look to move on quickly from this year's national track and field championships despite winning the men's discus title for the fourth year running... more
    Tom Walsh is confident he's hitting the right form for Paris despite another silver at the Track and Field nationals
    17 Mar 2024: Tom Walsh is confident he's hitting the right form for Paris despite another silver at the Track and Field nationals... more

     Most Popular Recent Athletics News
     10 Aug: A hint of rust from triathlete Hayden Wilde during his victorious return at the latest T100 race in London ++++++++++++
     04 Aug: Track and field has turned into a contact sport at the US Athletics Championships in Oregon ++++++++++
     06 Aug: Athletics New Zealand has confirmed it's largest ever team for a World Para Championships ++++++++++
     18 Aug: A close knit team is being pinpointed as a winning formula for high jumper Hamish Kerr +++++++
     21 Aug: To the latest athletics meet in Lausanne, Switzerland.. +++++
     13 Aug: Tom Walsh has finished second in the shot put at the World Continental Gold Tour event at Budapest ++++
     28 Aug: Shot putter Tom Walsh has finished fifth at the latest Diamond League athletics event in Zurich ++++

     Athletics NewsLinks
      28 Aug: 'what a moment for british athletics!' - lake clears two metres for first time (BBCWorld)
      26 Aug: Australia’s fastest man out of the world championships (Sydney Morning Herald)
      17 Aug: This australian runner just set a new national record. she thinks it’s ‘pretty sick’ (Sydney Morning Herald)
      7 Aug: My 30-year-old world record is 'not a good sign for athletics', says jonathan edwards (BBCWorld)
      5 Aug: Beloved ex-wellington college teacher and athletics coach neville paul dies (NZ Herald)
      3 Aug: Hughes and hunt win british 100m titles (BBCWorld)
      31 Jul: ‘gender cannot trump biology’: world athletics introduce mandatory gender test (Sydney Morning Herald)
      31 Jul: World athletics introduces gene test for female category (BBCWorld)
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