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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Teenage middle distance runner Samuel Ruthe's become the youngest man to win a national senior track and field title
     2 February 2025
    Teenage middle distance runner Samuel Ruthe's become the youngest man to win a national senior track and field title
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    New Zealand's triple jump brothers have made a solid start to the season at the Capital Classic athletics meet in Wellington
    30 Jan 2025: New Zealand's triple jump brothers have made a solid start to the season at the Capital Classic athletics meet in Wellington... more
    Sprinter Tiaan Whelpton claims he's under quality supervision looking towards the 2028 Olympics
    28 Jan 2025: Sprinter Tiaan Whelpton claims he's under quality supervision looking towards the 2028 Olympics... more
    Sprinter Tiaan Whelpton has pointed to a new training regime as the key behind breaking a 30-year-old Athletics New Zealand national record
    26 Jan 2025: Sprinter Tiaan Whelpton has pointed to a new training regime as the key behind breaking a 30-year-old Athletics New Zealand national record... more
    Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet has beaten the women's 5-kilometre world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at a road race in Barcelona
    1 Jan 2025: Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet has beaten the women's 5-kilometre world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at a road race in Barcelona... more
    High Performance Sport New Zealand is putting faith in cycling in the next Olympic cycle - boosting funding for the sport by 770 thousand dollars, with canoe racing and athletics also seeing sizeable jumps in support
    18 Dec 2024: High Performance Sport New Zealand is putting faith in cycling in the next Olympic cycle - boosting funding for the sport by 770 thousand dollars, with canoe racing and athletics also seeing sizeable jumps in support... more
    Hayden Wilde's encouraged - and excited - by the prospect of more gruelling races as part of a renewed push for an Olympic gold
    16 Dec 2024: Hayden Wilde's encouraged - and excited - by the prospect of more gruelling races as part of a renewed push for an Olympic gold... more
    A podium finish for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde in his first Ironman World Championship event in Taupo
    15 Dec 2024: A podium finish for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde in his first Ironman World Championship event in Taupo... more
    Kiwi triathlete Hannah Berry is determined to end her season in style at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Taupo tomorrow
    13 Dec 2024: Kiwi triathlete Hannah Berry is determined to end her season in style at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Taupo tomorrow... more
    A four year wait is nearly over for organisers of the ironman 70.3 world championships in Taupo
    13 Dec 2024: A four year wait is nearly over for organisers of the ironman 70.3 world championships in Taupo... more

     Most Popular Recent Athletics News
     09 Feb: Zoe Hobbs and Tiaan Whelpton are Poland-bound after posting world indoor athletics championships 60-metre qualifying times at the Sir Graeme Douglas International in Auckland ++++++++++++++++
     13 Feb: League of their own: the NRL Indigenous All Stars vs Maori match is much more than a novelty ++++++++++++++++
     19 Feb: Winter Olympics 2026: Dog invades cross-country skiing, Americans get engaged as Ally Hickman feels the pain — day 12 quick hits +++++++++++++
     09 Feb: Teenage middle distance runner Sam Ruthe intends to compete at this year's Commonwealth Games ++++++++++++
     21 Feb: Some of the country's best track and field talent will be on show in Christchurch this afternoon as the city hosts it's annual International Track Meet +++++++++++
     21 Feb: Tiaan Whelpton's made a resounding statement at the International Track Meet in Christchurch +++++++++++
     11 Feb: What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine-made snow makes ski racing faster and riskier – and it’s everywhere ++++++++++

     Athletics NewsLinks
      2 Mar: Griffith falls just short of global podium (Sydney Morning Herald)
      24 Feb: 'closest i've felt' - hodgkinson on breaking longest-standing world record (BBCWorld)
      21 Feb: Uk athletics pleads guilty to corporate manslaughter of paralympian (BBCWorld)
      17 Feb: Was a former all black singing the national anthem really new zealand’s favourite sporting moment of 2025? (Stuff.co.nz)
      16 Feb: Regis adds to parents' legacy with first uk title (BBCWorld)
      16 Feb: Watch: athletics star sam ruthe’s little sister wins new zealand u20 race - and she’s only 14 (Stuff.co.nz)
      15 Feb: Hodgkinson smashes own indoor record and sets sights on world best (BBCWorld)
      3 Feb: Why kiwi athletics legend compares sam ruthe to edmund hillary (Stuff.co.nz)
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