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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Three-time Olympic champion sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce plans to retire after this year's Games in Paris
     10 February 2024
    Three-time Olympic champion sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce plans to retire after this year's Games in Paris
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    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
    Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has started 2024 on the right track after winning the women's 100 metres at the Potts Classic in Hastings
    21 Jan 2024: Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has started 2024 on the right track after winning the women's 100 metres at the Potts Classic in Hastings... more
    Kiwi middle distance runner Sam Tanner's revealed his plan to reach peak physical condition at this year's Paris Olympics
    9 Jan 2024: Kiwi middle distance runner Sam Tanner's revealed his plan to reach peak physical condition at this year's Paris Olympics... more

     Most Popular Recent Athletics News
     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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