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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has started 2024 on the right track after winning the women's 100 metres at the Potts Classic in Hastings
     21 January 2024
    Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has started 2024 on the right track after winning the women's 100 metres at the Potts Classic in Hastings
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    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
    Middle-distance runner Sam Tanner has detailed an improvement checklist as he targets two goals in Olympic year
    9 Jan 2024: Middle-distance runner Sam Tanner has detailed an improvement checklist as he targets two goals in Olympic year... more
    Olympic year has dawned, but New Zealand 1500-metre hope Sam Tanner's got another title he's chasing
    9 Jan 2024: Olympic year has dawned, but New Zealand 1500-metre hope Sam Tanner's got another title he's chasing... more
    High jumper Hamish Kerr has explained his new mental skills strategy after a pleasing start to Olympic year
    7 Jan 2024: High jumper Hamish Kerr has explained his new mental skills strategy after a pleasing start to Olympic year... more
    High jumper Hamish Kerr has set a stadium record at track and field's Lovelock Classic in Timaru
    6 Jan 2024: High jumper Hamish Kerr has set a stadium record at track and field's Lovelock Classic in Timaru... more
    Shot putter Tom Walsh is relieved to have aligned his high-performance athlete schedule with the Christmas break
    25 Dec 2023: Shot putter Tom Walsh is relieved to have aligned his high-performance athlete schedule with the Christmas break... more
    Hopes Hamish Kerr can leap to new heights next year under coach James Sandilands
    21 Dec 2023: Hopes Hamish Kerr can leap to new heights next year under coach James Sandilands... more
    Confirmation New Zealand athlete Braden Currie has successfully secured his qualification for the Ironman World Championships 70.3 to be held in Taupo next year
    10 Dec 2023: Confirmation New Zealand athlete Braden Currie has successfully secured his qualification for the Ironman World Championships 70.3 to be held in Taupo next year... more
    An opportunity to compete in a half ironman in Taupo has been too good to pass up for Methven's Braden Currie
    8 Dec 2023: An opportunity to compete in a half ironman in Taupo has been too good to pass up for Methven's Braden Currie... more

     Most Popular Recent Athletics News
     03 Oct: Eight athletes have been conditionally selected to represent New Zealand at the 20-26 Winter Olympics in Italy ++++++++++
     11 Oct: Two-time world 400m hurdles champion Femke Bol steps up to 800m in 'next challenge' ++++++++
     06 Oct: New Zealand's finished with seven medals - three gold, two silver and two bronze - at the para athletics world championships in New Delhi +++++++
     04 Oct: Danielle Aitchison has claimed women's T36 200 metres gold at the World Para Athletics Champs for a third straight year +++++++
     23 Oct: IOC says sports events should not be hosted in Indonesia after Israeli gymnasts banned ++++++
     11 Oct: World champion and X Games gold medal-winning freeskier Luca Harrington has been named Snow Sports New Zealand's athlete of the year for 2025 +++++
     21 Oct: High jumper Hamish Kerr has been named as one of five finalists for World Athletics' field athlete of the year ++++

     Athletics NewsLinks
      14 Oct: Former british olympic athletics coach charged with child sex offences (BBCWorld)
      8 Oct: Samoan discus star alex rose aims for olympic medal (RadioNZ)
      4 Oct: Danielle aitchison claims sprint double at the world para athletics championships (RadioNZ)
      1 Oct: Watch: ‘gutted’ nz sprinter misses podium by 0.001sec in 'closest race ever' (Stuff.co.nz)
      29 Sep: Kiwi shot put star is a world champion again, a year after retiring (Stuff.co.nz)
      23 Sep: Hollingsworth impresses in tokyo (Sydney Morning Herald)
      22 Sep: New olympic calendar likely because of climate change, says sebastian coe (BBCWorld)
      22 Sep: ‘it really sucks’: the good, the bad and the unfair of australia’s world athletics championships (Sydney Morning Herald)
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