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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings
     7 December 2025
    Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings
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    Another day - another new record for a teenage running phenom
    6 Dec 2025: Another day - another new record for a teenage running phenom... more
    Leicester Fainga'anuku believes the switch to test rugby in the midfield isn't too daunting
    5 Nov 2025: Leicester Fainga'anuku believes the switch to test rugby in the midfield isn't too daunting... more
    Multi-sport athlete Braden Currie has retired from ironman racing
    31 Oct 2025: Multi-sport athlete Braden Currie has retired from ironman racing... more
    High jumper Hamish Kerr has been named as one of five finalists for World Athletics' field athlete of the year
    21 Oct 2025: High jumper Hamish Kerr has been named as one of five finalists for World Athletics' field athlete of the year... more
    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
    11 Oct 2025: 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... more
    New Zealand's finished with seven medals - three gold, two silver and two bronze - at the para athletics world championships in New Delhi
    6 Oct 2025: New Zealand's finished with seven medals - three gold, two silver and two bronze - at the para athletics world championships in New Delhi... more
    Danielle Aitchison has claimed women's T36 200 metres gold at the World Para Athletics Champs for a third straight year
    4 Oct 2025: Danielle Aitchison has claimed women's T36 200 metres gold at the World Para Athletics Champs for a third straight year... more
    Eight athletes have been conditionally selected to represent New Zealand at the 20-26 Winter Olympics in Italy
    3 Oct 2025: Eight athletes have been conditionally selected to represent New Zealand at the 20-26 Winter Olympics in Italy... more
    Danielle Aitchison has won the 100 metres T36 final at the para athletics world championships in New Delhi
    1 Oct 2025: Danielle Aitchison has won the 100 metres T36 final at the para athletics world championships in New Delhi... more

     Most Popular Recent Athletics News
     01 Feb: New Zealand's teenage running star says he wants to go even faster .. after another Worlds' best +++++++++++++++++
     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 +++++++++++
     25 Jan: Teen running phenom Sam Ruthe is keeping his competitive edge after becoming the fastest ever 16-year-old over the mile at the Cooks Classic in Whanganui +++++++++
     13 Feb: League of their own: the NRL Indigenous All Stars vs Maori match is much more than a novelty +++++++++
     09 Feb: Teenage middle distance runner Sam Ruthe intends to compete at this year's Commonwealth Games ++++++++
     25 Jan: Confidence from teenage runner Sam Ruthe that he'll continue to get faster - after claiming yet another age-group world record ++++++++
     15 Feb: Middle distance runner Sam Ruthe has been unable to replicate his stunning mile earlier this month at another indoor event in North Carolina ++++++++

     Athletics NewsLinks
      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)
      30 Jan: The masters games: jigsaw puzzle racing, ballroom dancing and competitive cornhole (RadioNZ)
      10 Jan: Athletics star sam ruthe guides young tamahau hicks to colgate games victory (RadioNZ)
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