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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    An increasing number of children are looking to alternative education following Covid
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    Kiwi high jumper Hamish Kerr has finished second at the latest Diamond League event in Doha
    17 May: Kiwi high jumper Hamish Kerr has finished second at the latest Diamond League event in Doha... more
    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
    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... more
    Triathlete Hayden Wilde has been hospitalised in Japan after a bike crash
    5 May: Triathlete Hayden Wilde has been hospitalised in Japan after a bike crash... more
    Tori Moorby - nee Peters - has claimed silver in the women's javelin final at the latest Diamond League athletics meet in China
    27 Apr: Tori Moorby - nee Peters - has claimed silver in the women's javelin final at the latest Diamond League athletics meet in China... more
    Lex Revell-Lewis has expressed his relief at breaking the national 400 metre sprint record set by Shaun Farrell in 1998
    1 Apr: Lex Revell-Lewis has expressed his relief at breaking the national 400 metre sprint record set by Shaun Farrell in 1998... more
    One of New Zealand's longest-standing track and field records has fallen in Melbourne
    31 Mar: One of New Zealand's longest-standing track and field records has fallen in Melbourne... more
    Teenager middle-distance sensation Sam Ruthe is auctioning his world record running shoes to raise money to support his training partners and coach Craig Kirkwood
    23 Mar: Teenager middle-distance sensation Sam Ruthe is auctioning his world record running shoes to raise money to support his training partners and coach Craig Kirkwood... more
    New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs has won her 60 metre heat at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in China
    22 Mar: New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs has won her 60 metre heat at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in China... more
    The World Indoor Athletics Championships are under way in Nanjing, China
    21 Mar: The World Indoor Athletics Championships are under way in Nanjing, China... more

     Most Popular Recent Athletics News
     19 Dec: The University of Philippines' dragon boat athletes are unpaid, but driven by community pride ++++++++
     07 Dec: Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings ++++++++
     06 Dec: Another day - another new record for a teenage running phenom +++++++
     01 Dec: Nicola Olyslagers and Bruce McAvaney honoured at World Athletics Awards +++++++
     08 Dec: The father of Tauranga teen running sensation Sam Ruthe has paid tribute to the long-term record-holder his son has consigned to history ++++++
     13 Dec: It's been a wild payday for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde ...pocketing almost four hundred thousand dollars for finishing the T100 season in perfect style ++++++
     21 Dec: Teenage runner Sam Ruthe has set two New Zealand age-group records at the "Night of Fives" meet in Auckland ++++++

     Athletics NewsLinks
      19 Dec: Halberg award finalists revealed, athletics and snow sports dominate (Stuff.co.nz)
      13 Dec: Dopers are beating system – athletics integrity chief (BBCWorld)
      7 Dec: Sam ruthe shatters another national schoolboy record with stunning 800m run (Stuff.co.nz)
      1 Dec: She won gold medals and broke records in 2025. but this aussie high jumper’s year just got better (Sydney Morning Herald)
      31 Oct: Why convicted doper could keep women's marathon world record (Sydney Morning Herald)
      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)
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