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Discus thrower Connor Bell is fizzed after a perfect few days culminated in Olympic selection

23 April 2024

Discus thrower Connor Bell is fizzed after a perfect few days culminated in Olympic selection

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Black Ferns coach Allan Bunting is adamant the league-union women's athlete poaching competition works both ways
	23 Apr 2024: Black Ferns coach Allan Bunting is adamant the league-union women's athlete poaching competition works both ways... more

Two New Zealand athletes are celebrating podium places at the first Diamond League meet of 2024 in China
	21 Apr 2024: Two New Zealand athletes are celebrating podium places at the first Diamond League meet of 2024 in China... more

New Zealand will have a triple jumper at an Olympics this year, for the first time since 1960 in Rome
	19 Apr 2024: New Zealand will have a triple jumper at an Olympics this year, for the first time since 1960 in Rome... more

For the first time, a Kiwi swimmer has clocked a 50 metre freestyle time of less than 22 seconds
	13 Apr 2024: For the first time, a Kiwi swimmer has clocked a 50 metre freestyle time of less than 22 seconds... more

Athletics has become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics - individual gold medallists at the Paris Games will pocket 84 thousand dollars
	11 Apr 2024: Athletics has become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics - individual gold medallists at the Paris Games will pocket 84 thousand dollars... more

A couple of New Zealand's top throwers are frustrated despite being in national title winning form at the track and field championships in Wellington
	17 Mar 2024: A couple of New Zealand's top throwers are frustrated despite being in national title winning form at the track and field championships in Wellington... more

Connor Bell will look to move on quickly from this year's national track and field championships despite winning the men's discus title for the fourth year running
	17 Mar 2024: Connor Bell will look to move on quickly from this year's national track and field championships despite winning the men's discus title for the fourth year running... more

Tom Walsh is confident he's hitting the right form for Paris despite another silver at the Track and Field nationals
	17 Mar 2024: Tom Walsh is confident he's hitting the right form for Paris despite another silver at the Track and Field nationals... more

Eliza McCartney has admitted she wasn't at her best as she locked in the national women's pole vault title in Wellington this afternoon
	16 Mar 2024: Eliza McCartney has admitted she wasn't at her best as she locked in the national women's pole vault title in Wellington this afternoon... more

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19 Mar: From a dead heat finish at the nationals to a record-breaking mile attempt at Mt Smart ++++++++

09 Mar: A Sam-squared 1500 metre finish at the track and field national championships hasn't come as a complete surprise to the man who coaches both runners +++++++

07 Mar: Maddi-Lee Wesche has defended her senior women's shot put title at the Track and Field Nationals in Dunedin +++++++

08 Mar: Tom Walsh is keeping a duel for national bragging rights in perspective ahead of a big month in the shot put circle +++++++

12 Mar: Olympic champion high jumper Hamish Kerr headlines a 12-strong New Zealand squad named for the World Indoor Athletics Championships in China in just over a weeks time +++++++

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 +++++++

08 Mar: A welcome sight for Tom Walsh as he bids to become a national champion again in men's shot put ++++++

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30 Mar: Kiwi sprinter breaks 27-year-old 400m record with historic sub 46-sec run (Stuff.co.nz)

28 Mar: Australian athletics boss jane flemming backs dna testing for female athletes (Sydney Morning Herald)

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26 Mar: Athletics becomes first olympic sport to introduce dna sex testing for women (Sydney Morning Herald)

26 Mar: World athletics approves cheek swab sex tests (Stuff.co.nz)

26 Mar: World athletics approves gender eligibility test (BBCWorld)

25 Mar: ‘great for the state’: sporting stars back brisbane’s olympic overhaul (Sydney Morning Herald)

24 Mar: The gout effect: sprint phenom sparks cathy freeman-like boom for local athletics event (Sydney Morning Herald)

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