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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

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

9 February 2026

Hobbs went two hundredths below the standard with 7.18 seconds.

Whelpton beat the mark with a 60-metre split time of 6.55 seconds on his way to equalling his New Zealand residents record 10.10 seconds in the 100-metres.

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