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  •   Home > News > Sports > Athletics

    Some of the world's best track and field athletes will ascend on West Auckland next month

    Some of the world's best track and field athletes will ascend on West Auckland next month


    Brittany Crew of Canada, the 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, will join Dame Valerie Adams and 2018 world junior Championship gold medallist Maddison-Lee Wesche in the women's shot put at the Sir Graeme Douglas International on February 23rd.

    Gold Coast Comm Games silver medallist Henry Frayne of Australia and 2019 Australian national champion Henry Smith will feature in the men's long jump.

    Seven-times Australian Champion Damian Birkinhead will join Kiwi Tom Walsh in the senior men's shot put.

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