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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Two New Zealand athletes are celebrating podium places at the first Diamond League meet of 2024 in China
     21 April 2024
    Two New Zealand athletes are celebrating podium places at the first Diamond League meet of 2024 in China
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    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
    Eliza McCartney's revealed how seriously she's taken the psychological battle with injury as she returns to top form, four months out from the Paris Olympics
    16 Mar 2024: Eliza McCartney's revealed how seriously she's taken the psychological battle with injury as she returns to top form, four months out from the Paris Olympics... more
    Canterbury shot putter Tom Walsh is aware of the lengths he'll have to go to to beat American rival Ryan Crouser at this year's Paris Olympics
    15 Mar 2024: Canterbury shot putter Tom Walsh is aware of the lengths he'll have to go to to beat American rival Ryan Crouser at this year's Paris Olympics... more

     Most Popular Recent Athletics News
     26 Jul: It may only be around 6 degrees in Wellington currently but that's not stopping emergency service staff and athletes from taking part in a polar plunge for a special cause ++++++++++
     10 Aug: A hint of rust from triathlete Hayden Wilde during his victorious return at the latest T100 race in London +++++++++
     04 Aug: Track and field has turned into a contact sport at the US Athletics Championships in Oregon ++++++++
     20 Jul: Pole vaulter Olivia McTaggart has rubber stamped her attendance at September's world athletics championships ++++++++
     20 Jul: Pole vaulter Olivia McTaggart has reached the world championship qualifying mark at the Diamond League athletics meet in London ++++++++
     06 Aug: Athletics New Zealand has confirmed it's largest ever team for a World Para Championships +++++++
     13 Aug: Tom Walsh has finished second in the shot put at the World Continental Gold Tour event at Budapest ++

     Athletics NewsLinks
      7 Aug: My 30-year-old world record is 'not a good sign for athletics', says jonathan edwards (BBCWorld)
      5 Aug: Beloved ex-wellington college teacher and athletics coach neville paul dies (NZ Herald)
      3 Aug: Hughes and hunt win british 100m titles (BBCWorld)
      31 Jul: ‘gender cannot trump biology’: world athletics introduce mandatory gender test (Sydney Morning Herald)
      31 Jul: World athletics introduces gene test for female category (BBCWorld)
      28 Jul: Japanese teen shatters 100m record (Sydney Morning Herald)
      23 Jul: Us olympic, paralympic officials bar transwomen from women’s sports (Stuff.co.nz)
      20 Jul: Pole vault: kiwi olivia mctaggart shines with career-best 4.73m win in diamond league (NZ Herald)
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