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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    Three-time Olympic champion sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce plans to retire after this year's Games in Paris
     10 February 2024
    Three-time Olympic champion sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce plans to retire after this year's Games in Paris
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    Kiwi athletics fans will have to wait until the national Track and Field Championships in mid-March before they can see shotputter Tom Walsh in action at home again
    7 Feb 2024: Kiwi athletics fans will have to wait until the national Track and Field Championships in mid-March before they can see shotputter Tom Walsh in action at home again... more
    Middle distance runner Sam Tanner has fought off the Wellington weather to set a new meet record at the Capital Classic
    3 Feb 2024: Middle distance runner Sam Tanner has fought off the Wellington weather to set a new meet record at the Capital Classic... more
    Sam Tanner has reflected on pursuing three running peaks in this Olympic year
    31 Jan 2024: Sam Tanner has reflected on pursuing three running peaks in this Olympic year... more
    Runner Geordie Beamish has outlined why he's opted out of his preferred 3000 metre steeplechase event for the past four months
    30 Jan 2024: Runner Geordie Beamish has outlined why he's opted out of his preferred 3000 metre steeplechase event for the past four months... more
    Geordie Beamish has set the New Zealand record for the 5000 metres, now he wants to crack the 13-minute mark
    30 Jan 2024: Geordie Beamish has set the New Zealand record for the 5000 metres, now he wants to crack the 13-minute mark... more
    Eliza McCartney has finished second at her latest pole vault event in France
    29 Jan 2024: Eliza McCartney has finished second at her latest pole vault event in France... more
    High jumper Hamish Kerr has his eye on two key rivals in this afternoon's Cooks Classic in Whanganui - himself and the bar
    27 Jan 2024: High jumper Hamish Kerr has his eye on two key rivals in this afternoon's Cooks Classic in Whanganui - himself and the bar... more
    Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has started 2024 on the right track after winning the women's 100 metres at the Potts Classic in Hastings
    21 Jan 2024: Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has started 2024 on the right track after winning the women's 100 metres at the Potts Classic in Hastings... more
    Kiwi middle distance runner Sam Tanner's revealed his plan to reach peak physical condition at this year's Paris Olympics
    9 Jan 2024: Kiwi middle distance runner Sam Tanner's revealed his plan to reach peak physical condition 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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