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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Athletics articles  Athletics
    South Africa's parole board has granted double-amputee Oscar Pistorius early release from prison
     25 November 2023
    South Africa's parole board has granted double-amputee Oscar Pistorius early release from prison
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    Code-hopping athlete Niall Williams-Guthrie has indicated she's likely to play in the midfield for the Blues, despite her limited experience in union coming in the forwards
    20 Nov 2023: Code-hopping athlete Niall Williams-Guthrie has indicated she's likely to play in the midfield for the Blues, despite her limited experience in union coming in the forwards... more
    New Plymouth has lost out to Napier in the race to host New Zealand's Triathlon World Cup event for the next three years
    14 Nov 2023: New Plymouth has lost out to Napier in the race to host New Zealand's Triathlon World Cup event for the next three years... more
    A new opponent for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde as he races his first half-Ironman in four years in Melbourne tomorrow
    11 Nov 2023: A new opponent for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde as he races his first half-Ironman in four years in Melbourne tomorrow ... more
    New Zealand triathlete Hayden Wilde has won the iconic Noosa Triathlon at his first attempt...breaking the course record in the 40th anniversary of the race
    5 Nov 2023: New Zealand triathlete Hayden Wilde has won the iconic Noosa Triathlon at his first attempt...breaking the course record in the 40th anniversary of the race... more
    Emergency services remain at the scene of a reported drowning at the Iron-Maori triathlon event in Napier
    4 Nov 2023: Emergency services remain at the scene of a reported drowning at the Iron-Maori triathlon event in Napier... more
    New Zealanders Hannah Berry and Rebecca Clarke have placed 11th and 20th respectively at the Kona Ironman World Championships in Hawaii
    15 Oct 2023: New Zealanders Hannah Berry and Rebecca Clarke have placed 11th and 20th respectively at the Kona Ironman World Championships in Hawaii... more
    Snow boarding phenomenon Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has been named Snow Sports New Zealand Athlete of the Year
    8 Oct 2023: Snow boarding phenomenon Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has been named Snow Sports New Zealand Athlete of the Year... more
    Finally reason to smile for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde
    1 Oct 2023: Finally reason to smile for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde... more
    Heartbreak for Hayden Wilde at finishing second overall in the World Triathlon Championship Series
    24 Sep 2023: Heartbreak for Hayden Wilde at finishing second overall in the World Triathlon Championship Series... 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
      17 Aug: This australian runner just set a new national record. she thinks it’s ‘pretty sick’ (Sydney Morning Herald)
      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)
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