NZ Athletics News from NZCity

News | Athletics

21 Dec 2025 5:01

NZCity News

Make Home

Home > News > Sports >		Athletics

Teenager Sam Ruthe will attempt to become the youngest person to break the four-minute mile shortly at Mount Smart Stadium

19 March 2025

Teenager Sam Ruthe will attempt to become the youngest person to break the four-minute mile shortly at Mount Smart Stadium

>> Read Article
>> Rugby League News

From a dead heat finish at the nationals to a record-breaking mile attempt at Mt Smart
	19 Mar: From a dead heat finish at the nationals to a record-breaking mile attempt at Mt Smart... more

Olympic champion high jumper Hamish Kerr headlines a 12-strong New Zealand squad named for the World Indoor Athletics Championships in China in just over a weeks time
	12 Mar: Olympic champion high jumper Hamish Kerr headlines a 12-strong New Zealand squad named for the World Indoor Athletics Championships in China in just over a weeks time... more

A Sam-squared 1500 metre finish at the track and field national championships hasn't come as a complete surprise to the man who coaches both runners
	9 Mar: A Sam-squared 1500 metre finish at the track and field national championships hasn't come as a complete surprise to the man who coaches both runners... more

Tom Walsh is keeping a duel for national bragging rights in perspective ahead of a big month in the shot put circle
	8 Mar: Tom Walsh is keeping a duel for national bragging rights in perspective ahead of a big month in the shot put circle... more

A belief any dust has been swept out of the shot put circle for Tom Walsh
	8 Mar: A belief any dust has been swept out of the shot put circle for Tom Walsh... more

A welcome sight for Tom Walsh as he bids to become a national champion again in men's shot put
	8 Mar: A welcome sight for Tom Walsh as he bids to become a national champion again in men's shot put... more

Maddi-Lee Wesche has defended her senior women's shot put title at the Track and Field Nationals in Dunedin
	7 Mar: Maddi-Lee Wesche has defended her senior women's shot put title at the Track and Field Nationals in Dunedin... more

Olympic champion Hamish Kerr has only had himself to compete against at the International Track Meet in Christchurch
	22 Feb: Olympic champion Hamish Kerr has only had himself to compete against at the International Track Meet in Christchurch... more

Delight from Snow Sports New Zealand CEO Nic Cavanagh over the recent success of Kiwi snow athletes on the world stage
	22 Feb: Delight from Snow Sports New Zealand CEO Nic Cavanagh over the recent success of Kiwi snow athletes on the world stage... more

< Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next >

Most Popular Recent Athletics News

07 Dec: Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings +++++++

06 Dec: Another day - another new record for a teenage running phenom +++++++

01 Dec: Nicola Olyslagers and Bruce McAvaney honoured at World Athletics Awards ++++++

08 Dec: The father of Tauranga teen running sensation Sam Ruthe has paid tribute to the long-term record-holder his son has consigned to history ++++++

13 Dec: It's been a wild payday for Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde ...pocketing almost four hundred thousand dollars for finishing the T100 season in perfect style ++++++

13 Dec: Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde has only just won the first world title of his career...but he's already looking ahead to next season's T100 World Championship +++++

13 Dec: New T100 World Champion Hayden Wilde is adamant he didn't feel under pressure to win a first-ever triathlon world title +++++

Athletics NewsLinks

19 Dec: Halberg award finalists revealed, athletics and snow sports dominate (Stuff.co.nz)

13 Dec: Dopers are beating system – athletics integrity chief (BBCWorld)

7 Dec: Sam ruthe shatters another national schoolboy record with stunning 800m run (Stuff.co.nz)

1 Dec: She won gold medals and broke records in 2025. but this aussie high jumper’s year just got better (Sydney Morning Herald)

31 Oct: Why convicted doper could keep women's marathon world record (Sydney Morning Herald)

14 Oct: Former british olympic athletics coach charged with child sex offences (BBCWorld)

8 Oct: Samoan discus star alex rose aims for olympic medal (RadioNZ)

4 Oct: Danielle aitchison claims sprint double at the world para athletics championships (RadioNZ)

more Athletics newslinks >>

Top Stories

RUGBY
A steep challenge juggling a busy calendar for incoming Black Ferns head coach Whitney Hansen More...

BUSINESS
Sport New Zealand chief executive Raelene Castle has shed light on the challenge sports administrators face between balancing transparency and confidentiality More...

Today's News

Living & Travel:
One lucky Whangarei lotto player's just become a multi-millionaire five days shy of Christmas 21:56

Entertainment:
Bonnie Blue is set to be deported from Bali and banned from the island for a decade 21:50

Entertainment:
Sydney Sweeney has confirmed her "boobs [are] real" 21:20

Christchurch:
Four people have been injured, one seriously, following a three-vehicle crash in Dunsandel in Canterbury 21:16

International:
Jeffrey Epstein documents partially published by US Department of Justice — as it happened 21:06

Skiing:
Valentino Guseli wins snowboard halfpipe bronze at Copper Mountain World Cup 21:06

Entertainment:
James L. Brooks is "sure" Jack Nicholson will work again 20:50

Law and Order:
A first look through the Epstein files reveals celebrity snaps, police notes and a lot of Bill Clinton 20:26

Entertainment:
David Letterman is relieved not to be hosting a late-night talk show anymore 20:20

International:
Epstein files contain new photo of former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 20:16

News Search

Power Search