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Tanner Bolts To National 1500m Title To Climax Memorable Event
Monday, 18 March 2024, 7:51 pm | Athletics New Zealand
A blistering final lap by Sam Tanner helped propel the middle-distance maestro to his fourth national 1500m title with a typically dominant display to crown the final day of the 2024 Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships at ... More >>
Gill Defeats Walsh And McCartney Clears 4.70m In Wellington
Sunday, 17 March 2024, 8:44 am | Athletics New Zealand
Jacko Gill. Photo credit: Alisha Lovrich. New Zealand superstar athletes fresh off their record-breaking achievements at World Athletics Indoor Championships put on a show at a sun-bathed Newtown Park as shot put duo Jacko Gill and Tom Walsh served ... More >>
Peeters All Set To Face Stellar Field At The Sir Graeme Douglas International Presented By Harcourts Cooper & Co
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 10:21 am | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand javelin record-holder Tori Peeters is relishing the prospect of lining up against a best ever international line up in Aotearoa when she takes to the runway at the Sir Graeme Douglas International Presented by Harcourts Cooper & Co ... More >>
Beamish Launches Fearsome Kick To Strike 1500m Gold In Glasgow
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 8:16 am | Athletics New Zealand
George Beamish set the seal on a dazzling performance by the New Zealand team at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow by racing to a stunning gold medal success in the men’s 1500m courtesy of a devastating final lap kick. ... More >>
McCartney Claims Stunning World Indoor Silver And Hobbs Banks Fourth In The 60m
Sunday, 3 March 2024, 1:48 pm | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand women enjoyed a special day at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow as Eliza McCartney soared high to take pole vault silver and Zoe Hobbs twice obliterated the Oceania record to finish a magnificent fourth in the women’s ... More >>
Tom Walsh Secures Historic World Indoor Silver
Saturday, 2 March 2024, 2:22 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Birthday boy Tom Walsh claimed a brilliant shot put silver medal in Glasgow today to secure a fifth straight World Athletics Indoor Championships medal with a best put of 22.07m. Walsh had to concede defeat to the World and Olympic champion Ryan ... More >>
Veitch Aims To Crack Magic Eight-metre Mark
Friday, 1 March 2024, 8:47 pm | Athletics New Zealand
National champion Shay Veitch will look to create history at the 2024 Sir Graeme Douglas International presented by Harcourts Cooper & Co on Sunday 10 March at Douglas Track & Field, Trusts Arena in Auckland when he takes to the runway ... More >>
Powerful New Zealand Team Hope To Fire At World Indoor Champs
Thursday, 29 February 2024, 3:55 pm | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand launch their quest at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in the early hours of Saturday morning optimistic of a positive showing from their record-sized ten-strong team. The first athlete in action in the Black ... More >>
Olivier siblings ignite record-breaking ITM
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 8:14 pm | Athletics New Zealand
A slew of meet and stadium records, national Para records, plus a pair of New Zealand resident records tumbled as the strong international fields aided by the best domestic talent helped deliver an epic edition of the ITM – a World Athletics Continental ... More >>
New Zealand Add Two Further Athletes To Bumper World Indoor Championships Team
Friday, 23 February 2024, 9:33 am | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand will boast a ten-strong team to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow (1-4 Mar NZT) after two further athletes – sprinter Tiaan Whelpton and middle-distance runner James Preston – were added to the final ... More >>
New Zealand Boast Largest Ever World Indoor Championships Team
Thursday, 15 February 2024, 3:33 pm | Athletics New Zealand
George Beamish. Photo credit: Michael Dawson. A high quality and experienced initial team of eight athletes has been selected to compete for New Zealand at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland from 1-4 March (NZ time). As ... More >>
Rising Kiwi Triple Jumping Brothers Set For Showdown At The Sir Graeme Douglas International
Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 6:36 pm | Athletics New Zealand
The two longest New Zealand male triple jumpers in history – siblings Welre and Ethan Olivier – are set for an eagerly anticipated showdown at the Sir Graeme Douglas International presented by Harcourts Cooper & Co at the Trusts Arena in Auckland ... More >>
McCartney soars to stunning world-leading pole vault mark
Sunday, 11 February 2024, 1:57 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Kiwi pole vault star Eliza McCartney produced a magnificent world-leading vault of 4.84m to triumph at The Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophee EDF at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet in Lievin, France today. The 27-year-old Rio ... More >>
Femmi Announced As Partner Of The 60th Anniversary Rotorua Marathon
Friday, 9 February 2024, 9:41 am | Athletics New Zealand
The Rotorua Marathon is delighted to welcome Femmi as a partner for the 60th anniversary edition of the iconic race on 3-4 May. Founded by New Zealand distance runners Lydia O’Donnell and Esther Keown, Femmi offers an innovative approach to training focused ... More >>
Tanner In Record-breaking Mood In The Capital
Sunday, 4 February 2024, 8:21 am | Athletics New Zealand
Tori Peeters. Photo credit: Michael Dawson On a wild night in Wellington, middle-distance maestro Sam Tanner added the national 3000m title in a PB, meet record and championship record time of 7:50.26 to the New Zealand mile crown he snared just six days earlier More >>
Beamish Shatters NZ 5000m Record And Secures Olympic Entry Standard
Saturday, 27 January 2024, 7:13 pm | Athletics New Zealand
George Beamish began his 2024 campaign in style be smashing the New Zealand 5000m record* and dipping below the Olympic Entry Standard mark by recording a stunning 13:04.33 for fourth at the John Thomas Terrier Classic at Boston University today. ... More >>
Hobbs Makes Winning Start To The Year At Potts Classic
Sunday, 21 January 2024, 7:09 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Zoe Hobbs. Photo credit: Mark Roberts Sprint superstar Zoe Hobbs opened her 2024 campaign in style by scorching to victory in 11.39 (-0.7m/s) in the women’s 100m final to light up the 25th anniversary edition of the Potts Track & Field ... More >>
Proud Pfitzinger Announced In World Cross Country Championships Team
Thursday, 18 January 2024, 10:00 am | Athletics New Zealand
Athletics NZ has announced a final team of 18 athletes comprising a full complement of six athletes in each of men’s and women’s U20 races to compete at the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade on Saturday 30 March. An initial team ... More >>
Evergreen Garth Targets Rotorua Marathon Success
Friday, 10 November 2023, 9:22 am | Athletics New Zealand
Octogenarian Garth Barfoot may have missed out on completing the New York City Marathon last weekend, but he has quickly put the disappointment behind him to target completing the 60th anniversary edition of the Rotorua Marathon next May. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2311/aea48bfe23309cd8c961.jpeg" ... More >>
Dame Valerie Adams Elected As World Athletics Athletes’ Commission Chair
Friday, 27 October 2023, 7:03 am | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand athletics icon Dame Valerie Adams has been elected as World Athletics Athletes’ Commission chair following the first meeting of its membership this week. The double Olympic shot put gold medallist and eight time world champion (four outdoors ... More >>