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Stedman Blitzes To Comprehensive 400m Heat Win
Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 6:43 am | Athletics New Zealand
Will Stedman claimed an eye-catching heat victory during the day two morning session at the Paris 2023 Para Athletics World Championships to set up an absorbing Trans-Tasman showdown in the men’s 400m T36 final against Australia’s Paralympic and World ... More >>
Smith Blitzes To Lifetime Best To Launch Kiwi World Para Bid
Monday, 10 July 2023, 6:51 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Joe Smith ensured New Zealand made a hugely positive start in their quest at the Paris 2023 Para Athletics World Championships by advancing to the final of the men’s 100m T37 with a stunning PB performance. On a hot summer day in the French capital, ... More >>
Kiwis Optimistic Of Strong World Para Challenge In Paris
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 11:15 am | Athletics New Zealand
A highly experienced and quality seven-strong New Zealand team will be looking to make their mark at the Paris 2023 Para Athletics World Championships at the Stade Charlety from 8-17 July. All five Kiwi medallists from the Tokyo Paralympics – ... More >>
McCartney And Walsh Grab Podiums At Lausanne Diamond League
Sunday, 2 July 2023, 5:59 am | Athletics New Zealand
Eliza McCartney claimed a hugely satisfying first Diamond League podium in five years in the women’s pole vault and Tom Walsh pushed World and Olympic champion Ryan Crouser close in the men’s shot put on an eye-catching night for Kiwi athletes ... More >>
Maia Ramsden blitzes to 1500m glory at the NCAA Championships
Sunday, 11 June 2023, 8:53 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Maia Ramsden created history by becoming the first Kiwi to snare a track gold at an outdoor NCAA Track & Field Championships by sprinting to a dazzling victory in the women’s 1500m final in Austin, Texas. The 21-year-old Havard University ... More >>
Batchelor and Flint lead Kiwi charge in the mountain classic
Sunday, 11 June 2023, 8:50 pm | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand wrapped up their quest at the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Austria with Toby Batchelor and Maia Flint finishing the top Kiwis in the classic mountain races just three days after achieving the same feat in the ... More >>
Weston Hill Claims Impressive Top 40 Finish In Gruelling Endurance Test
Saturday, 10 June 2023, 2:19 pm | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand trail running champion Weston Hill acquitted himself with pride in hot conditions to place a proud 39th in the energy-sapping long trail race on day three of the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Innsbruck-Stubai. Competing ... More >>
New Zealand All Set For 2023 World Mountain And Trail Running Championships
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 12:26 pm | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand boast a 19-strong team set to compete in the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Innsbruck, Austria from Wednesday-Saturday 7-10 June. Comprising a mix of experienced performers and international debutants, the Kiwi ... More >>
Peeters Smashes New Zealand Javelin Record As Kiwi Athletes Excel In Japan And The US
Monday, 22 May 2023, 6:16 am | Athletics New Zealand
Tori Peeters On a memorable day of top-quality international performances by New Zealand athletes, pride of place was taken by Tori Peeters who fired the javelin out to a national record mark of 63.26m to place second in the Seiko Golden Grand ... More >>
Cam Mitchell Is Announced As Athletics NZ CE
Saturday, 20 May 2023, 4:51 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Athletics NZ is delighted to welcome Cam Mitchell as its new Chief Executive (CE). Cam starts his new role at Athletics NZ on 1 August and succeeds Pete Pfitzinger, who served as Athletics NZ CE for four-and-a-half years. An experienced sports administrator, ... More >>
New Look Red Stag Rotorua Marathon Proves An Overwhelming Success
Monday, 8 May 2023, 10:39 pm | Athletics New Zealand
More than 4500 entrants defied the wet and windy weather to fondly embrace the seven events which featured as part the 59th year of the historic Red Stag Rotorua Marathon from Friday-Sunday 5-7 May. Including three brand new events – the Museum Mile ... More >>
Hicks And Mason Claim Their Slice Of Red Stag Rotorua Marathon History
Saturday, 6 May 2023, 5:38 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Malcolm Hicks On a memorable 59th year of the historic Red Stag Timber Rotorua Marathon, Tokyo Olympian Malcolm Hicks produced the quickest winning time for 22 years, and just nine months after giving birth to her first child Alice Mason earned a record-equalling ... More >>
Tanner And Dennehy Earn Contrasting National Road Mile Title Victories
Saturday, 6 May 2023, 11:15 am | Athletics New Zealand
Sam Tanner On a wet, windy and wild night in Rotorua, New Zealand middle-distance stars Sam Tanner and Brigid Dennehy made history to become the inaugural winners of the New Zealand Road Mile Championships in Rotorua. Held in conjunction with the ... More >>
New Look Red Stag Rotorua Marathon Set To Build On Rich Heritage
Wednesday, 3 May 2023, 12:22 pm | Athletics New Zealand
The 59th edition of the 2023 Red Stag Rotorua Marathon promises to serve up an exhilarating three-day festival of running from Friday-Sunday (5-7 May) as the rich legacy of the historic marathon is bolstered by the addition of three new events. With an expected ... More >>
Tokyo Olympic Duo Set To Compete In A Trio Of Innovative New Rotorua Marathon Events
Monday, 17 April 2023, 11:36 am | Athletics New Zealand
A pair of Tokyo Olympians – middle-distance ace Sam Tanner and triathlon superstar Hayden Wilde – are set to compete in a trio of new and exciting events which feature as part of the 59th edition of the Red Stag Rotorua Marathon from 5-7 May. Tanner, ... More >>
New Zealand Announce Team For The 2023 World Athletics Championships
Friday, 14 April 2023, 1:01 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Following the success of a vintage summer of athletics, a 24-strong New Zealand team has been “conditionally” selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest (Aug 19-27). Of the 24 athletes named, 12 are required to meet additional ... More >>
New Zealand Announce Experienced World Para Athletics Championship Team
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 11:01 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Athletics New Zealand has today announced a highly experienced six-strong team brimming with quality to compete at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris (8-17 July). All five New Zealand Tokyo Paralympic medallists return to the team for what ... More >>
New Zealand Athletes Celebrate A Very Special Summer
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 8:44 pm | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand athletics toasted a vintage summer of athletics during a memorable 2023 domestic season and beyond with a series of world-class performance offering huge encouragement ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August. Across ... More >>
Josh Hawkins Lowers His National 110m Hurdles Record
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 6:55 am | Athletics New Zealand
Josh Hawkins. Photo credit: Alisha Lovrich Josh Hawkins unashamedly shed tears of joy as he trimmed 0.02 from his eight-year-old New Zealand 110m hurdles record with a 13.67 (+0.2) clocking at the Australian Championships in Brisbane on Sunday The ... More >>
Gill And Hobbs Produce World-class Performances In Auckland
Friday, 17 March 2023, 9:51 pm | Athletics New Zealand
A huge new personal best by Jacko Gill and a New Zealand resident and allcomers 100m record by Zoe Hobbs provided the perfect climax to a golden summer of athletics in New Zealand tonight at the Sir Graeme Douglas International presented by Harcourts ... More >>
