By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
HASTINGS
Colgate Games, Hawke’s Bay Regional Sports Park – 6-8 January 2017
Highlights from the three days of competition:
Boys 14; Dominic Overend winner of the 100m 11.78 (-3.7), 200m 22.73 (+2.1), 100m H 14.48 (-3.3), LJ 6.09m (+5.4) and anchored Waitakere to victory in the 4 x 100m...
Highlights from a hugely exciting day in Edinburgh, as Great Britain, USA and Europe battled it out to be this year's Great Edinburgh XCountry champions!
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With one month to go, Nitro Athletics is the innovation athletics needs, says Coe
Athletics needs innovative new concepts to attract new fans to the sport and IAAF President Sebastian Coe believes the Australian organisers of the new Nitro Athletics series may have a hit.
The two-time Olympic champion, who became...
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
Bays Athletics Night of 5’s, AUT Millennium Stadium – 20 December 2016
Aaron Pulford put the demons from the Zatopek 10,000m to rest as he sped to victory in the elite men’s 5000m in 14:15.84. Eric Speakman provided the perfect pace for the first 3000m leaving Pulford...
An updated set of guidelines has been submitted to the Russian Athletics Federation (RUSaF) for those athletes wishing to apply to compete internationally in 2017.
The guidelines, submitted in English and Russian, outline the criteria that athletes must meet to be able to apply for permission to compete in international...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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NEW YORK (31-Dec) -- Sarah Pagano and Andy Vernon dominated the 38th edition of the NYRR Midnight Run here in Central Park. Running the four-mile course in comfortably cold conditions while a colorful fireworks display boomed overhead, Pagano successfully...
Dame Valerie Adams DNZM
Valerie Adams has been appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year honours for services to athletics.
From humble beginnings in South Auckland the 32 year old has risen through the ranks of athletics to dominate the women’s shot put...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(30-Dec) -- Jerry Schumacher, who quietly turned the Nike-sponsored Bowerman Track Club into one of best middle and long distance training groups in the world, has been voted the FloTrack American Distance Coach of the Year for 2016. The...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(21-Dec) -- Olympic medalists and Rio 2016 Olympians Shalane Flanagan, Meb Keflezighi and Galen Rupp will lead the home country charge at the 2017 Boston Marathon, organizers reported today, just three of a strong American team which will toe...
With another successful year nearly behind us, the IAAF would like to wish everyone in the global athletics family a festive holiday season and a happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year. We thank you all for supporting our sport in 2016, a memorable 12 months of competition that was...
