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...
Nitro News: Olympic champion will bring showbiz to Nitro
It is not unusual for an Olympic champion to be talented in a number of areas and that’s certainly the case for Bolt All-Stars Olympic champion Kerron Clement who has made a name for himself on and off the track.
Olympic gold,...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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HOUSTON (15-Jan) -- Despite soaking humidity and fog that shrouded the tops of this city's tallest buildings, Jordan Hasay of Portland, Ore., made an impressive half-marathon debut here today at the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon, clocking 1:08:40 on a record-standard...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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NEW YORK (21-Jan) -- Ajee' Wilson continued to show strong early-season form, clocking the second-fastest indoor 600m ever by an American woman at the 22nd annual New Balance Games at the Armory Track & Field Center in Upper Manhattan.
Wilson,...
Athletics New Zealand Results Media Update - Weekly Round-up 30 January 2017
Athletics New Zealand Weekly Results Update
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
INGLEWOOD
Athletics New Zealand 10,000m Championships, TET Stadium – 28 January 2017
Aaron Pulford made it four years in a row with a clear cut victory in the title race on the recently...
New Zealand athletes will be taking part in an exciting, innovative athletics series in Melbourne over the next week. Coles Nitro Athletics Melbourne is the brainchild of Athletics Australia in a bold attempt to create a new format to attract more fans to the sport.
The world’s best ever sprinter,...
Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger? | David Epstein
When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to lay...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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NEW YORK (10-Feb) -- On Thursday, a winter storm steamrolled through the northeast corridor, dropping nearly a foot of snow on New York City. The 12-hour storm left flights cancelled and businesses and schools closed. With the NYRR Millrose...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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NEW YORK (11-Feb) -- The mailman strikes again.
Ajee' Wilson brought the crowd to its feet here at the 110th NYRR Millrose Games, shattering the American indoor 800m record in 1:58.27. Wilson and teammate Charlene Lipsey, coached by U.S. Postal...
A weekly round up of results and media surrounding NZ Athletics.
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AUSTRALIA
Coles Nitro Athletics Series Round 2, Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne – 9 February 2017
New Zealand finished fifth on day two of the team competition. Points were Bolt All-Stars 930, Australia 895, China 855, England 850, New Zealand...
