by nzadmin | Aug 29, 2012 | Featured, Mountain Running, News, Pre event
World masters running champion Sally Gibbs of Katikati will represent New Zealand at the world mountain running championships, in Ponte di Legno Italy on Sunday. At 49 Gibbs will start, with similar aged Izabela Zatorska of Poland, as the oldest in the field of 99....
by nzadmin | Aug 27, 2012 | Europe, Featured, News, Track
SWITZERLAND Athletissima Diamond League Meeting, Lausanne – 23 August 2012 Valerie Adams continued to dominate the world shot put scene winning at the Diamond League meeting with a best of 20.95m. The double Olympic gold medallist started with 20.73m with her top...
by nzadmin | Aug 21, 2012 | Featured, News
Auckland Road Championships, Unitec Mt Albert – 19 August 2012 First year senior John Schreuder ran himself into the ground in winning the Auckland road running title around Unitec in Mt Albert yesterday. Schreuder put in a burner mid way through the race which gave...
by nzadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | Featured, London2012, News, Olympic Games, Track
Valerie Adams has been awarded the gold medal for shot put at the London Olympic Games. The announcement comes after Belarus’s Nadzeya Ostapchuk tested positive for the steroid metenolone in a urine sample. Ostapchuk’s positive test means the 31-year-old has been...
by nzadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | Featured, London2012, News, Olympic Games, Track
LONDON Olympic Games – 3-12 August 2012 Monday 6 August: Valerie Adams was unable to match the power of arch rival Nadzeya Ostapchuk in the defence of her Olympic crown in the shot put. Update: Adams wins Gold after Ostapchuk tests positive Update: Valerie Adams...