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    Fast seventh for Ruthe

    New Zealand runner Sam Ruthe posted another rapid mile time at the Sound Running Invite in North Carolina yesterday.

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    Elliott’s pace too hot for opposition

    Hamish Elliott celebrates after winning the Coast to Coast on Saturday. PHOTO: MIKE WALEN...

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    Elliott’s pace too hot for opposition

    Hamish Elliott described his "ultimate adventure" after charging to victory in the men’s Longest Day at the Coast to Coast on Saturday.

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    Kingsford exchanges heartache for glory

    Rebecca Kingsford wins the Coast to Coast on Saturday.PHOTO: MIKE WALEN/KEYIMAGERY

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    Kingsford exchanges heartache for glory

    It has been a long and eventful journey but Rebecca Kingsford can now call herself a Coast to Coast champion.

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    Southern trifecta led home by Shallard

    Sophie Shallard. File photo: Peter McIntosh

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    Southern trifecta led home by Shallard

    Southern athletes claimed all three steps on the podium in the women’s section of the two-day individual race at the Coast to Coast.

    Place in big air final not to be but pair still buzzing

    New Zealander Sylvia Trotter competes in the women’s freeski big air qualification in the Winter...

    Place in big air final not to be but pair still buzzing

    New Zealand freeskiers Sylvia Trotter and Ruby Star Andrews put together a fierce effort in the qualification rounds of the big air at the Winter Olympics yesterday.

    Pipped by progression in discipline

    New Zealander Campbell Melville Ives competes in the third run of the men’s snowboard halfpipe...

    Pipped by progression in discipline

    Wānaka snowboarder Cam Melville Ives was in a philosophical mood after finishing 12th in the final of the men’s snowboard halfpipe at the Winter Olympics yesterday.

    Results bode well for world cup meetings

    Tom Sexton. Photo: Getty Images

    Results bode well for world cup meetings

    Both New Zealand and Australian elite track cycling squads will approach the international season with confidence after strong performances at the Oceania Championships.

    Drones push Olympic broadcasting to new level

    A drone tracks Barnabas Szollos during the men's downhill competition at  Stelvio Ski Centre in...

    Drones push Olympic broadcasting to new level

    Drones are giving TV viewers worldwide an immersive sensation of the action at the Winter Olympics - enabling them to sense the athletes' speed, skill and movement close up.

    Finals spot and a fiance

    Bogdan Fashtryga proposes to Kateryna Kotsar after her third run in the Freeski Big Air...

    Finals spot and a fiance

    Ukrainian freestyle skier Kateryna Kotsar had a hunch something good was going to happen at the Winter Olympics on Saturday. She did not know it would be two things.

    Fierce effort from high flying Kiwis

    Sylvia Trotter described her first Olympic experience as "so special". Photo: Reuters

    Fierce effort from high flying Kiwis

    New Zealand freeskiers Sylvia Trotter and Ruby Star Andrews put together a fierce effort in the qualification rounds of the big air at the Winter Olympics. 

    Two sailors including one Kiwi injured in SailGP collision

    A collision between Black Foils driven by Peter Burling and Blair Tuke and DS Team France, driven...

    Two sailors including one Kiwi injured in SailGP collision

    Sailors from the New Zealand and France teams have been rushed to Auckland hospital, after a high-speed collision in race three of the New Zealand SailGP event off Wynyard Point.

    Shaidorov shocks rivals as 'Quad God' crumbles

    US skater Ilia Malinin landed only three of his seven planned quadruple jumps and fell twice...

    Shaidorov shocks rivals as 'Quad God' crumbles

    Heavy favourite Ilia Malinin cited nerves for a performance that saw him fall twice.

    Melville Ives misses out on halfpipe medal

    Campbell Melville Ives in action during the first run of the halfpipe final. Photo: Reuters

    Melville Ives misses out on halfpipe medal

    Wānaka's Cam Melville Ives struggled to complete his runs in the snowboard halfpipe final at the Winter Olympics in Italy, ending in 12th place.

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    Snow star leads running for award

    New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott reacts after her second run in the women’s snowboard big air...

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    Snow star leads running for award

    Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has had a pretty great week — could it be about to get even better?

    NZ’s Andrews, Aust’s Hoffman ooze class at champs

    Ellesse Andrews prepares for the sprint at the Oceania Cycling Championships in Cambridge. PHOTO:...

    NZ’s Andrews, Aust’s Hoffman ooze class at champs

    Leading sprinters Leigh Hoffman and Ellesse Andrews showed their star qualities at the Oceania Track Championships in Cambridge on Thursday night.

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    Coach trying to bring joy back to children’s sport

    Craig Harrison specialises in supporting young people in sporting environments and will be giving...

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    Coach trying to bring joy back to children’s sport

    Craig Harrison is on a mission to give the game back to our youth.

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    Illness, breakages can’t stop leaders

    Wanaka multisporter Piper Cavanagh leads the Coast to Coast women’s two-day individual race after...

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    Illness, breakages can’t stop leaders

    Black Friday, rain, ill health and broken gear couldn't stop two southern athletes from dominating the first day of the Coast to Coast challenge.

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    Completion goal for mum, daughter

    Karyn Becconsall (left) and daughter Charlotte are preparing to do the tandem race at the Coast...

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    Completion goal for mum, daughter

    ‘‘Forget the shopping trip — we’re doing the Coast to Coast’’.

    Hudson finally achieving Olympic dream

    Piera Hudson competing in Switzerland in 2022. Photo: Getty Images

    Hudson finally achieving Olympic dream

    With a Dunedin born mum, ski trips to Wānaka growing up and multiple titles, Piera Hudson is finally achieving her dream to compete at the Winter Olympics - for the UAE.

    Robinson feeling far more chill

    Alice Robinson training in Cortina this week. Photo: Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty...

    Robinson feeling far more chill

    Queenstown skier Alice Robinson feels she's in the best place she has ever been heading into a Winter Olympics.
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