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The Rio Olympic Games have provided a great launching platform into the start of the summer athletics season with some amazing performances from our team of NZL athletes.
A huge congratulations to our four medallists Valerie Adams, Tom Walsh, Eliza McCartney and Nick Willis, along with Jacko Gill, Zane Robertson and Quentin Rew who all featured in the top 12 in their events.
Clubs can certainly expect an influx of new members in the coming months on the back of these inspiring performances. 
It's not far to the next NZ championship event, the NZ Road Champs in Masterton next weekend and the start of the summer season is certainly sneaking up very quickly too.
In this issue we talk to one of our Rio team members who set a new NZ record and who is looking towards a new challenge. We also chat to a Kiwi sports lawyer about her very important work on the new governance structure at the IAAF .
There’s lots more in this issue of Athletics in Action, so keeping reading.

 

 

NZ Lawyer leads IAAF governance restructure 

Top Kiwi sports lawyer Maria Clarke is leading a high powered team of lawyers and governance experts to change the governance structure of the IAAF. Steve Landells speaks to the New Zealander about her critical role and how she hopes the proposals will help change the sport for future generations.
Read more ...

 

NZ Road Champs 2016

Only eight more sleeps til the NZ Road Champs in Masterton. Looks like a fantastic national championships coming up, so if you are looking for more information Follow the link. We'll have the start lists up soon and early next week we'll publish our event preview,
 Read more.....

 

Club Connect 2016

A note from our Club Development Manager Cat O'Sullivan:
Thank you to all those clubs that attended the recent  Club Connect Conference in Auckland, we hope you found it useful.  
For those who couldn’t make it we have posted the presentations online for you to access.
Club Connect 2016

 

Bluebridge member discounts



Athletics New Zealand members receive a 10% discount on Bluebridge Ferries. If you are a member of a club, you are entitled to 10% off any available Bluebridge fare, excluding the summer peak period.
Find out more about this great offer on our Member Benefits page.

 

Is your team heading to Road Relay Champs?

In need of more leg room, more arm room, more room for all the gear or just more space for the team? Give yourself a competitive advantage by travelling in comfort in a Hertz vehicle.  Hertz have many different sized vehicles to choose from, you will always find one that is a winner for you.
Visit www.hertz.co.nz/athleticsnz and remember to quote CDP: 2082291 to receive your 15% discount!
Check out our Member Benefits page for some other great deals.

 

Upcoming NZ Championship Events

Just one more week to the NZ Road Championships  on 3 September in Masterton and then on to Rotorua for the Road Relay Champs on 1 October. On the same day, in Auckland we'll be holding the inaugural Athletics NZ 24 hour championships.

 

What's next?

September 2016
3     NZ Road Championships    Masterton
7     Rio 2016 Paralympics   Rio de Janiero
11   World Mountain Running Champs  Hungary

October 2016
1     NZ Road Relay Champs   Rotorua
1     NZ 24 hour Championships   Auckland
 

 

  
 

 

  
  
 

Zane Robertson looks to future after NZ record

New Zealand distance running star Zane Robertson performed with pride in Rio. Steve Landells caught up with the African-based Kiwi hopes to use his Olympic experiences as a springboard to a bright future in the marathon. 
Read more ...

 

Rio 2016 - how good was that?

The Athletics team in Rio certainly did a great job and lots of proud New Zealanders are talking about the sport and our stars!
A quick look at some numbers:
4 medals - NZ's best equal haul, equal with 1964
4 athletes - the number of athletes who won medals,  the best ever results for Athletics and an Olympic Games
7 athletes - the number of NZers who finished in the top 12 in their event
7 Countries - the number of nations who won more medals than NZL in Athletics at the Olympics -
USA, KEN, JAM, ETH, GBR, CAN, FRA
2 NZ records - to Zane Robertson in 10,000m 27:33.67 and Eliza McCartney in Pole Vault 4.80
And some other numbers
2283 athletes competed
199 countries took part
69 countries with top 8 finishers
42 countries won medals
20 countries won gold medals
3 world records set
8 Olympic records set
99 national records set
Read more about how our athletes did...
Check out our daily reports from Rio

 

Support our Rio athletes

#weareathletics
Athletics NZ is running a Facebook competition (and it's still open) to find the best support videos and pictures in the country.  So get your club together and get creative to show your club is the biggest supporter of our Athletics team. Post your videos or pictures of support to the Athletics NZ Facebook page for the chance to win a visit from one of the team and a $500 equipment voucher for your club.  Remember to use the competition hashtag #weareathletics
There are two chances to win:
Athletes Choice: The video or picture the Athletics NZ Olympics & Paralympic athletes like the most.
Peoples Choice: The video or picture that gets the most likes on Facebook.
The competition is open until September 18 2016 - the end of the Paralympics.
Click for the poster and terms and conditions!

 

Kiwi Running Show

Our friends at Tempofit  have put together the latest issue of the Kiwi Running show and guess what, there's lots in the podcast about the Olympics. Check out Kiwi Running Show - 012 - Bring Home the Bling

 

International Action

Apart from the amazing action from Rio at the 2016 Olympic Games, the final four meetings from the  IAAF Diamond League got under way this morning in Lausanne with Valerie Adams getting back on top over her Rio vanquisher Michalle Carter. Tom Walsh will be back in action at the Paris Diamond League this weekend.
We'll be swinging quickly back to Rio for the amazing Rio Paralympics with eight of our fantastic Para-Athletes in action. More on this in the next issue of Athletics in Action.
We've also got the World Mountain Running Champs coming up in in September
Enjoy!

 

Throwers getting it together

Athletics New Zealand’s Throwsfest 2016 is a merger of the very successful Hammerfest and Shot Put Discus Camp events from last season, bringing it all together in one massive get-together for throwers (beginners to experts) and coaches. It’s straight after the New Zealand Secondary schools champs in Auckland. Love throwing? Then get to  Throwsfest!
Find out more ...

 

HP Topics

Recent updates and announcements from our HP department:
2016 IAU 24hr Asia/Oceania Champs
2016 IAU 100km World Champs vacancy
2016 IAU 100km World Champs Policy released
2016 IAU Trail World Champs reps announced
2016 IAU Trail World Championships   
Other recent HP news can be found HERE

 

Are you up to date?

We want to keep all our members and fans right up to date with all the important news and happenings in the sport. Check out the latest offerings:

   Weekly Round-up (new)
   Club Chat Newsletter
   Official Focus Newsletter
   Athletics NZ website
   Athletics NZ High Performance
   Athletics NZ Rankings & Records
 

 
 

 

  
 
 

 

  

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