
Athletics: Elite numbers dwindling
The number of elite international Kiwi athletes is dropping away.
The number of elite international Kiwi athletes is dropping away.
For a time yesterday, Jacko Gill's hopes of even making the world junior shot put final hung by a single heave of the stone ball.
New Zealand athlete Sam Warriner today won her third 70.3 half ironman title of the year.
Shot put champion Valerie Vili's progress under her new coaching regime faces a stern test this weekend.
Sir Peter Snell says he could easily have died a year ago after blacking out for up to 15 seconds.
High-performance sport has received an unprecedented cash injection, re-energising a sector in danger of "slipping off track".