Shot Put
Rivalries spur athletes to top results
Some intense rivalries are pushing a few of New Zealand's top athletes up the world rankings and towards World Championship success.
Jacko Gill: 'Doing what I love, with the people I love, is everything'
Shot putter Jacko Gill is in a very happy place, and that's not just because he won his first national title at the weekend.
Bronze worth more than gold for Dame Valerie at first Olympics since motherhood
A pizza and a lie-down. That's how an elated Dame Valerie Adams is celebrating her bronze medal.
It's the shot putter's fifth Olympics and her fourth medal, adding to two golds and a silver.
Dame… Video, Audio
Shot putter Maddi Wesche cool in shades at Olympics
A future so bright she may need to keep wearing shades, shot putter Maddison-Lee Wesche placed sixth in her final and also delivered a personal best of 18.98 metres.
The 22 -year-old Aucklander… Video, Audio
Why life may indeed really begin at 40
You might be at the stage of your life where you think you peaked in your 20's and are now enduring a decline, but science journalist David Robson explains the Seven Primes of Life and why turning 40… Audio
Walsh sharpens up with shot-put challenge
New Zealand shot putter Tom Walsh has taken to thinking outside the circle to keep his competitve edge sharp.
Tom Walsh admits to a bit of FOMO
The world's best men's shot-putters are competing in Europe, but Tom Walsh isn't one of them and he's okay with that.
Walsh wins 10th straight shot put title
World champion shot-putter Tom Walsh has won his 10th straight title at the national athletics championships in Christchurch.
Dame Valerie's plans for Tokyo 2020 undeterred by pregnancy
Dame Valerie Adams has declared pregancy won't stop her from competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Dame Valerie Adams expecting her second baby
Champion shot putter Dame Valerie Adams is expecting her second child.
Walsh sharpens up for Diamond League final with win
New Zealand shot putter Tom Walsh has completed his warm-up for next week's Diamond League final in Zurich with an encouraging win over a strong field in Germany.
Adams third with season-best effort
Double Olympic gold medal-winning shot putter Dame Valerie Adams has blasted out a season's best in finishing third at the latest Diamond League meeting in the Moroccan city of Rabat.
Another shot put world champion for New Zealand
Maddison Wesche has continued New Zealand's stunning run of World shot put champions, winning the Women's Under 20 World Championship in Finland with a last gasp effort.
A cheeky bet and no training the keys to success?
For track cyclist Eddie Dawkins a cheeky bet with a rival coach and no training whatsoever lead to not only a medal but a Commonwealth Games record. Video, Audio
More records for Tom Walsh
World shot put champion Tom Walsh set four records this weekend and did the longest throw in the world since 2003.
Walsh wins Big Shot with record throw
World Champion shot putter Tom Walsh didn't have any problems easily winning the Big Shot event in his hometown of Timaru.
Walsh wants to win at home
New Zealand's world champion shot putter Tom Walsh has invited some of the best shot putters in the world to a competition in his home town of Timaru.
Walsh wins gold, McCartney just misses medal
Tom Walsh has confirmed his place on the top of the shot putting world after the New Zealand athlete retained his World Indoor Championships title with a record-breaking performance.
Val to get 2010 gold medal in near future
The International Athletics Federation is reallocating six world indoor medals at the Championships in Birmingham this weekend, but Dame Valerie Adams 2010 shot put gold medal will be awarded at a…
Dame Valerie Adams: 'Career now second to being a mum'
Shot put queen Dame Valerie Adams is preparing for her fifth Commonwealth Games, just months after giving birth to her first child. She caught up with RNZ sports reporter Clay Wilson. Video, Audio