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John Cowpland/Photosport Julia Ratcliffe has not only qualified for Tokyo, but reclaimed her national record after a dream nationals in Hastings. When the numbers 73.55 flashed up on the electronic screen in Hastings on the opening day of athletics’ national championships, hammer thrower Julia Ratcliffe thought to herself, “oh well, I got close”. The 27-year-old Hamilton athlete actually didn’t click at the time, in the fourth round of an absorbing women’s hammer throw competition, that she had just followed up an opening Olympic qualifier with an even better effort to reclaim the New Zealand record she had given up to Canterbury rival Lauren Bruce last year. ....
Eddie Osei-Nketia and Tiaan Whelpton Photo: PHOTOSPORT The Sir Graeme Douglas International meeting at Trusts Arena in Waitakere is another important outing in Olympic year with the event carrying World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze level status, which has the highest points on offer in the Oceania region. Those athletes without guaranteed qualifying marks can still gain an Olympic entry through world rankings. The respective match-ups between sprinters Eddie Osei-Nketia and Tiaan Whelpton, and shot put kings Tom Walsh and Jacko Gill, have been the biggest storylines this summer and each is set to go head-to-head again on Saturday. In the male sprinting battles this season, Whelpton sprung an upset by prevailing over Osei-Nketia at the Potts Classic last month, while Osei-Nketia was back in the winner s circle at the Christchurch International Meeting over 200m and then again in the 100m at the Porritt Classic with a scorching 10.28 - his fastest ever lega ....
Press Release – Athletics New Zealand The battle of the titans between New Zealands fastest men and two of the countrys strongest will be among the highlights of an action-packed evening of top-class athletics at the Trusts Arena in Auckland on Saturday. The Sir Graeme Douglas International, … The battle of the titans between New Zealand’s fastest men and two of the country’s strongest will be among the highlights of an action-packed evening of top-class athletics at the Trusts Arena in Auckland on Saturday. The Sir Graeme Douglas International, presented by Harcourts Cooper & Co, is one of the highlights of the athletics calendar and – as a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze level meet – assumes great importance in this Olympic year with the points on offer among the highest available in the Oceania region. ....
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