Zoe Hobbs And Olivia McTaggart Win In Nancy
Hobbs has continued with her strong form out of the blocks, and lead from gun to tape at the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting. Hobbs will now turn her attention to the Meeting Herculis / The Monaco Diamond League on the 11th of July.
Olivia McTaggart has also earned the top spot in Nancy. Clearing 4.53 in the pole vault to beat Angelica Moser of Switzerland on count back. McTaggart had a clean score card all the way to 4.63, clearing 4.33, 4.43, and 4.53 before missing three attempts at 4.63.
Moser had a first time miss at 4.53 before clearing on her second attempt, allowing McTaggart in for the win.
McTaggart will have a quick turn around for her next competition at Sotteville, France on 7 July.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Scoop
2 days ago
- Scoop
Zoe Hobbs And Olivia McTaggart Win In Nancy
Zoe Hobbs has taken out the top spot over 100m at Meeting Stanislas in Nancy France on Friday evening local time. Hobbs returning to the track after her New Zealand record run in Ostrava, put down another quality 11.08s performance to finish clear of the field. Hobbs has continued with her strong form out of the blocks, and lead from gun to tape at the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting. Hobbs will now turn her attention to the Meeting Herculis / The Monaco Diamond League on the 11th of July. Olivia McTaggart has also earned the top spot in Nancy. Clearing 4.53 in the pole vault to beat Angelica Moser of Switzerland on count back. McTaggart had a clean score card all the way to 4.63, clearing 4.33, 4.43, and 4.53 before missing three attempts at 4.63. Moser had a first time miss at 4.53 before clearing on her second attempt, allowing McTaggart in for the win. McTaggart will have a quick turn around for her next competition at Sotteville, France on 7 July.
Scoop
5 days ago
- Scoop
Zoe Hobbs & Sam Ruthe Book Diamond League Starts
Zoe Hobbs has secured a prestigious start at the iconic Monaco Diamond League, her 10.94s performance in Ostrava all but confirming her start in the principality. Hobbs will face 2024 Olympic gold medalist, Julien Alfred of St Lucia. Hobbs will first race in Nancy on the 4th, before heading to Monaco on the 11th. Joining Zoe in Monaco will be 2024 Olympic High Jump Champion, Hamish Kerr. Kerr returns to the Diamond League circuit after a short break on New Zealand shores. Kerr headlines the meet as the returning 2024 champion. Now 16-year-old Sam Ruthe joins Sam Tanner in the international mile at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene USA. Ruthe aims to be the youngest ever to break 4 minutes in the mile on USA soil, a record currently held by Jakob Ingebrigtsen. While the international mile is technically the B race at the meet, with the Bowerman Mile the headline mile, the field is not short of quality. Featuring 3:50 miler Cooper Teare, USA's top high-schooler Owen Powell. George Beamish won this race in 2021, when he kicked down a celebrating Craig Engels for a 'textbook George' moment. Anna Grimaldi stars in an ever growing para-program at the Prefontaine Classic. Competing in a mixed-classification 100m para. She'll line up against USA's Brittni Mason who finished ahead of Grimaldi at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games over the 100m T47. Mitch Joynt will also line up at the 50th edition of the Pre Classic in the 200m T62 / T64 Para. 3 July: Folksam Grand Prix Karlstad World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze Lauren Bruce - Hammer Throw 5 July: Prefontaine Classic (Eugene, USA) Diamond League Tom Walsh - Shot Put Maddi Wesche - Shot Put Anna Grimaldi - 100m Mixed Classification Para Mitch Joynt - 200m T62 / T64 Para Sam Tanner - International Mile Sam Ruthe - International Mile Watch live on the Diamond League Youtube Channel 7 July: Meeting International de Sotteville (Sotteville, France) World Athletics Continental Tour Silver Olivia McTaggart - Pole Vault 9 July: Cork City Sports (Cork, Ireland) World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze Lauren Bruce - Hammer Throw 11 July: Meeting Herculis (Monaco, Monaco) Diamond League Hamish Kerr - High Jump Zoe Hobbs - 100m Watch live on the Diamond League Youtube Channel World University Games The Athletics New Zealand contingent will compete in Germany at the 2025 FISU World University Games. The team includes NZ 400m record holder, Lex Revell-Lewis, 2024 World U20 Triple Jump Champion, Ethan Olivier, and 2024 NCAA 1500m silver medalist Kimberly May. The competition schedule is currently TBC, with competition dates from 21-27 July. Selected Men: Lex Revell-Lewis – University of Auckland – 400m (Nuree Greenhalgh) Tommy Te Puni – University of Auckland – 200m (Elena Brown) Liam Back – Providence College – 5,000m (Ray Treacy) Toby Gualter – North Carolina State University – 5,000m and 10,000m (Alistair Leslie) Shay Veitch – University of Otago – Long Jump (Michael Beable) Ethan Olivier – North West University Potchefstroom – Triple Jump (Wikus Olivier) Nick Palmer – Massey University – Shot Put (Hayden Hall) Anthony Barmes – Drake University – Hammer Throw (Mike Schofield) Selected Women: Maddie Wilson – University of Canterbury – Heptathlon (James Sandilands) Hannah Adye – University of Auckland – Pole Vault (James Steyn) Jordyn Blake – University of Auckland – Relay specialist, 200m* (James Mortimer) Annalies Kalma – University of Nevada – 400m, Relay (Shantel Twiggs) Isabel Neal – University of Auckland – 400m, Relay (James Mortimer) Marielle Venida – University of Auckland – Relay, 100m, 200m (Kerry Hill) Eva Pringle – University of Otago – 3000m SC, 5000m (Craig Kirkwood) Peyton Leigh – Princeton University – 5000m (Brad Hunt) Emma Douglass – Wake Forest University – 800m (Brandon Hazouri) Kimberley May – Providence College – 1500m (Ray Treacy)
1News
24-06-2025
- 1News
Sprinter Zoe Hobbs breaks New Zealand and Oceania record
New Zealand's fastest woman just got faster. Zoe Hobbs told Breakfast she was "absolutely stoked" with her brilliant 10.94 seconds in the 100m race at the Ostrava Golden Spike event in the Czech Republic. The 27-year-old sprinter beat her own personal best time of 10.96 seconds to set a new Oceania record. "I'm absolutely stoked. Anytime running under sub-11s is amazing, [I'm] very happy," she said. Hobbs broke her own NZ and Oceania records with a time of 10.94s at the latest World Athletics Continental Tour event in the Czech Republic. (Source: World Athletics Continental Tour) (Source: Other) ADVERTISEMENT The New Zealander finished 3rd, but led for a large portion of the race. Her race start had been a focus in training, after struggling in her previous two European races. "I was a bit confused. I got a flyer start, came out really low, really horizontal. Almost stumbled. I was like 'I just need to hold this!' "I got to 30m, 40m, was still leading maybe even up to 80m, so I just had to keep relaxing, keep flowing. I knew if I was top three, especially with the other contenders that were in that race, it was going to be a good time." Kiwi sprinter Zoe Hobbs. (Source: Photosport) Hobbs explained she had to be patient, as she hadn't run under 11 seconds since 2023. "I wasn't quite expecting to run that at this point, or to run a PB, so I think we're on the right track and doing some good things in training. The landmark time was a huge boost to Hobbs, who battled jet-lag and sickness in earlier competitions. "It's really reassuring to be in 10.94 PB shape, we're only looking to build from here."
