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Records fall on Mt Taranaki |
 Records have been broken today on Mt Taranaki as some of the country's best mountain runners
gather in Egmont National Park for a few days, to try to lower a few long standing times.
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Records fall at track nationals |
 Sarah Ulmer's time set eight years ago at the 2004 World Championships
in Melbourne was eclipsed at the 2012 Subaru Cycling Australia Track National Championships in Adelaide when three of the fastest times ever recorded in Australia were ridden.
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NZ Cycle Classic stage 3 - Kiwi Sam Bewley wins |
 Sam
Bewley riding for the BikeNZ team has won today's third stage of the New
Zealand Cycle Classic. The top NZ team pursuit rider was part of a three man
breakaway early in the 163km loop from Palmerston North to Apiti and return.
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Mckenzie keen to feature as surf season ramps up |
 Surf
lifesaving's new breed have their first big chance to impress at the Eastern Regional championships in Mount Maunganui this weekend. The
two-day ERCs carnival doubles as the third round of the new Sonic series
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 David Tait was an Adventure Racer & is now the event director for
the Go-4-12 Youth Adventure Race, which doubles as the NZ Secondary
Schools Adventure Racing Championships. This year's 12 hour race will
take place in the Hastings District Area.
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 The Port Nelson Sea Swims have
become an international affair, with standards to match. Last night's swim of about 1200m from the Nelson Yacht Club would challenge any of the
top sea swimmers in the country.
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Edmond "first to finish" the Great Southern Brevet |
 Adventure Racer Ian Edmond was one of the 37 "mad bikers" who took
on the Great Southern Brevet for its stunning scenery and of course, the personal challenge. This 1100km Brevet was more about enjoying and managing
yourself than racing to compete...
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NZ Cycle Classic Stage 2 - McCarthy breaks away to take victory |
Today's second stage of the New Zealand Cycle Classic saw the race venture out on its first
big leg, looping the country roads of Palmerston North, with Australian Jay McCarthy (Jacyo-AIS) riding to victory in
a small breakaway.
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Internationals Attack Speight's Coast to Coast |
 Thirty years ago the inaugural Speight's Coast to Coast had just three participants from outside of New Zealand. This year the
30th anniversary of the world's longest running multisport event features almost 100 internationals from 16
countries.
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New Zealand Cycle Classic Aussie surprise win |
 The New Zealand Cycle Classic got underway
today with an individual time trial around Massey University with Australian Campbell Flakemore pulling
out a surprise win to wear the leaders yellow jersey.
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Interview - Steve Knowles |
 With this year's Speights Coast to Coast just 2 weeks away, things are
ramping up big time for Steve Knowles at Sportzhub.com. With Richard
& Elina Ussher, & Dougal Allen racing, this will be one of the
best elite fields we've seen for years.
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State Beach Series - Race 9 |
 Race 9 of the State Beach Series was a night for
Olympic hopefuls. The first race of the 2012 season was run in warm conditions and swum in calm seas. Steven Kent,
chasing a place in the NZ Olympic swim team
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 It may have taken until late January but summer finally
kicked in for the 2XU Stroke & Stride Series with blue skies and an overdose of sunshine the order of the day. Race #4 in the series is the
first event of the new year and 2012 is looking good
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Costley on Half Marathon mission |
 Simon
Mardon and 60 odd other runners and walkers have had the Maitai Valley Road to themselves over the last couple of weeks in the Sprig and Fern NBS Nelson Striders Summer Series. But in last
night's 5km all said ‘hello' to Phil Costley and as he swept past it was a super quick ‘goodbye'.
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Tasman Bay Kayak Racing Club’s champion - Ussher ready for Coast |
 Coast to Coast race director Robin Judkins said "Richard
Ussher is the most talented athlete multi-sport has ever seen", and Ussher proved the point by over-hauling the Tasman Bay Kayak Racing Club's champion
paddler Dan Busch on Monday night despite a severely dislocated finger.
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50 years on from a Historic Moment at Wanganui |
 It will be a
golden moment on Friday evening as Wanganui celebrates triple Olympic gold medallist Peter Snell's historic world mile record at Cooks Gardens
in 1962.
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Today's 4th
stage win of the NZ Cycle Classic came down to a bunch sprint which was won by Thomas Palmer from Team Drapac. The race
held on the outskirts of Palmerston North produced a lot of action in the peloto
