Zoe Hobbs

All three New Zealand athletes successfully advanced from qualification as the team made an eye-catching start on the opening morning of the track and field ...

It was a bit like being a kid in a candy shop! Connor said “It was a wild experience, walking in a day one morning session to a packed stadium, noisy and being around athletes I’ve seen on the TV growing up. Maddi said of qualification: “It felt good. You never know where you are running in lane eight, I’m just stoked to make it through. “My form turned towards the end. Nwokocha topped the qualifiers alongside Jamaica’s Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica, who also registered 10.99 in her heat.

Sprint star Zoe Hobbs cruises into 100m semis. Job done. Zoe Hobbs breezed into the 100m semifinals at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Tuesday night (NZT), ...

There's a full stand right around us, and part of the atmosphere sort of puts you on edge a little bit more.” “I just wanted to relax throughout the race and I think I did tense up a little towards the end. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. There’s been a little bit of jet lag in the mix there, and a little bit of sickness. “My form sort of turned to ‘bluh’ a little bit towards the end. “I didn't actually see the girl false start either, so you never actually know.

The Kiwi matched her recent best from the world championships at Oregon.

Maddi Wesche has cruised into the women's shot put final at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, while sprinter Zoe Hobbs has blitzed into the 100m ...

I knew after two rounds those throws weren't going to cut it. "My form turned towards the end. "It was a bit like being a kid in a candy shop! You never know where you are running in lane eight, I'm just stoked to make it through. "It was a wild experience, walking in a day one morning session to a packed stadium, noisy and being around athletes I've seen on the TV growing up. "I wanted to relax throughout the race, and I think I did until tensing up a towards the end.

The Kiwi sprinter comes into the Commonwealth Games on the back of scintillating form, breaking her own national 100 metres record in reaching the ...

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New Zealander Zoe Hobbs is in with a chance of a Commonwealth Games 100m medal after qualifying second fastest in her semifinal behind Olympic champion ...

England’s Daryll Neita posted an eye-catching time of 10.90, a personal best, in the third semifinal. There is no doubt who the favourite will be for the final, though – Thompson-Herah, who has a personal best time of 10.54. In front of a packed Alexander Stadium crowd, Hobbs, running in lane six, finished comfortably in second in a time of 11.15secs. Thompson-Herah recorded 11.05.

Kiwi gets good start but can't stay with front runners led by Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah.

I wanted to relax and coast home and I managed to do that. That's what I wanted to do in the semi. She had qualified sixth fastest for the final.

Lethargic and generally unwell, Zoe Hobbs had to force herself to get out of bed just last week.

If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. "I am ecstatic, just to make that final was incredible. “I went out in that heat, I did one session, and I was like ‘man I've got to do three times 100 if I want to make the final and I don't know if I'm going to be able to hold up for that,’.” The field out there this year was just amazing, to run against the Olympic champ at a Commonwealth Games was just unreal,” said Hobbs, who clocked 11.19 seconds in the final.

Lethargic and generally unwell, Zoe Hobbs had to force herself to get out of bed just last week.

If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. "I am ecstatic, just to make that final was incredible. “I went out in that heat, I did one session, and I was like ‘man I've got to do three times 100 if I want to make the final and I don't know if I'm going to be able to hold up for that,’.” The field out there this year was just amazing, to run against the Olympic champ at a Commonwealth Games was just unreal,” said Hobbs, who clocked 11.19 seconds in the final.