25 Jun 2025

NZ sprinter Zoe Hobbs breaks NZ and Oceania 100 metre record

From Checkpoint, 4:25 pm on 25 June 2025

New Zealand sprint queen Zoe Hobbs has broken the New Zealand and Oceania 100-metre record once again at the latest World Athletics continental tour event in the Czech Republic. Hobbs produced an electric return to form with a time of 10.94 seconds, her first sub-11 second performance in nearly two years. Sports correspondent Dana Johannsen spoke to Lisa Owen.