Zoe Hobbs

2023 - 3 - 12

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Zoe Hobbs sets new sub-11 sec record with fastest time on ... (New Zealand Herald)

Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has officially become the first New Zealand woman to run under 11 seconds for the 100 metres. Hobbs created history at the Sydney Track ...

She later anchored a New Zealand A team - also including Brooke Somerfield, Portia Bing and Anna Percy - to second in the women’s 4x100m team, clocking 44.59. “To give it some context, I’m sure that time would have been quick enough to have made the Olympic women’s 100m final in Tokyo (the time would have advanced her sixth fastest to the final). There wasn’t much wind out there tonight, which is similar to what you get in big stadium. When I heard the time and the wind was legal, I was absolutely stoked to finally dip under the 11-second mark legally.” I had a little bit of a shock at the end of the race, when I saw 10.99 flash up [this was later rounded down to 10.97] and I started celebrating and then I thought, no, wait for the wind. I felt I was still recovering a bit from the emotional high of nationals.

'Absolutely stoked': Zoe Hobbs officially breaks 11-second record in ... (Stuff.co.nz)

After her wind-assisted run last week, Kiwi sprinter peels off the fastest-ever time on Australian soil, while Olivia McTaggart posts pole-vault PB.

“There wasn’t much wind out there tonight, which is similar to what you get in big stadium. I put so much technical strategy into the competition, I enjoyed it so much. “I was in overdrive,” she said. I’m so happy.” “It feels so good,” Hobbs said. “I was quite alert today. When you reframe it in that context, it is pretty wild, and to do it in my third race of the season is crazy.” [the same stage at the world outdoors over 100m](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/300639224/kiwi-sprinter-zoe-hobbs-powers-into-100m-semifinals-in-recordbreaking-style) and become a [finalist at the Commonwealth Games](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/commonwealth-games/300653921/zoe-hobbs-reveals-covid-battle-on-eve-of-commonwealth-games-after-impressing-in-womens-100m), Hobbs is now the 2023 world leader, and big dreams are starting to become a reality. “To give it some context, I’m sure that time would have been quick enough to have made the Olympic women’s 100m final in Tokyo [it would have advanced her to the final as sixth-fastest]. [It was the second time in a week that Hobbs had hammered out new national records.](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/300821374/recordbreaker-zoe-hobbs-smashes-11second-barrier-to-win-100m-title-at-national-champs) “When I heard the time and the wind was legal, I was absolutely stoked to finally dip under the 11-second mark legally.” “I had a little bit of a shock at the end of the race, when I saw 10.99 flash up [this was later rounded down to 10.97] and I started celebrating, and then I thought, no, wait for the wind.

Zoe Hobbs Runs An Electrifying 10.97 Clocking To Smash Oceania ... (Scoop.co.nz)

11 March Zoe Hobbs created history at the Sydney Track Classic tonight by running a staggering mark of 10.97 (+0.5) to scalp one tenth of a second from her ...

She later anchored a New Zealand A team – also including Brooke Somerfield, Portia Bing and Anna Percy - to second in the women’s 4x100m team, clocking 44.59. “To give it some context, I’m sure that time would have been quick enough to have made the Olympic women’s 100m final in Tokyo (the time would have advanced her sixth fastest to the final). When I heard the time and the wind was legal, I was absolutely stoked to finally dip under the 11-second mark legally.” I had a little bit of a shock at the end of the race, when I saw 10.99 flash up (this was later rounded down to 10.97) and I started celebrating and then I thought, no, wait for the wind. There wasn’t much wind out there tonight, which is similar to what you get in big stadium. I woke up on Monday not feeling that great but thankfully I was able to execute today.

Top New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs has again broken her own ... (NZCity)

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Kiwi Hobbs runs fastest women's 100 metres in Australia (The West Australian)

New Zealand's Zoe Hobbs has become the first women to run a legal sub-11 second time in the women's 100 metres in Australia at the Sydney Track Classic.

"I really wanted to pick a race that I can really test and see where I'm at and that was tonight, it was a perfect opportunity to do it," Hull said. "I didn't really feel like I was on my own because the crowd was so loud," Hull said. Jessica Hull continued her excellent form by clocking an Australian 3000m record of 8 minutes 31.81 seconds, eclipsing the old mark by almost five seconds in winning the Australian 3000 metres title. "I saw the time and I'm like, 'oh my God, I don't want to get too excited' just in case it wasn't legal, but in any conditions I'll be stoked with a sub-11," Hobbs said. New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs has set the fastest women's 100 metres time in Australia in a sizzling performance at the Sydney Track Classic. Hobbs clocked an all-comers record of 10.97 seconds on Saturday, eclipsing the previous record of 10.99 set by Greece's Ekaterini Thanou at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Athletics: Emotional Kiwi speedster Zoe Hobbs 'still processing' legal ... (Newshub)

Kiwi sprinter Zoe Hobbs admits she's still coming to grips with the significance of her first legal sub-11 seconds 100 metres performance at Sydney.