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Jones, Oldroyd retain titles at Queenstown Marathon

STORY: Jones, Oldroyd retain titles at Queenstown Marathon SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 18, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:44 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the marathon STORYLINE: Host runner Daniel Jones and Hannah Oldroyd from Britain defended their titles in the men's and women's categories respectively of the Queenstown Marathon on Saturday as the picturesque event attracted over 11,000 athletes. Wellington-based Jones won the men's race in two hours, 31 minutes and 13 seconds, while Oldroyd finished first in the women's category with 2:49:50. "I'm feeling pretty stoked. I've been back training pretty well for the last six weeks and I felt just about ready to get in a good marathon today. 2:31, I think it was not my quickest time here, but I was pushed hard by some of those other guys earlier on and just managed to pull away in the second half and held my nerve and just managed to stick to it," said Jones. "There was such a good atmosphere again, running through Que

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Eileen Special Screening - NYC

Anne Hathaway, William Oldroyd and Thomasin McKenzie attending the special screening of Eileen at The Whitby, New York City, NY, USA on November 15, 2023. Photo by Dave Allocca/Starpix/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eileen Special Screening - NYC

William Oldroyd and Thomasin McKenzie attending the special screening of Eileen at The Whitby, New York City, NY, USA on November 15, 2023. Photo by Dave Allocca/Starpix/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eileen Special Screening - NYC

William Oldroyd and Anne Hathaway attending the special screening of Eileen at The Whitby, New York City, NY, USA on November 15, 2023. Photo by Dave Allocca/Starpix/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eileen Special Screening - NYC

William Oldroyd and Thomasin McKenzie attending the special screening of Eileen at The Whitby, New York City, NY, USA on November 15, 2023. Photo by Dave Allocca/Starpix/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eileen Special Screening - NYC

Luke Goebel, Anne Hathaway, William Oldroyd, Thomasin McKenzie attending the special screening of Eileen at The Whitby, New York City, NY, USA on November 15, 2023. Photo by Dave Allocca/Starpix/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eileen Special Screening - NYC

William Oldroyd and Anne Hathaway attending the special screening of Eileen at The Whitby, New York City, NY, USA on November 15, 2023. Photo by Dave Allocca/Starpix/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jones, Oldroyd win at Queenstown Marathon

STORY: Jones, Oldroyd win at Queenstown Marathon DATELINE: Nov. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:42 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of runners competing in the Queenstown Marathon STORYLINE: Home runner Daniel Jones and Hannah Oldroyd from Britain won the men's and women's races of the Queenstown Marathon respectively on Saturday as the picturesque event attracted over 12,000 athletes. Wellington-based Jones won the men's race in two hours 26 minutes and 30 seconds, while Oldroyd finished first in the women's race with 2:53:09. "A marathon is always hard work but to be back in Queenstown racing again is awesome, it was amazing, it was pretty perfect conditions, a little bit windy but we had such good crowd support and when it comes down to it, racing is racing, so that's what drove us home in the end," said Jones. There are four events in this year's Queenstown Marathon including full marathon, half marathon, the 10km and 3km Kids Run. Over 12,000 athletes took part in the

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New Zealand's 31st Auckland Marathon attracts over 14,000 runners

STORY: New Zealand's 31st Auckland Marathon attracts over 14,000 runners DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:26 LOCATION: AUCKLAND, New Zealand CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Auckland Marathon STORYLINE: Over 14,000 athletes hit the race course of the Auckland Marathon in the rain on Sunday as the event celebrated its 31st anniversary. Home runner Daniel Jones from Wellington created history with a first-ever three-peat victory with a time of two hours 21 minutes and 56 seconds, while Hannah Oldroyd from Christchurch became a two-time winner as the iconic event returned for the first time without COVID-19 restrictions. Jones relished the conditions this morning, with rain proving no barrier to the 32-year-old as he made it three in a row, including the delayed 2021 event that was hosted in January this year. It was far from easy though, with Jones running side by side with British Luke Cotter and Daniel Balchin from Alexandra for most of the journey, only breaking clear in the final few kilo