Eliza McCartney

Back competing on the world stage, healthy and fit 😌

Things don’t always go to plan, and not being able to travel with my normal poles from New Zealand made things really difficult. It is what it is. But I still got to compete in the black singlet and that is always special 🖤🤍

6th at World Indoor Champs

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I’m so happy to be going to another World Indoor Champs! It was the first senior competition I ever did, back in 2016, and has been one of my favourite competitions ever since. I just love it 🥰

Competing 22nd March at 6pm in Poland (6am 23rd March in Aotearoa)

Thank you and for capturing Nationals so perfectly

Presenting the Sky Sport Emerging Talent Award 10 years after winning it myself to none other than .ruthe was a special moment. There were some amazing athletics achievements over the last year and it was a proud moment to see that recognised at the Halbergs.

Thank you , , for the beautiful look and making me feel so glamorous ❤️

Being a professional athlete, especially one that lives in Aotearoa New Zealand, requires a lot of air travel. There’s no getting around the fact that sport is carbon heavy, but that doesn’t mean we accept it without question. One of our most impactful actions as individuals is what we do with our money, whether that be considering who we bank with, what investment funds we have, or donations.

For every 200km I fly this year, I am pledging $1 to the new Sport One, Carbon Zero fund by , a fund that targets areas of high emissions in sport. If you would also like to pledge, you can do so alongside me with as little or as much as you like (link in bio).

This is one thing I can do to meet climate change head on and make a positive difference. As individuals, we are often being asked to operate and work in a high emissions system. We didn’t cause climate change, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have any impact, positive or negative. It doesn’t matter how big or small our own positive contributions might be, because it is the collective action, all of us together, that creates the pressure and leads to change. Join me if you can 💚

I had to dive into this trend, 2016 was the year everything changed. When I left school I was very uncertain whether to continue pursuing pole vault or let it be and move on. I said I’d give myself a couple years to see if anything comes of it, then suddenly at 19 years old I was an Olympic medallist.

It all looks fun and care free in the photos, but there were times even in that year that were heart breaking and hard to face. Nothing ever comes all that easily, but it makes the highs so much higher than you could imagine. Ten years on and the pole vault bug still has me 😌

Now that I’ve had some time to reflect; it’s funny in a year where you think nothing much really happened, it turns out a lot of things did actually happen. I may have had a quiet year pole vaulting, but all these other moments came into life instead.

Sometimes just doing life is everything 😌

Pohutakawa season and vibrant colours. My favourite time of year to be home

Some of my favourite bits from a sneaky holiday in Japan before heading home 🙌🏼 10/10 recommend

1 - Onomichi, the start of the Shimanami Kaido island hopping bike trail.
2 - Senkou Temple, one of my top three temples.
3 - Finally getting in some saltwater after far too long without a swim.
4 - Tea ceremony 🫖
5 - Fushimi Inari Taisha, one thousand torii gates to the summit.
6 - Japanese Gardens in the beautiful Hiroshima.
7 - Dinner and a show.
8 - Kyoto Temple, also in my top three.
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