Tonight, Newtown Park hosts the annual Capital Classic athletics meet - an event that's been staged for almost 20 years.
It'll feature more than a hundred Wellington athletes, along with many of the country's top athletes as they build up to next month's nationals which are also being held at Newtown Park.
Headlining tonight's meet - two-time Commonwealth Games champion, two-time Olymipic bronze medallist, and three-time world champion shot putter Tom Walsh.
Nick Mills caught up with him soon after he'd arrived in Wellington on Wednesday.
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