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Four Oceania athletes were in action on at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai. On a wet night, performances by athletes from our region were mixed. The undefeated run of eight straight races in 2013, came to an end for New Zealand’s Nick Willis tonight in the 1500 metres at the Shanghai Diamond League meet. “I was trying to win the race, I have had a good season thus far and I was trying to keep my winning streak alive, but unfortunately it went down, as I went down,” said Willis who fell with 100 metres to go, finis...
By David Monti (c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NOTE: Your editor had planned to cover this meeting on-site, but got sick and had to cancel his trip --Ed. (18-May) -- The USATF High Performance Meet at Occidental College in the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles lived up to its name last night, with excellent depth and strong times recorded in nearly every discipline. High schooler Mary Cain posted the most impressive mark of the meet. The 17 year-old from Bronxville, N.Y., backed up her sensat...
LEADING Australian sprinter Matt Davies is being investigated by ASADA over a possible doping breach. Read More http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/all-sports/australian-athlete-matt-davies-investigated-by-asada-over-possible-doping-breach/story-fnduczvk-1226642780939 Melbourne radio station 3AW is reporting that a leading male track and field Australian athlete is facing a two-year ban from ASADA for taking an illegal substance. An ASADA announcement is expected later this morning. Athletics Australia will not make comment until ASADA ...
Oceania and Australian record holder Mitchell Watt (Qld) will begin his international assault in the men’s long jump at the IAAF Diamond League in Shanghai (CHN) on Saturday night. His first major international outing since soaring 8.16m to win silver at the 2012 London Olympic Games, Watt’s start begins a charge toward the IAAF World Championships that includes competition at Round 3 of the IAAF Diamond League in Eugene (USA) in the coming weeks before a brief stint at home in Brisbane ahead of a European campaign that open...
By David Monti (c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (11-May) - After a furious start, Kenya's Leonard Patrick Komon's attempt to break his own UAE Healthy Kidney 10-K record here this morning fizzled, and the world record holder had to settle for his second victory in three years, clocking 27:58. Race organizers had put up a USD 30,000 bonus for the winner had he broken Komon's 2011 record of 27:35. Komon, who holds the world records for both 10-K and 15-K on the road, ran both of the first two miles i...
By Josh Papanikolaou Australian Tristan Thomas kicked off proceedings in the first race of the global track and field series in a messy 400m hurdles won by American Michael Tinsley in 48.92 sec. Moscow bound Thomas ran 49.82 for fourth in another strong sub 50s performance. Brit Jack Green took a hard fall and did not finish. Genzebe Dibaba, sister of Olympic champion Tirunesh, ghosted the jet setting pacemakers for most of the women’s 1500m but paid the price for her time at the front. Ethiopian born Swede and Eur...
By Joe Battaglia (c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved DOHA, Qatar (10-May) –– One highly-anticipated match-up delivered while another fizzled as Abeba Aregawi of Sweden and David Rudisha of Kenya stole the middle-distance show, each scoring world-leading victories during the opening IAAF Diamond League meeting of the season here before a packed house at the Qatar Sports Club. Aregawi won the women’s 1500m in a meet-record 3:56.60, holding off upstart Kenyan Faith Kipyegon and former Ethiopian ...
Minneapolis, Minn. – May 9, 2013 – Olympic silver medalist Nick Willis extended his season winning streak to eight races with a record-breaking victory at the Medtronic TC 1 Mile in Minneapolis. The New Zealand native clocked 3:56.2 to break three-time Medtronic TC 1 Mile champion David Torrence’s 2011 record of 3:58.4. In the women’s professional race, Sarah Brown of Atlanta, Ga., the 2010 runner-up, edged Canadian Olympian Nicole Sifuentes at the tape in 4:33.3, with Sifuentes clocked at 4:33.4. &nb...
The sport of Athletics is enjoying strong growth across the country with Athletics Australia reporting that registration rates around the nation have soared this season. Nearly ever state and territory of Australia has experienced strong senior participation growth this season. New South Wales is enjoying a nation-leading 32% increase in registrations over last year already with winter entries still being accepted by Athletics NSW. The state recently sent the largest team of any to the 2013 Australian Junior Athletics Champ...
The prestigious IAAF Diamond League returns this Friday 10 May, with Moscow-bound track stars Josh Ross (Vic) and Tristan Thomas (Tas) set to fly the Australian flag in the men’s 100m and men’s 400m hurdles respectively. Set to join the world’s best athletes at the first of 14 meetings held across the globe in the coming months, the Doha (QAT) instalment this weekend provides the ideal international hit-out for Ross, who has been selected to compete in the 200m at the IAAF World Championships. The national champ...
