A Column By Matt Lynch

*** Before we get underway, I’d like to revisit Zango the triple jump medallist from Burkina Faso. On further research and advice from avid Doha Diary reader Dr Brian Roe, I should have awarded him the keys to Ouagadougou! https://www.instagram.com/p/B3C0axPIPvN/ The capital of Burkina Faso houses 2.2million people and you better...
Our land may be girt by sea, but tonight, at approximately 8:20pm, I was girt in a sea of green, as Kelsey-Lee Barber stepped onto the podium to receive her Javelin gold medal. We stood there, arm in arm, and belted out a national anthem that would make Tina Arena...
The women’s 5000m at the Prefontaine Classic was set up for a world record attempt, and the first few laps didn’t disappoint, as Genzebe Dibaba tucked in behind the pacemakers. A second group formed and the respective groups went through 10s apart. The second kilometre slowed and the World Record...
By Matt Lynch - Runner's Tribe Now that the new year has come and gone, we begin our journey along the domestic yellow brick road towards the Australian Athletics Championships. There’ll be plenty of detours along the way coming in the shape of the “Summer Super Series”, as well as...
By Matt Lynch - Runner's Tribe On the 28th March 2018, QLD Athletics hosted the final track and field competition before the star of the Commonwealth Games. After months of the planning, the Queensland International Track Classic (QITC) accommodated athletes from over 30 countries, Olympic champions, World champions and thousands...
Holy shot!! Did we all just witness the greatest ever shot-put competition of all time? Yes. Yes, we did. The event began with the longest ever throw at a world championship. Ryan Crouser set the tone with a 22.36, bettering the previous championship record. By the end, that mark was just...
                   

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