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All news relating directly to the Olympic Games – Rio 2016

Tomorrow Josh Harris (@_JoshHarris) will take on the world’s best at the Flotrack Beer Mile World Championships. Having recently run a solo 4:56 personal best as part of a time-trial, Harris enters the competition with a ranking of 8th. Along with defending World Champ Corey Gallagher (@CoreyGallagher4) and superstar Lewis Kent...
London calling for Bird-Smith & Lamble as Gregson & Buckman smash national records London is calling for Dane Bird-Smith (Qld) and Regan Lamble (Vic) after they won gold at the Oceania & Australian 20km Race Walking Championships in Adelaide (SA) to ensure their start at the IAAF World Championships. Stopping the...
Eliza McCartney
Athletics NZ - @AthleticsNZ The Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships take place in Hamilton 17 – 19 March. We pose eight key questions ahead of the 2017 edition of the championships. How fast can red-hot sprinter Joseph Millar run? New Zealand’s in-form sprint ace Joseph Millar will be an overwhelmingly...
Best Ever Field Set to Race in 15th Leonora Golden Gift Olympians, Australian champions and stars of tomorrow will contest Australia’s Richest Mile Running Race this June. The 2017 Leonora Golden Gift Elite Mile is shaping up to be one to remember as the nation’s best athletes battle for a...
Coles Nitro Athletics
By Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe In the twilight of a perfect summer’s evening in Melbourne, over 7000 spectators anxiously ambled into Lakeside Stadium. It worked for Twenty20 Cricket. It worked for Fast5 Netball. But would it work for track and field? For many, attending the inaugural event was for one...
We continue our look at the events to keep a close eye on at the upcoming AA Tour Meetings. After taking an in depth look at the men's 100m, we decided to focus our attention on the Australian distance stars of our sport, specifically the men's 1500m. Target 65 -...
By David Monti (c) 2006 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NOTE: Your editor wrote this story nearly 10 years ago after the 2006 USA Cross Country Championships which were held in sub-freezing conditions after a heavy snowfall in New York City's Van Cortlandt Park. This is the first competition where...
MATT TEGENKAMP RETIRES FROM PROFESSIONAL RUNNING
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LOS ANGELES (11-Feb) -- With each step taken here at the USA Olympic Trials Marathon on Saturday, Luke Puskedra will feel a sense of accomplishment. Just a few short years ago, the tall 26-year-old contemplated giving up competitive running...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LOS ANGELES (12-Feb) -- On a day that will be remembered for the harsh wrath of mother nature and its crippling heat, Galen Rupp and Amy Hastings ran their way to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics here at the...
                   

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