Olympic News

All news relating directly to the Olympic Games – Rio 2016

Olympic Hopefuls Lead the Way at State Titles Although many of our stars decided to miss their respective State Championships, there were still some outstanding results in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The biggest performances came from: Morgan Mitchell (400m) - another PB, this time a 51.81s to win the Victorian title,...
Melbourne World Challenge - Saturday March 5 There is much anticipation as we count our way down to the first 'big' meeting of 2016 - the Melbourne World Challenge on Saturday night. This is a meeting where our Australian athletes can shine, and in some events against some top international...
Olympic Selection Trials: Important Stepping Stone to Rio If the Australian team for Rio was selected today we would expect to have 21 males and 28 females being selected (plus a few additional athletes added as part of the women's 4x400m relay squad). But as we count down to the...
Ten Storylines - Volkswagen Prague Marathon IAAF Walk Team Champs Report: Men's 20K IAAF Walk Team Champs Report: Women's 20K WR Holder Kimetto Not On The Rio Squad? Jared Tallent will be presented with his gold medal from the 2012 Olympics in June Zatopek Legacy Lives On At Volkswagen Prague Marathon Does sport need its...
WADA promises full public report into Sochi 2014 doping claims Running was for weirdos. Here's how it became normal Unlucky marathon runner gets lost during race, then attacked by a dog Chasing the dream: RT Journal by Dejen Gebreselassie Boost Boston Games Bring Olympic Hype to Hub Korir calls for Ndegwa’s arrest as things...
IAAF World Challenge, Beijing – Blundell 4.04.62! Aussie Athletes competition highlights Bach says National Federations could be banned amid doping crisis Kenya, WADA reach ‘agreement’ on compliance road map Acting Brazilian President reassures IOC over Rio 2016 success Maker of Popular Running App Admits It Did Track Users Too Much Regular Running Can Cut Cancer...
Vicaut Takes World Lead With 9.86 7 Historical Athletics Record near misses Russian athletics promises to kick its drug habit IOC establish new Committee to investigate threat of private companies organising major events 7 Olympic Marathon Moments That Shook The Sporting World 5 Things We Learned At Birmingham DL Dibaba pulls out of Oslo Diamond...
New Olympic champion Jared Tallent says Russia’s athletics team should be banned from Rio Games Russia could take legal action over athletics ban - IFax cites Mutko https://youtu.be/IBsmWzi5e-4 Aussie ATHLETE UPDATE: Hills set to steeple in Stockholm Clarifying the US Olympic Selection Procedures Pistorius walks without prosthetic limbs in court as judge announces sentencing...
Running the streets of North Korea By Matt Fox – Flight Centre Active Travel Photo credits: Heidi Makinen, Simon Carriss, Linda Lofbacka, Kok Chuan Tan I’d been fascinated in North Korea and its behaviour for a long time and had been searching for a good reason to visit. It’s not simple to...
Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana smashed the world record* to win the 10,000m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, clocking 29:17.45 to win the first athletics gold medal of the Games. The race was fast from the outset with Kenya’s Alice Aprot Nawowuna setting the early pace, taking the field through 3000m...
                   

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