Athletics News
SPIKES, the official Skype Bot for the world of international track and field athletics, is launched today to mark ‘One Week To Go’ to the start of the IAAF World Championships London 2017 (4-13 August).
The bot, which was developed in collaboration with Skype, will go live directly and cover every angle of the...
Team Australia at the 2017 IAAF World Championships is bigger than it has ever been, with 14 additional athletes extended invitations to compete at London 2017 via the IAAF Roll-Down Process in recent days.
Bringing the team size to 62, eight more than Seville (ESP) in 1999, the green and gold contingent...
With the IAAF World Championships set to burst out of the blocks for the 16th time next Saturday 4 August for ten days of scintillating action, the athletes are fine tuning their final preparations for the premier athletics event of the year.
A galaxy of stars are set to descend on London...
Leeds Beckett University, in cooperation with the IAAF, will carry out the biggest biomechanics research project ever conducted in athletics during next month’s IAAF World Championships London 2017.
The aim of the project is to support athletes and coaches in optimisation and improvement of their training and competition performance.
Introduced by the...
Athletes from across the nation will duel for the coveted title of national champion on the hallowed turf of Carrara Stadium, with Athletics Australia today confirming that the 2018 Australian Athletics Championships will be held on the Gold Coast (Qld).
Providing a most important preparation opportunity on the same track and field...
WANTED: Dads with hidden athletic ability Dads, it’s time to show the kids your self-professed athletic ability and channel your inner Rob de Castella at the 2017 IMF Father’s Day WARRIOR Fun Run.
On Sunday 3 September, for the third year running, Sydney’s Centennial Park will come alive with runners...
New Zealand pole vault Rio medallist Eliza McCartney has come off her win at the weekend with a level of satisfaction and renewed confidence that her recovery plan from an achilles tendon issue has been effective.
McCartney’s coach Jeremy McColl was happy with her return to competition in a wet...
Jono Jackson and Laura Nagel aim to defend National Cross Country Titles
Jono Jackson’s consistency this season and his ability to handle muddy conditions could well pay off as he sets out to defend his New Zealand cross country title raced for the second consecutive year on the Auckland Domain on...
Forty-eight of Australia’s best will don the green and gold to compete at the London 2017 IAAF World Championships, commencing 4 August 2017.
The biggest team to compete at an able-bodied world championship since Seville (ESP) in 1999 and the largest ever squad to duel in the year prior to a Commonwealth...
BAHAMAS
6th Commonwealth Youth Games, Thomas A Robinson Stadium, Nassau – 20/23 July 2017
New Zealand finished the Games with six medals, one gold, three silver and two bronze medals, finishing sixth on the athletics medals table at the championships.
20 July: A gold medal to Connor Bell on the opening day...
