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Brad has a light week during Christmas while trying to find some structure. Julian whiskey,  makes his return Roo Run Luke Mathews is unveiled as the third member of the upcoming patreon-exclusive with Louis  McAfee and Jess Stenson. Brady & Carly welcome to the world their daughter Olivia Joan. World Athletics announce revisions...
 Jessica Augusto will have her sights set on record-breaking when she stands on the start line of the Haspa Hamburg Marathon on April 23. It's a record with special significance for the Portuguese runner on Hamburg's fast course because Augusto will be going for the Portuguese national record, still...
Cedric Dubler, Dane Bird-Smith and Matthew Denny snare Gold on Day 6 at the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships Olympic finalist Ryan Gregson has breezed through his heat of the men’s 1500m at the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships from Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre. Cruising to the finish line in a comfortable...
Almost 1000 runners took to the trails of kunanyi/Mount Wellington, competing in six races at the kunanyi Mountain  Run across the weekend, which ranged in distance from a Vertical Kilometre (1000 metres elevation over 5km) to a  grueling Ultra Marathon 66km. 
With two years to go until the athletics action gets underway in the Japanese capital, the IAAF has published the qualification system for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The qualification system was approved at the IAAF Council meeting in Buenos Aires last week and includes details of the entry numbers for...
Molly Seidel, the bronze medalist from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has made a remarkable return to marathon running. After a tumultuous period marked by injury, an eating disorder, and self-doubt, Seidel secured an eighth-place finish in the 2023 Chicago Marathon, her first marathon race since her Olympic achievement. Experience...
Runner's Tribe The “Mayor of King Island”, Stewart McSweyn has defended his Heritage Burnie Ten title and this time by smashing the race record with 28:03. The course record was previously held by Darren Wilson 28.11, which was set in 1997. Coached by Nic Bideau, McSweyn who has gone from strength to...
The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan has secured her first Olympic Gold in the women’s 5000m in Tokyo tonight! Her victory comes after the double World Champion announced a few days ago that she would be attempting to triple at this year’s Olympic Games. 
A 3:32.17 win for Stewart McSweyn over 1500 in Zagreb on Tuesday night (15 September), was a national record of sorts, the second, 7:28.02 two days later for third over 3000 in Rome, was some sort of national record, taking down no less than the great Craig Mottram by some four seconds.
Morgan Mitchell (Vic) and Kelsey-Lee Roberts (ACT) will be London 2017 bound after ensuring their automatic selection to the Australian team for the IAAF World Championships on day seven at the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships. Taking to the start line for the women’s 400m final with two qualification standards under...
                   

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