Rio 2016 Paralympic Games medallist, Isis Holt (Vic), has delivered the girl’s under 20 para-athletics sprint double on day three of the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships.
Stopping the clock at 14.01 (w: -0.6) to win the 100m this evening, Holt was victorious in the 200m in a time of 28.97...
Brett Robinson has broken the Australian half marathon record at the Marugame Half Marathon clocking 59:57. The record has stood since 1968, when Darren Wilson clocked 1:00.02 in Tokyo, Japan. The performance pushes Michael Shelley, the two time Commonwealth Games Marathon champion out of the top-10, he now sits in 11th.
32-year-old Australian distance runner, Cassie Fien has accepted a nine-month ban and waived a hearing after testing positive for the banned substance Higenamine.
ASADA collected an out-of-competition sample from Ms Fien on 20 April 2017. Her sample was analysed at the Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory, part of the National...
Athlete of the Month - October, 2015
We have counted all the votes and the winner of our inaugural Athlete of the Month (for October) is awarded to 16 year-old Zach Facioni. Congratulations!
Facioni took the win, polling 76 votes to defeat Jess Trengove (66), while third place ended up going...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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(05-Nov) -- With just 100 days remaining until the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles, veterans Desiree Linden and Dathan Ritzenhein are beginning to buckle down. On a conference call hosted by USA Track & Field and LA...
2018 Australian Athletics Championships & Nomination Trial:
McDonald steams to 5000m victory on day one
Morgan McDonald (NSW) has booked his ticket to the Commonwealth Games in sensational fashion, winning his maiden Australian 5000m title in a world leading time 13:19.05.
The most anticipated race on the opening night of the...
The Rio 2016 bound Jessica Thornton (NSW) and Australian under 20 100m record holder Jack Hale (TAS) have progressed to the semi-finals of the girl’s 400m and boy’s 100m respectively on day one of the IAAF World Under 20 Championships in Bydgoszcz (POL).
Not to be outdone, all of Darcy Roper...
A weekly round up of results and media surrounding NZ Athletics.
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AUSTRALIA
Coles Nitro Athletics Series Round 2, Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne – 9 February 2017
New Zealand finished fifth on day two of the team competition. Points were Bolt All-Stars 930, Australia 895, China 855, England 850, New Zealand...
Athletes from across the country will chase a share in the $64,000 prize pool at the Bunbury Geographe Gift on 29 February and 1 March 2020. Modelled on the famous Stawell Gift, there is a massive $20,000 up for grabs in each of the male and female 120m races.
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Episode 124 is sponsored by COROS. COROS Wearables may be the newest GPS watch brand on the market, but they have already partnered with some of the best road, trail and mountain athletes in the world. Do yourself a favour and check out the brand Runner’s World named Gear of...
