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With another successful year nearly behind us, the IAAF would like to wish everyone in the global athletics family a festive holiday season and a happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year. We thank you all for supporting our sport in 2016, a memorable 12 months of competition that was...
Race begins 10:30pm (AEST) With the track and field action at the Olympic Stadium concluded we now turn our attention to the final event, the men’s marathon. Three Australians, Liam Adams (Vic), Michael Shelley (Qld) and Scott Westcott (NSW) in will lead Australia’s charge on roads of Rio on the final...
Women's 400m hurdling has seen a fantastic turnaround in the last few months, and American Sydney McLaughlin has been at the forefront. The 21-year-old became the first woman ever to run the 400-metre hurdles in under 52 seconds with a time of 51.90, inevitably landing her the National title at Hayward Field.
Hall's Amazing Rise to International Stardom It's hard not to get a little carried away with the success of Linden Hall over the last 4 weeks. Her latest performance at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene (4.01.78) had to be seen to be believed. Not only did she run a controlled...
Ethiopia's Likina Amebaw and Burundi's Celestin Ndikumana ascended as the champions of the latest season's World Athletics Cross Country Tour at the Cross Internacional Zornotza. On a radiant Sunday in Amorebieta, Spain, these two athletes delivered remarkable performances and etched their names as the inaugural gold event victors of the season.
With time running out to quality for the Tokyo Olympics, Charlie Hunter has clocked the second fastest ever 800m by an Australian, stopping the clock at 1:44.35 in Portland. Running for the university of Oregon Hunter missed Joseph Deng's Australian record by just 0.14 of a second.
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Eliud Kipchoge confirmed his position as the world’s strongest marathon runner by taking a dramatic win in the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. The Kenyan clocked a world leading time of 2:03:32, but in difficult weather conditions with rain and high humidity the world record set by Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto in Berlin in...
This episode is brought to you by our coffee partners at St. Ali - tune in to listen to learn about the special discount code that listeners can use on a variety of coffee blends. Brad anticipates the results of his Fashions on the Field. Julian calls in from Cape Woolamai...
British Olympic hero Sir Mo Farah will begin his journey towards this year’s Tokyo Games by racing another of the all-time distance running greats, Kenenisa Bekele, at the 2020 Vitality Big Half on Sunday 1 March.
The upcoming Cross Internacional de Itálica, set against the scenic backdrop on the outskirts of Seville, is gearing up for a thrilling showcase this Sunday (12) as it proudly holds its place as the fourth Gold standard meeting in the ongoing World Athletics Cross Country Tour.
                   

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