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.
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Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre - 26/03/2017 to 2/04/2017
Event 502 Men 400 Metre Open
National: N 44.38 1988 Darren Clark, NSW
45.50 WCQ World Champs Qual
Name Year Team Finals Alternate
Finals
1 Solomon, Steven 93 NSW 46.66
2 Collett, Jackson 97 NSW 46.77
3 Beck, Alex 92 QLD 46.83
4 Kaiki, Azuma...
Adelaide, Australia; 12 March 2024 - The Chemist Warehouse Australian Athletics Championships is building to its crescendo after two days of competition, with Queensland heptathlete Camryn Newton-Smith crowned the most versatile woman in Australian athletics on an action-packed day in Adelaide.
Men's 10k
Pl
Name
Time
Pts
1
Edward CheserekJR - Oregon
28:45.8
1
2
Patrick TiernanJR - Villanova
29:11.1
3
Pierce MurphySR - Colorado
29:37.0
2
4
Justyn KnightSO - Syracuse
29:46.1
3
5
Jonathan GreenSO - Georgetown
29:49.5
4
6
Jim RosaSR - Stanford
29:52.7
5
7
Sean McGortyJR - Stanford
29:53.4
6
8
Colin BennieSO - Syracuse
29:55.9
7
9
Martin HehirSR - Syracuse
29:59.5
8
10
Marc ScottSO - Tulsa
30:02.6
9
Mens Team Scores
Pl
Name
Points
1
SyracusePts: 3, 7, 8, 29, 35, (51), (99)
82
2
ColoradoPts: 2, 20, 21, 23, 25, (32), (160)
91
3
StanfordPts: 5,...
Meanwhile in the Netharlands, Izzi Batt-Doyle and Rose Davies have both run Olympic 5000m qualifiers. Izzi stopped the clock at 15:04.10, with Rose behind in 15:08.48. Izzi's time takes her to #6 on the Australian all-time list. Davies, The 2020 Zatopek 10 champ, is on the rise, her time the 8th fastest all-time by an Australian. Congrats Izzi and Rose....
Olympic 1500m champ Faith Kipyegon continued her winning ways at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene. She stopped the clock at 3:53.23 to smash the rest of the field. Kipyegon ran aggressively, clinging to the rabbit then launching for home. She was rewarded with a meet record and handed the rest of the field a true flogging for her efforts.
The 21-year-old was taken to hospital by ambulance after falling heavily during a training jump at the WA Institute of Sport high performance centre in Mt Claremont.
A WAIS statement confirmed she had fractured the tibia in her right leg.
Parnov will undergo surgery today morning which will require her to...
The fifth and final day of the 2018 Australian Junior Athletics Championships saw competition that was just as hot as the weather with temperatures soaring into the high 30s.
Zane Branco (Qld) set a new meet record in the U20 men’s 200m, powering across the finish line in a time of...
As one of the most popular recreational ways to keep fit, running has imprinted itself into popular culture in many ways. From the jaw-dropping performances that the world’s greatest runners have given us to substantial global audiences at the Olympic games to annual, consistent mega races like the London and New York Marathons, which brought together international runners from all creeds and cultures.
By David Monti
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CHICAGO (08-Oct) -- Wearing her red and white Athletics West kit, 28 year-old Joan Benoit stepped to the starting line of the Chicago Marathon 30 years ago here this month as the first-ever women's Olympic Marathon champion. She was simply...
