By Brett Davies
The international Diamond League series has its final meeting of the season this week, with the prestigious Zurich Weltklasse meeting, which takes place over two days (8/9 & 9/9)- both in the legendary Letzigrund stadium and, in a brilliant innovation from organisers, on a specially-laid 560m track...
Now we have three men with a great opportunity. Jeff Riseley has, at the age of 34, come into form at just the right time to qualify, after years of injury and indifferent form. He ran well for 4th in his heat in 1.45.41, coming home hard and passing a former world champ, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse.
The World Championships in Budapest are finally here at the tail end of an incredible season. With the Championships celebrating 40 years this year, here is another in a series of World Championship Magic Moments, recognising some of the great events over the last four decades of the Championships.
The Men's...
As the sun came up over Santa Monica Boulevard on August 12th, not far from the starting point of the race at the Santa Monica College track, volunteers, LAPD (police) and officials began to make preparations for the men's marathon to be held throughout the city later that day. it was the final event on the program and the runners would make their way into the stadium at around 7.10pm- 7.20pm, just prior to the closing ceremony
Last week (23/3), major athletics returned to ES Marks Field in Sydney for the first time in three decades with the Chemist Warehouse Track Classic, where a surprisingly big crowd saw some of the nation's finest young athletes competing in what turned out be a fascinating night, and fans witnessed some of the best performances of the season, with a number of current and future stars of the sport on display.
Article by Brett Davies
The Morning session was event-filled, with some truly awesome performances.The Men's 1500m was very competitive with most of the favourites going. There was also a fall and subsequent protest from Pole Marcin Lewandowski. The opening heat was fast and our man Ollie Hoare was up amongst...
An article by Brett Davies
British athletes Steve Ovett, Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram were among the most dominant middle-distance stars of the 1980s and the 1980 Moscow Olympics was the first time the 'big three' appeared together on the Olympic stage.
The distance running highlight of Moscow was the clash of...
The Decathlon heats up. World record-holder, the Frenchman Mayer, who had struggled with injury, is coming back. He'll challenge our man Ash Mooney & favourite Damian Warner. Aussie Cedric Dubler has a hamstring problem and will struggle. Warner is carrying winning form from his tremendous performance in Gotzis.
Brett Davies
The Paris Diamond League meeting took place at the beautifully-appointed Stade Charlety in southern Paris on Saturday (28/8). The stadium has been the venue for IAAF Grand Prix Finals, major rugby games and was to be the site of last year's European Championships, before the event's cancellation. This...
Part 1 – The Buildup:
By Brett Davies
This month is the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest match races in marathon history when Australia’s Rob de Castella – AKA ‘Deek” - took on American Alberto Salazar and a select group of international distance runners in the Dutch port city...
