*** Before we get underway, I’d like to revisit Zango the triple jump medallist from Burkina Faso. On further research and advice from avid Doha Diary reader Dr Brian Roe, I should have awarded him the keys to Ouagadougou!
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The capital of Burkina Faso houses 2.2million people and you better...
By Matt Lynch - Runner's Tribe
Now that the new year has come and gone, we begin our journey along the domestic yellow brick road towards the Australian Athletics Championships. There’ll be plenty of detours along the way coming in the shape of the “Summer Super Series”, as well as...
Tonight, I had some stuff written already because it was going to be a long night and I thought, I can prep some gear and get to bed earlier.
But F%$% that, how good was that 400!!!!!!
Naser went out like she was shot out of a cannon. Miller-Uibo was in...
Our land may be girt by sea, but tonight, at approximately 8:20pm, I was girt in a sea of green, as Kelsey-Lee Barber stepped onto the podium to receive her Javelin gold medal.
We stood there, arm in arm, and belted out a national anthem that would make Tina Arena...
By Matt Lynch - Runner's Tribe
On the 28th March 2018, QLD Athletics hosted the final track and field competition before the star of the Commonwealth Games. After months of the planning, the Queensland International Track Classic (QITC) accommodated athletes from over 30 countries, Olympic champions, World champions and thousands...
The women’s 5000m at the Prefontaine Classic was set up for a world record attempt, and the first few laps didn’t disappoint, as Genzebe Dibaba tucked in behind the pacemakers. A second group formed and the respective groups went through 10s apart.
The second kilometre slowed and the World Record...
