By Clio Ozanne-Jaques
When I think about representing Australia at the World U20 Track and Field Championships, I always think about the very beginning of my athletic career and all the people who have helped me get to where I am today. I started this unconditional passion when I won...
Alexandra Roberts is a junior Javelin Thrower from Queensland, one of Australia’s best juniors and a World Junior representative. She blogged for Australian Athlete magazine edition 2. Below are some excerpts:
By Alexandra Roberts
DOB: 9 April 2001
Hometown: Forestdale, Queensland
Coach: Brett Green
Events and PB’s:
Javelin Throw 500g 53.01m Australian Junior...
By Steve Moneghetti
People who know me know I don’t believe in perfection but that you prepare meticulously, be on the start line in the best shape possible and then execute your race plan as well as you can. After that the result will be often determined by many other factors, but you finish knowing that you have done everything you could.
COACH’S PERSPECTIVE – DENG AND BOL’S BREAKTHROUGH YEAR
By Justin Rinaldi
At the start of the 2018 perpetration period, Joseph Deng, Peter Bol and I talked about the goals for the year ahead and what we wanted to achieve. In order they were: 1. Finish first and second at the Commonwealth...
By Julian Spence
The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships were hosted by the city of Doha, Qatar. In 2014, when the announcement of the host city was made, I paid very little notice. My five-year-old marathon PR of 2:27 was as underwhelming as my training diary.
I think it’s appropriate that each sporting calendar is called a season, because truth be told, sport can be so seasonal at times. For me this ‘season’ I can truly say I experienced some of the highest highs and lowest lows sport can offer, and I’m all the better for it. Nothing I did this year went according to plan, but.....
Elite athletes are like everyone else and contend with numerous day-to-day life challenges. Balancing these issues with what is required to be an elite athlete is something Brooke Stratton knows all too well.
By Matt Lynch
This is going to be a full-on, comprehensive, top to bottom deep dive of the 2019 Australian/New Zealand sprinting season. Or not. I don’t know. You can decide at the end. Either way, I’ll attempt to review, evaluate and calculate the season of every track event that doesn’t have a bell.
Just in time for Christmas; Runner’s Tribe and Athletics Australia brings you ‘Australian Athlete’ Edition 2. Packed with exclusive content from Australia’s best athletes, coaches, and athletics journalists - from track and field, to road and trails. Juniors, opens, masters, and para-athletes - we have it all in this 146 page...
FROM GRADE 3 TEAR TO WORLD CHAMPION
“Looking forward, surgery and recovery was now my new goal. A pivotal moment in this journey happened in a skype session with orthopaedic surgeon, Patrick Weinraunch. His opinion turned my world around” – Nash Lowis
By Nash Lowis
I remember when and where I...
