Olympic News

All news relating directly to the Olympic Games – Rio 2016

The Big Shot in Christchurch proved two things on Friday evening -Tom Walsh is hard to beat and Dame Valerie Adams is on the improve. The Athletics NZ International Series rolled though Christchurch for The Big Shot at the Retro Sports Facility in front of a big appreciative crowd. New Zealand’s...
MUNICH // A World Anti-Doping Agency report said Thursday that corruption was “embedded” at the world athletics body piling pressure on its new leader Sebastian Coe. IAAF leaders must have been aware of the full extent of doping in Russia but did nothing to stop it, and the track and...
The IAAF Doping Review Board has today decided its first case of an athlete seeking exceptional eligibility to compete in International Competition as a neutral athlete under Competition Rule 22.1A. The Doping Review Board, which is composed of Robert Hersh (chair), Sylvia Barlag and Antti Pihlakoski, has unanimously accepted the...
Daniel Groenewald and Dr Richard Yin No doubt about it. We’re in the middle of a running revolution. Start lines are brimming at local 10ks. Running shops are bursting with fancy-coloured light-weight footwear. Every month, there’s a book proclaiming prodigious running feats. There are new ways to run – Pose,...
RT’s good read links is a daily updated section with the best non Runner’s Tribe reads/links from around the globe. Enjoy and feel free to email info@runnerstribe.com if you'd like us to include a great article you've discovered. TODAY'S GOOD READS 28/2/2016 THEORY OF PERVERSE INCENTIVES IN RUNNING by Toni Reavis A perverse incentive is...
A laptop and other personal possessions have been stolen from Australian athletes during an evacuation of the Olympic village in Rio. While the village has been flanked with security guards, concerns have been raised after a laptop and clothing were stolen during a fire evacuation on Friday. Read more World Athletics...
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Athletics NZ - @AthleticsNZ The Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships take place in Hamilton 17 – 19 March. We pose eight key questions ahead of the 2017 edition of the championships. How fast can red-hot sprinter Joseph Millar run? New Zealand’s in-form sprint ace Joseph Millar will be an overwhelmingly...
Olympic silver medalist Galen Rupp announced through USATF.tv that he plans to run the Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles on Feb. 13.  However, he still plans to run the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, March 18 - 20. "The was no way I was going to miss that,"...
This week we take a look at some of our female athletes who are all at a critical stage in their individual careers. All four athletes that we focus on below are at different stages in their careers, but essentially are all looking for one thing - success on the international...
Stubbs Shows Rio is Clearly on the Radar Gold Coast sprinter Aaron Stubbs took another step towards representing Australia at the Rio Olympic Games, only a week after taking home a $12,000 cheque for a narrow win in the Queanbeyan Gift (in a very swift time of 12.14 seconds). At the Joanna Stone Shield...
                   

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