Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana smashed the world record* to win the 10,000m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, clocking 29:17.45 to win the first athletics gold medal of the Games.
The race was fast from the outset with Kenya’s Alice Aprot Nawowuna setting the early pace, taking the field through 3000m...
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.
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Running the streets of North Korea
By Matt Fox – Flight Centre Active Travel
Photo credits: Heidi Makinen, Simon Carriss, Linda Lofbacka, Kok Chuan Tan
I’d been fascinated in North Korea and its behaviour for a long time and had been searching for a good reason to visit. It’s not simple to...
The Olympic champion, Jared Tallent (Vic), has today been announced as Athletics Team Captain for Rio 2016, replacing the injured Sally Pearson (Qld).
A three-time medallist from Beijing 2008 and London 2012, Tallent is Australia’s most successful male athlete at the Olympic Games, with his international resume also boasting podium...
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EUGENE, OR (01-Jul) -- You could call it what you want: a war of attrition, fartlek, or game of cat and mouse.
The men's Olympic Trials 10,000m was a pure test of will, with athletes wavering back and forth trying to decide what...
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...
BOL, McNEILL & TIERNAN QUALIFY FOR RIO 2016
Peter Bol (WA, 800m), Patrick Tiernan (Qld, 5000m) and David McNeill (Vic, 5000m) have all qualified for the Olympic Games.
Competing at the Weisbander Staffelabend in Weisbaden (GER), Bol clocked 1:45.78 to become the fourth man qualified to compete in the men’s two-lap race...
The rising stars of Australian men’s track and field have shone across the globe these past twenty-four hours, with Joel Baden (Vic) and Kurtis Marschall (SA) both qualifying for the Olympic Games as Jack Hale (Tas) bettered the national under 20 100m record.
Competing in the men’s high jump at...
'RusAF has not met reinstatement conditions' - IAAF Council Meeting, Vienna
The 204th IAAF Council Meeting was held today at the Grand Hotel Wein in Vienna, Austria. The meeting was attended by 25 members of the 27-strong Council and chaired by IAAF President Sebastian Coe.
This session of Council was an...
New Olympic champion Jared Tallent says Russia’s athletics team should be banned from Rio Games
Russia could take legal action over athletics ban - IFax cites Mutko
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Aussie ATHLETE UPDATE: Hills set to steeple in Stockholm
Clarifying the US Olympic Selection Procedures
Pistorius walks without prosthetic limbs in court as judge announces sentencing...
