Rio Olympic Games 2016 Coverage

During the Rio Olympics, Runner’s Tribe will be providing constant updates, news, interviews and videos from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LOS ANGELES (11-Feb) -- With each step taken here at the USA Olympic Trials Marathon on Saturday, Luke Puskedra will feel a sense of accomplishment. Just a few short years ago, the tall 26-year-old contemplated giving up competitive running...
Hamish Peacock (Tas) and Ryan Gregson (NSW) are determined to add their names to the list of athletes qualified for Rio 2016 at the Briggs Athletics Classic in Hobart (Tas) this Saturday 13 February. A local favourite in his home city, Peacock narrowly missed the Olympic Games javelin standard at...
Paris 2024 revealed their official logo for their Olympic and Paralympic Games bid here tonight, with the design claimed to be a modern interpretation of the French capital’s most iconic symbol, the Eiffel Tower.
Sonia O’Sullivan: Being labelled three-time world champion would be ‘hugely satisfying’
Olympic Year Ignites Athletes in Canberra ACT Championships - Canberra, 7-9 February It's not hard to be excited when you know that it's an Olympic year, and it's made even easier when our track and field stars are firing on all cylinders. At the ACT Championships in Canberra over the weekend we...
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Brooke Stratton 6.79m, Josh Clarke 10.15 Power Rankings - as at February 6, 2016   If you need any more evidence that Brooke Stratton is a world class long jumper then you were not in attendance at the ACT Championships over the weekend. Stratton not only jumped a new PB of 6.79m in...
Torita Isaac (Qld) is determined to chase down the qualifying mark for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Canberra (ACT) this weekend. Scheduled to start in both the women’s ambulant 200m and 400m, Isaac, who has cerebral palsy and is visually impaired, can strengthen...
PORTLAND AND RIO WILL BE LAGAT’S FINAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (02-Feb) -- A brother and sister from Davis, Calif., are set to make history in Los Angeles on February 13, at the USA Olympic Trials Marathon regardless of the outcome of the race.  Brendan Gregg and Kaitlin Gregg Goodman...
MATT TEGENKAMP RETIRES FROM PROFESSIONAL RUNNING