An Olympic year is special in so many ways, something that only comes around once every four years - and to many athletes is the pinnacle of their sport. Athletics is no exception, and for so many of our track and field stars the preparation in the lead up...
Athletics Australia is delighted to confirm the first athletes selected by the Australian Olympic Committee to compete for Australia in the Australian Olympic Team for Rio 2016.
The selections, including two distance runners and three walkers, were confirmed after receiving nominations from Athletics Australia.
Eloise Wellings (NSW) and David McNeill (Vic)...
Australian 50km Road Walking Championships - 13/12/2015
Fawkner Park, Melbourne
It was an important day for Chris Erickson as he looked to book his ticket for the 2016 Rio Olympics. In the end he didn't have it all his own way as two other Australian's, in Brendon Reading and Ian Rayson,...
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...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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(05-Nov) -- With just 100 days remaining until the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles, veterans Desiree Linden and Dathan Ritzenhein are beginning to buckle down. On a conference call hosted by USA Track & Field and LA...
Renowned Coach Renato Canova says new German marathon Record Holder Arne Gabius has the mind to excel in the next two Championship years
By Andy Edwards
Renato Canova knows a thing or two about preparing athletes for the big time in the marathon – and big time in more than one...
Melbourne Marathon
Sunday, 18th October 2015
Three Olympic qualifiers, a fantastic comeback to racing and an early season sprint highlight - that's what happened over an interesting weekend of racing across Australia.
The top highlights from the Melbourne marathon were the two Olympic qualifiers, where both Jess Trengove and Brad Milosevic both collected...
A quintet of Australian Flame from last month’s IAAF World Championships will duel at the Mitchell Street Mile in Darwin (NT) this Sunday, in what has been dubbed the best field for a road race in Northern Territory history.
A joint project between Athletics NT and the Northern Territory Government, entry lists confirm...
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,...
