Len Johnson is currently in Rio, Brazil covering the games as he see's them.
In the long run, you’re dead | A Column By Len Johnson
Mo Farah slices you up with the delicacy of a surgeon, Almaz Ayana bludgeons you with a broadsword, but in the long run against these...
Wayde van Niekerk broke Michael Johnson’s world record 43.18 to win the 400m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in a stunning time of 43.03.
The South African, running in lane eight, went out hard, knowing that the past two Olympic champions – Kirani James and LaShawn Merritt – were...
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It was a monumental night in The Maracanã Stadium.
The evening session of the third day of athletics action saw Wayde Van Niekerk (RSA) charge home in 43.03 to smash the men’s 400m world record...
Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk added more than a metre to her own world record* when she threw 82.29m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Monday (15).
Wlodarczyk improved by 1.21m on the mark of 81.08m she set last year on home soil in Cetniewo.
It was a stunning competition by the...
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In-form Australian steeplechasers Genevieve LaCaze and Madeline Hills finish in the top ten with two personal bests
The fifth morning session of the athletics in Rio saw the in-form Australian steeplechasers Genevieve LaCaze(Vic) and Madeline...
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Sign up to Rio Rumba, Athletics E-News by Athletics AustraliaAt 23 years of age, Brooke Stratton (Vic) has sailed into seventh place in the final of the women’s long jump at her debut Olympics Games.
After a foul on her first jump, Stratton cemented...
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Ryan Gregson becomes the first Australian to make the 1500m final in the last 40 years on a night where Kathryn Mitchell finishes sixth in the javelin final
It was a day for the country kids within the...
Rio Olympics 50km men's walk race
Australia's Jared Tallent has taken silver behind World Champion and now Olympic Champion, Slovakia's Matej Toth in Rio. With a late surge past Tallent, the Slovakian won in 3:40.58, placing him 18 seconds ahead of the Aussie. Japanese walker Hiroki Arai took bronze.
On crossing...
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Aussies gallant in finals mix: Rio Wrap Day 9
The final night of athletics inside Rio’s Olympic Stadium saw three Australians feature on the track. In a historic night for world athletics, Great Britain’s mighty Mo Farah completed the ‘double-double’ – the first athlete ever to win...
Runner's Tribe Interview: Soh Rui Yong
By Matt Fox for Runner's Tribe
Singapore's, Soh Rui Yong is the current SEA Games Marathon Champ, PB: 2:26:01 Half M: 67:21, holds Singapore's 10,000m record (31:15) and is the countries 1st professional marathoner. Representing' ASICS and Yeo's.
Runner’s Tribe: Rui, thanks for joining us. You recently missed qualification for Rio under...
