Race begins 10:30pm (AEST)
With the track and field action at the Olympic Stadium concluded we now turn our attention to the final event, the men’s marathon.
Three Australians, Liam Adams (Vic), Michael Shelley (Qld) and Scott Westcott (NSW) in will lead Australia’s charge on roads of Rio on the final...
David McNeill took a big step in securing his selection for Rio 2016 by running a 10,000m qualifying time at the Payton Jordan Invite in May 2015 with a time of 27:45.01. Later that year he confirmed his selection by winning the Zatopek:10 (Australian National 10km Championship) in December....
Live Feed: Most recent post up top. Keep refreshing as this page is updated constantly as the Aussies perform and people tweet, post etc… Hopefully, you’re watching on TV, but this is a good way to keep up to date with everything Rio athletics, Aussie style from social media throughout...
Over the past 18 months, Adams has experienced some of the darkest moments of her career, enduring major shoulder and elbow surgery, before then being forced to go under the knife once more for a routine clear-out of her right knee. The 31-year-old returned to competition this year and...
Best Ever Field Set to Race in 15th Leonora Golden Gift
Olympians, Australian champions and stars of tomorrow will contest Australia’s Richest Mile Running Race this June. The 2017 Leonora Golden Gift Elite Mile is shaping up to be one to remember as the nation’s best athletes battle for a...
Australian Athletics Team - Target 60*
The Australian Athletics Championships have concluded and there are now less than 100 days until the final Australian athletics team is announced, and fingers crossed we will end up with a 60 strong team representing the green and gold in Brazil. We already know...
Thanks to Athletics Australia
Forty-five of Australia’s best para-athletes are set to realise their Paralympic dream as they prepare for competition in Rio over the next eleven days.
Twenty athletes will making their Paralympic debut, with at least one representative from across seven states and territories.
Entering his fifth and final Paralympic...
Stars of Oz track and field to converge on the Hunter
The push towards the Rio Olympics and the world juniors in Poland gets serious this weekend for Australian athletes as the national athletics series is launched in Newcastle when the Hunter Track Classic is held on Saturday night.
Nitro Athletics: Will it be a success?
Written by Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe
On February 4th, 9th and 11th, Australian athletics will receive a facelift as Lakeside Stadium opens its gates to the three-day extravaganza of Nitro Athletics. Modelled in a similar fashion to Twenty20 cricket, it’s going to be...
Jama Aden interview: Coaching Genzebe Dibaba
With Genzebe Dibaba clocking an astonishing 1500m world record of 3:50.07 last year, her coach, Jama Aden, tells Cathal Dennehy how she did it and claims the Ethiopian can run far quicker.
