In the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, Burundi's Venuste Niyongabo won gold. During his race, the country's civil war that would eventually claim between 200,000 and 300,000 mostly civilian lives and left more than half a million people displaced, stopped so that soldiers on both sides could follow on the radio....
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Going Han Solo: The Andrew Wheating Story
Andrew Wheating is from “back east”, yet has spent over a decade holding some sort of Oregon-team membership card.
In college,...
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“Troop was the one who finally broke Ron Clarke’s national record for 5000 metres after it had stood for over 32 years. Others had gone close, or might have done it with a bit more luck – David Fitzsimons, Shaun Creighton, Gerard...
Hailing from the Central Coast of NSW, middle distance star, Charlie Hunter, left Australian shores in 2018 to take up a scholarship for the famed Oregon Ducks. It was a decision that changed his life. He is now the proud owner of Australian indoor records over one mile (3:53.49)...
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Results from the third youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina
13 of Australia’s most talented 16 and 17 year-olds recently competed at the third Youth Olympic Games hosted in Buenos Aires, Argentina held between 11 and 16 October 2018.
Our young Aussies brought home five...
Closing the door after bolt has bolted | A Column By Len Johnson
Usain Bolt didn’t need a third relay gold medal to confirm his place among the Olympic immortals, but getting one ensured he would not end on an anti-climactic note.
Bolt took the baton from Nickel Ashmeade for the...
EMIL ZATOPEK: MY HERO
RT Journal By Mark Tucker
“Zatopek's greatness has surprised mankind. His goodness has illumined mankind. His fullness has elevated mankind.” (Sri Chinmoy)
Words can hardly do justice to the man who I have looked up to and admired ever since I first learnt about him during my early...
By Caitlin Murdock - Runner's Tribe
Cedric Dubler is an Australian decathlete (Queensland) who at the age of just 22 competed at the Rio Olympics as Australia’s first decathlete to attend an Olympic Games in 16 years (and scoring the most points in a decathlon by an Australian in 32 years).
Cedric...
The Training of Jim Ryun - ‘Quality & Quantity’
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The first American high school athlete to run a Sub-4 mile, multiple world record holder, Olympic 1500m medallist. Jim Ryun to this day is an American superstar, rivalled by very few before and since.
He was also known...
Farewell to the Maputo Express
A look at the long and Illustrious career of Maria Mutola
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Rewind to 1991, a lifetime ago, but for an 18 year old from Mozambique, mature beyond her years, it marked the beginning of the road. 17 years have...
