A column by Len Johnson
Back in the day, Ireland’s Eamonn Coghlan was known as Chairman of the Boards, a nickname which acknowledged his mastery of indoor track racing.
Good enough outdoors to have won the gold medal over 5000 metres at the first world championships in Helsinki in 1983 and...
Is it just me, or is the pace of indoor record breaking picking up.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen took almost half-a-second off the men’s world indoor record in Lievin, France on Thursday night, reducing it to 3:30.60, a time which is still extremely handy outdoors. But we’re not talking world records here,...
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The past couple of years of Australian women’s 800 has been all about Catriona Bisset. Bisset broke through the two-minute barrier in 2019, before breaking Charlene Rendina’s long-standing national record – set in 1976 - in London that same year.
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By Lachlan Moorhouse, Athletics Australia. Re-published with permission.
The Adelaide Invitational is just two sleeps away and the meet is shaping up as an explosive start to the Australian domestic circuit, headlined by loaded sprinting fields and ample middle-distance class.
Read Lachie Moorhouse's preview of the action below:
Men’s 100m:
Rohan Browning (Andrew Murphy) was...
In November last year, the 165km Grampians Peaks Trail quietly opened its doors to the public. Although the name may already be familiar to a few Melbournians, particularly amongst the rock-climbing community, the Grampians otherwise tends to slip under the radar as a place for some truly brilliant trail running.
It’s not often that runners turn their attention to the shot put, but the career of Valerie Adams demands our attention.
A column by Michael Beisty
I started running on 20 December 1970, six days prior to my 12th birthday. On the same day, my mother started jogging to lose weight. I joined Glenhuntly Athletics Club, my father's club. At that time Trevor Vincent (club captain) was on a recruitment drive. ...
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