The long march to the Marcha | A Column By Len Johnson
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It took us a while to get to watch Jared Tallent in the 50k walk.
About a week, to be more precise. We set off for the Olympic walks course around noon on 12 August and we got there...
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Day 8 Rio Olympic Aussie Athletics Wrap
Three-time Olympian, Alana Boyd (Qld) jumped 4.80m in the women’s pole vault final to finish in fourth position.
She finished on the same height as the bronze medallist, New Zealander Eliza McCartney,...
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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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...
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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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Dani Samuels (NSW) saved her best for last with a 64.90m throw on her final attempt to finish fourth in the women’s discus throw final on the fifth day of athletics competition in Rio.
The three-time...
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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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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...
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...
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...
