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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...
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RT’s Run School featuring Mark Blomeley. Mark is a strength and conditioning coach with over 10 years experience in the sports and fitness industry. Currently, in Brisbane, he is a specialist strength and conditioning coach for runners from international standard elites to the everyday runner. http://www.markblomeley.com.au/ Workout Footage of 2 x...
800m Finals Recap Written by By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Runner's Tribe 800M Looking as smooth as could be, Caster Semenya floated into the front 125 meters out from the tape and sealed her Olympic fate. The 25-year-old South African charged home to the finish in...
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...
On a damp, muggy morning in Rio the Aussie Marathon men have fought hard, all finishing the 42.195 km race. In what was the biggest Olympic marathon ever, with 155 starters, Liam Adams finished the best of the Australians in 31st place with 2:16.12. Michael Shelley placed 47th in 2:18.06...
Thanks to Athletics Australia 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...
The long march to the Marcha | A Column By Len Johnson ; 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...
Thanks to Athletics Australia Sign up to Rio Rumba, Athletics E-News by Athletics Australia 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...
Thanks to Athletics Australia Sign up to Rio Rumba, Athletics E-News by Athletics Australia 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...