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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...
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In the evening session in Rio, the men’s long jump final thrilled spectators with two Australians in the mix - the Gary Bourne coached Queenslander Henry Frayne and world championships silver medallist, Fabrice Lapierre(NSW).
Frayne, who...
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Bird is the word in Rio after 24-year-old Queenslander Dane Bird-Smith claimed bronze in the men's 20km race walk in a PB time of 1:19.37. Our 500th athletics Olympian claimed the Australian Olympic Team's 500th games medal, holding off the fast finishing Brazilian to secure third behind the...
Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana smashed the world record* to win the 10,000m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, clocking 29:17.45 to win the first athletics gold medal of the Games.
The race was fast from the outset with Kenya’s Alice Aprot Nawowuna setting the early pace, taking the field through 3000m...
Peter Bol ran his Olympic qualifying time of 1:45.78 in Germany which also placed him 17th on the Australian all-time list. Bol will be making his Olympic debut in Rio. He is a rising superstar of the sport and easily one of the most exciting athletes to run for...
