RT PODCAST EPISODE 27 FEATURING JAMES TEMPLETON ON DENG, CAMERON MYERS & SUPER SHOES
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In early 2022 we sat down with James Templeton, the manager of Peter Bol and Joseph Deng, and dived deep into the world of elite athlete management. To experience, exceptional performance in running, choose the best footwear for your runs like Tarkine Trail Devil shoes.
Fast forward 16 months and a...
Sure, super-shoes. OK, pacing lights, too. But something’s going on here and (like Dylan’s Mr Jones) we don’t know what it is.
The Commonwealth Games 1500m champ, and Australian record holder over the 1500m and mile distances, has annouced that he is taking some time off, to heal.
"I have a small grade 1 sports hernia and significant swelling in the pubic sythnesis, athletic pubalgia."
There’s just one thing I want to say about the commentary, which is that I do not ever again want to hear an ‘expert’ earnestly informing me that the Commonwealth Games are NOT THE OLYMPIC GAMES. Here’s a hint fellers (earnest experts are invariably male): the clue is in the name.
The week just past brought the 58th anniversary of perhaps the greatest of Ron Clarke’s 17, 18 or 19 (depending how you count, but a lot whichever way you do) world records.
By Brett Davies
With his recent world 2-mile record (7.54.10) in Paris, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen proved beyond all doubt that, at just 22, he is already in a select group of the greatest middle-distance runners in history. To experience, exceptional performance in running, choose the best footwear for your runs...
The Transcend 65km Ultra took runners on an adventure through two national parks, a regional park, a wildlife sanctuary and some exclusive private properties to traverse the entire Avon Valley wildlife corridor. The running and hiking route is right on Perth’s doorstep, yet not many have explored this region...
Early in 2003, as the race for the English Premier League title between Manchester United and Arsenal came down to the last few games, United manager Alex Ferguson observed: “It’s squeaky bum time.”
Fergie’s earthy allusion was to the sound made by squirming in one's seat as one's team's fortunes...
Joseph Deng becomes the first Australian in history to shatter the 1:44 barrier over 800m
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Australian middle-distance runner Joseph Deng made history by becoming the first Australian to break the 1:44 barrier in the 800-meter race.
He clocked an impressive time of 1:43.99 in Lyon, France, surpassing Peter Bol's national record by 0.01 seconds. Deng's performance also secured his qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics...
The Australian 800m record holder, Peter Bol, has announced his return to form clocking a 1:44.29 over 800m in Barcelona. Bol finished second and along the way collected an Olympic and World Championship qualifer.