Re-published with permission thanks to Athletics Australia
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...
800m Finals Recap Written by By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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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...
With Lisa Weightman, Jessica Trengove, and Milly Clark all clocking outstanding Rio qualifying times, not even a brilliant run in London was able to secure Queensland's Cassie Fien a place on the Australian Olympic team. Left to re-assess her goals she now focuses on trying to be the best...
By Mark Tucker
“I had broken 2:09. I forgot my exhaustion. Within a couple (of) hours, the agony of a world record run would manifest itself. The elation would be replaced by fear. I would be urinating quantities of blood and vomiting black mucous. The race left me so totally...
Joan Benoit Samuelson: A Column By Mark Tucker for Runner's Tribe
The first ever winner of the Women’s Olympic Marathon. The first ever! For any distance runner that would be an absolute dream sentence to come after your name. For Joan Benoit Samuelson, it’s reality.
In the heat, humidity and smog...
Runner's Tribe Interview with Ryan Geard
Runner's Tribe caught up with the multi-talented, Ryan Geard as he launches his band's, 'Curves,' first single while still training and searching for his next PB on the track and on the road.
How's training going with your squad, The Melbourne Track Club?
Everyone is starting...
Dane Bird-Smith - A Big Step Forward in 2016
When you look back on the 2016 Athletics season it's hard not to be impressed by the results achieved yet again by our Australian race walkers. Our two medals from the Rio Olympics were both achieved in race walking, with both...
Lasse Viren: Legends of Athletics Key Sessions
50 x 100 meters all-out
By Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe
Quietly spoken and introverted off the track, Lasse Viren turned into a mighty warrior on it, becoming one of the most successful Olympians of all-time. A dual 5000m, 10,000m gold medallist in both the 1972...
Runner's Tribe Interview with NCAA Division I Cross Country Champion, Pat Tiernan
By Grace Kalac for Runner's Tribe
Runner’s Tribe caught up with Australian Rio Olympian Patrick Tiernan to chat about his NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship victory on November 19th in Terre Haute, Indiana. Tiernan, who has been studying...
Tiernan fastest Australian 10,000 debutant
A Column By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
For those of us yet to meet a statistic we don’t like*, there were some interesting figures surrounding Patrick Tiernan’s Zatopek win.
One, Tiernan’s was the fastest debut 10,000 by an Australian male. Two, he became the first Australian...
