Gregson, Mathews, Williamsz - Aussie trinity of 1500m runners make it to the big dance
Written by Grace Kalac – Runner’s Tribe – Reporting from the Gold Coast
For the first time since 2006, three Australians will don the green and gold in the men’s 1500m final at the Commonwealth Games.
This...
Cheptegei doubles, Kipruto orchestrates sweep
By Len Johnson reporting from the Gold Coast
It’s getting harder to write new things about Joshua Cheptegei.
When he won the 5000 metres at the Commonwealth Games last Sunday, it was easy to dwell on the development of the young man who had crashed and burned...
The captain of the Australian athletics team, Sally Pearson has been forced to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games due to her Achilles injury.
The 31-year-old Olympic gold medalist, who has been battling an Achilles injury, walked her Surfers Paradise leg of the Queen's Baton relay yesterday.
At this point it looks...
By Len Johnson reporting from the Gold Coast
You will find Nick Hough and Alex Hulley side by side in the Australian Commonwealth Games Media Guide, but hands up anyone who expected to find them, if not exactly next to each other, one after the other on the medals’ podium.
Stranger...
By @CobbaStevens
For the first time since 2006, Australia will see three women take to the start line of the Commonwealth Games final of the 1500m, with Georgia Griffith, Linden Hall and Zoe Buckman all progressing after surviving the heats at Carrara Stadium on Monday night.
While the final will feature such...
By Len Johnson reporting from the Gold Coast
Standing on the runway for her last throw of the Commonwealth Games javelin competition at Carrara Stadium on Wednesday night, Kathryn Mitchell dissolved into tears.
These were tears of joy, however, not those born of the frustration at having to wait so long...
Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
You know the feeling. Many Australians will be familiar with it.
You go away for a Gold Coast holiday, lie on the beach, soak up the sun, feel good about yourself and life in general; then, it’s back to grey skies and wintry weather. Sometime it...
Small’s big day - Day 5 morning recap
Written by Grace Kalac – Runner’s Tribe – Reporting from the Gold Coast
Sixteen-year-old Keely Small has raced beyond her years in the women’s 800m heats. She hung on for sixth in a fast-paced first heat, racing superbly to clock 2:00.81 to finish...
Written by Grace Kalac – Runner’s Tribe – Reporting from the Gold Coast
In thrilling fashion, Nick Hough has lit up Carrara Stadium with a bronze medal performance in the men’s 110 metre hurdles.
Hough, who finished an agonising fourth at the Glasgow Games, shaved 0.04 off his three-year-old personal best...
By Grace Kalac - Reporting from the Gold Coast - Runner's Tribe
The Australian 20km racewalkers have set an optimistic tone for the rest of the 2018 Commonwealth Games athletics team, finishing this morning’s competition with gold in both the men’s and women’s events.
The racewalking, held at Gold Coast’s Currumbin...
