By Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe - From the Gold Coast
Australian sprinters Melissa Breen, Rohan Browning, Trae Williams (100m) and Steve Solomon (400m) have cemented their spots in the semi-finals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Breen finishing fourth in her 100m heat, crossing the line in a time of 11.65....
Australian wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley OAM has been revealed as the fourth official Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) Ambassador on the Gold Coast today.
The announcement was made by Minister for the Commonwealth Games the Honourable Stirling Hinchliffe MP at a public event in the Southport Broadwater Parklands hosted...
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...
Written by Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe - Reporting from the Gold Coast
Anneliese Rubie and Morgan Mitchell have both collected a spot in tomorrow night’s 400 metre semi-finals at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Rubie cruised through her heat, easing up at the line to stop the clock at...
Dreams fulfilled on field
A column by Len Johnson - Reporting from the Gold Coast
It might be stretching things too far to call Carrara Stadium a field of dreams – the so-far-hapless Gold Coast Suns might object, for a start.
But it has been on the field that Australian dreams have...
By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe - Reporting from the Gold Coast
The wild weather which washed out the walking events at the Australian 50km championships in Melbourne at the start of December last year turned out to be a perfect storm for Jemima Montag.
The then 19-year-old Montag was down...
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games 5000m medallist Zane Robertson has pulled out of the New Zealand Commonwealth Games team.
A groin injury picked up earlier in the year forced the Kenyan-based Kiwi to miss several weeks of training at a key stage of his preparation for the Games and while he...
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...
It’s hard to believe that Australia will again play host to a Commonwealth Games, only 12 years after Melbourne did so back in 2006. In that year the focus was on the likes of Craig Mottram (who went onto win silver, in 12.58.19, in one of the most magical 5000m races...
When the stories mean more than the medals - LaCaze and Mitchell overcome adversity to run before a home crowd
Written by Grace Kalac – Runner’s Tribe – Reporting from the Gold Coast
There was no way a foot injury and a gangrenous appendix was going to stand in the way...
