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Eighteen-year-old Queensland sprint sensation Gout Gout has delivered one of the most electrifying performances in Australian athletics history, running 19.67 seconds to obliterate his own national 200-metre record at the Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney.
Written by RT Johno Sometimes, lightning does actually strike twice. Less than 24 hours after becoming the first Australian to break the 10-second barrier on home soil, Lachlan Kennedy backed it up with another 9.96 seconds to claim his maiden 100m national title at the 2026 Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney...
Written by RT Johno Cameron Myers has done something no one else in history has managed on Australian soil: broken the 3:30 barrier in the 1500 metres. The 19-year-old produced a breathtaking performance at the Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney on Friday night, clocking a personal best of 3:29.85 to...
Written by RT Johno History was made at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre on Thursday night when Queensland sprinter Lachlan Kennedy became the first Australian to break the 10-second barrier on home soil, clocking a stunning 9.96 seconds in the opening heat of the men’s 100 metres at the...
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Australia will look to cement its status as a relay nation with 30 athletes bound for the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana on May 2-3, with Lachlan Kennedy and Torrie Lewis among the names ready to take one step closer to the global podium.
The heavens opened over Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium just as Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout walked out of the tunnel and onto the track. It was, as Kennedy himself put it, “cinematic.” What followed lived up to every syllable of that word. Kennedy claimed victory in the Peter Norman Memorial 200...
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Written by RT Johno Jessica Hull has cemented her status as one of the most consistently brilliant middle distance runners on the planet, claiming silver in the women's 1500 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, while simultaneously etching her name into the record books with a...
Six months after hobbling off a Tokyo track on crutches, Josh Kerr stood atop the global podium once more — reclaiming his 3000m world indoor title in Poland with a performance as emotionally charged as it was tactically commanding.