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Adelaide, Australia; 9 April 2024 -  As the road to the Paris 2024 Games intensifies, the 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide this week emerge as a pivotal arena for the nation’s Olympic and Paralympic aspirants.
 Brad gives his new heart rate monitor a spin and needs to do his strength sessions. Julian gets both presents and coal for Christmas running down the mine at Anglesea and finds more respect for tradies. Brady’s pushing through heat and working on races in the year ahead. With 2018 now complete...
The Cardiff Metropolitan University Christmas Classic witnessed an exhilarating surprise as Laura Muir, the British middle-distance sensation, made an unexpected appearance on Sunday, delivering a stunning performance and securing a qualifying time for the forthcoming World Indoor Athletics Championship.
The IAAF Doping Review Board has today agreed that Russian long jump athlete Darya Klishina meets the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in International Competition as a neutral athlete under Competition Rule 22.1A. The Doping Review Board, which is composed of Robert Hersh (chair), Sylvia Barlag and Antti Pihlakoski, has...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved SACRAMENTO, Calif. (21-Jun) -- The last time the USATF National Outdoor Track & Field Championships were held here at Hornet Stadium at Sacramento State University, the women's steeplechase final was contested on a Saturday afternoon.  The sun was blazing,...
Morgan Mitchell (Vic) has smashed her women’s 400m personal best to stake a claim for selection to the Australian Olympic Team at the Hunter Track Classic. Crossing the line in 52.04, more than 0.2 seconds faster than her previous quickest time, Mitchell set her one-lap race up on the back...
Stratton jumps to best ever Team Australia result, as Pearson progresses to sprint hurdles final fastest Brooke Stratton (Vic) has delivered Australia’s best ever female result in the women’s long jump final on day eight of the 2017 IAAF World Championships, as Sally Pearson (Qld) sent a commanding message to her rivals by...
Melbourne, Australia; 10 January 2024 - Nina Kennedy’s historic pole vault triumph at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest last August has earned her the Bruce McAvaney Award for the Performance of the Year at the Athletics Australia Awards.
Craig Lautenslager and Sally Gibbs won the New Zealand men’s and women’s 10,000m titles in Inglewood on Saturday evening. With dominant displays, taking the lead from the gun and both running a relentless pace, neither were in doubt in their respective races. Lautenslager (Tasman) had Michael Voss for company for the early laps,...
Courtney Dauwalter, an icon in the ultrarunning world, etched a unique and heartwarming chapter into her illustrious career by achieving a memorable feat—completing the challenging 100km Javelina Jundred alongside her 66-year-old mother, Tracy Dauwalter.