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Australia’s Olympic Track and Field team has been plunged into isolation after an athlete was potentially exposed to COVID-19. It has been reported that the test is connected to team USA.
Former Olympic gold medallist Taoufik Makhloufi has pulled out of the Tokyo Games due to a knee injury. The 33-year-old was a medal hope in Japan after winning 800m and 1500m silvers at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 1500m silver at the 2019 Doha world championships. He is the 2012 1500m Olympic champion.
After fleeing from war-torn Somalia as a teenager, Abdi and his family arrived in the United States, where they settled in Tucson, Arizona.
By Brett Davies NB: The world’s most eco-friendly running shoe company is coming. Sign-up to follow their story HERE….   The Reigning Olympic 1500m Champion, American Matt Centrowitz, has thrown down the gauntlet to his Olympic opponents with a surprising return to form in the US on Saturday(24/7). In a specially-arranged 1 mile race in...
Already a two-time world champion at the age of 25, Norwegian athlete Karsten Warholm is currently the crowd's favorite to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics. 
  NB: The world’s most eco-friendly running shoe company is coming. Sign-up to follow their story HERE….   An article by Brett Davies The Olympics at Los Angeles in 1984 saw Britain 's 'big three' - Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram - compete at the Games in the 800m & 1500m. World record-holder Coe &...
Sifan Hassan is potentially about to have a crack at the impossible treble; the 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympics. There is still a possibility that she will scratch from one event (rumoured to be the 1500m), but for now Hassan's name is on the start-lists for all three.
This week's episode is sponsored by Asics, check out the new Gel-Kayano 28 @ www.asics.com.au Julian pops in and out of Cairns to get Ellie through a tough workout. Brad recalls what he asked on the show as the snow hits Canberra. Brady begins a marathon block of training with some trepidation. Stewy...
The fastest shoe that ON have ever created has dropped, as ON take a huge step closer to challenging the likes of Nike, in the race for the world’s fastest shoe.
How good is American 800m runner Athing Mu!  Still a teenager, at just nineteen-years-of-age, the Olympic 800m Gold medal is Mu's for the taking if she brings her A-Game to Tokyo. 
                   

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