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By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (28-Feb) -- After the conclusion of today's Tokyo Marathon, officials of the Abbott World Marathon Majors (AbottWMM) declared that Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Mary Keitany were the overall champions of that global marathon league's Series IX, and each would...
Melbourne World Challenge (5 March) - Great Depth in Women's 1500m The women's 1500m (Saturday at 7.11pm) looks set to be one of the top events of the night at this years Melbourne World Challenge. It includes 2 athletes who have already qualified for the Rio Olympics, Zoe Buckman and Melissa...
Levy Omari intends to return to winning ways in Vienna Levy Omari has chosen Vienna as his next destination for a marathon. The Kenyan finally aims to return to winning ways in the Austrian capital on 10th April since his last marathon victory dates back to 2011. In the meantime...
The very best of Australian athletics will be on show at the IAAF Melbourne World Challenge this Saturday 5 March, as the most impressive track and field talent from across the country takes on a bounty of challengers from across the globe. Headlined by world record holder David Rudisha (KEN, 800m),...
Melbourne World Challenge - Saturday March 5 There is much anticipation as we count our way down to the first 'big' meeting of 2016 - the Melbourne World Challenge on Saturday night. This is a meeting where our Australian athletes can shine, and in some events against some top international...
The first of more than 1800 athletes have descended on Perth (WA) for day one of the Australian Junior Athletics Championships. Headlined by Annabel McDermott (NSW) and Matthew Ramsden (WA), who achieved automatic selection to the IAAF World Under 20 Championships in the first session, the six-day competition will pit athletes...
The Virgin Money London Marathon is the world’s largest one-day fundraising event and more than 75 per cent of the 37,000+ runners on Sunday 24 April will be raising money for charity, adding to the incredible total of £770+ million raised in the first 35 years of the event. Here...
The Australian team for the IAAF World Indoor Championships has today been boosted by five, with Alana Boyd (Qld), Brooke Stratton (Vic), Brett Robinson (Vic), Melissa Duncan (Vic) and Chelsea Jaensch (Qld) selected to compete. Set to join the already confirmed Fabrice Lapierre (NSW), Michelle Jenneke (NSW) and Collis Birmingham...
A further four seats on the plane to Bydgoszcz 2016 have been filled on day two of the Australian Junior Athletics Championships. Bringing the number of automatically selected athletes for the IAAF World Under 20 Championships to seven, those confirming their start in the green and gold today were Joshua Connolly (Qld),...
It has been a day of drama at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships, with multiple falls in the sprint hurdles delivering elation and heartbreak for those on and off the dais. Doubling as the Selection Trial for the IAAF World Under 20 Championships, the under 20 100m hurdles and 110m...