Day 9 - Basically, the best night of all-round athletics I’ve ever witnessed.
You want a local hero returning to form and thrilling the crowd?
Barshim did it all. He literally turned the Khalifa stadium into gridlock. With all the whinging going on about the small crowds, Barshim’s appearance in the...
Friday night’s high jump final saw the crowds swell significantly for the first full house at the Khalifa International Stadium, as the Qatari locals flocked to see the home favourite and defending World Champion Mutaz Barshim.
But Australia’s Commonwealth Games gold medallist Brandon Starc was looking to upset the party...
USA's Dalilah Muhammad won the 400m hurdles at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 in a world record of 52.16*, taking 0.04 from her own mark set earlier this year.
The Olympic champion went out hard, but so too did compatriot Sydney McLaughlin and they were level through the...
Day Seven of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 saw three Australian women compete in the semi-final of the 1500m - Linden Hall, Jessica Hull and Georgia Griffith.
Jessica Hull and Linden Hall both started in the second semi-final, which would turn out to be the quickest 1500m semi...
Tonight, I had some stuff written already because it was going to be a long night and I thought, I can prep some gear and get to bed earlier.
But F%$% that, how good was that 400!!!!!!
Naser went out like she was shot out of a cannon. Miller-Uibo was in...
It was the opening day of the Decathlon on Day Six of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019. 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Cedric Dubler started strongly, with a 10.75 clocking in the 100m for 917 points and a leading distance of 7.25m (874 points) in the long...
Our land may be girt by sea, but tonight, at approximately 8:20pm, I was girt in a sea of green, as Kelsey-Lee Barber stepped onto the podium to receive her Javelin gold medal.
We stood there, arm in arm, and belted out a national anthem that would make Tina Arena...
Sometimes being an athletics fan is hard.
One moment, there’s absolutely nothing happening. Next minute, you don’t know where to look.
Tonight, was one of those nights.
After watching Solomon, Boden and Carli move on through to the semi’s & Buckingham and Klein make their debuts, there was a good 90min break...
Kelsey-Lee Barber saved her best for last to take the gold medal on Day Five of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019.
In a Javelin final that saw Barber sitting in fourth place for most of the competition, it was a dramatic final throw of 66.56m that moved the...
Julian answers a wide range of listener questions ahead of the marathon from his preparation, to race strategy and shoe choice. Moose On The Loose echoes the sentiments on the compromises made to the quality of a global sporting event, going through the many challenges made during Doha.
