Athletics Australia have today announced a team of 57 athletes for the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar from September 27 - October 6.
The team is the second largest to represent Australia, but that number could rise later in the week and eclipse the previous total of 61 in 2017, when special invitations are announced by the IAAF.
Kenya's Brigid Kosgei has just run the fastest half-marathon ever by a woman on her way to winning the Great North Run in 1:04.28.
Kosgei's time was 23 seconds quicker than the world record set in 2017 by fellow Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei but the course is not eligible for records.
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Jenny Simpson Claims Record-Extending Eighth Title and Nick Willis Wins Record-Breaking Fifth Title at the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile
Simpson breaks event record by clocking 4:16.6 to win by one tenth of a second over Elinor Purrier; Willis wins in photo-finish against Chris O’Hare and Sam Prakel.
New York, September...
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Yulimar Rojas produced the second farthest triple jump of all-time at the Memorial Francisco Ramon Higueras in Andujar, Spain, on Friday (6).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBRvuCe8ySs
Rojas, the reigning world champion outdoors and indoors, sailed 15.41m in the competition's sixth round to land just nine centimetres shy of the 15.50m world record set by Ukraine's Inessa...
06/09/2019 - AG Memorial Van Damme
Men's results
200 Metres - Men - Diamond Discipline Wind: +0.8 m/s
1 Lyles , Noah USA 19.74
2 Guliyev , Ramil TUR 19.86
3 De Grasse , Andre CAN 19.87
4 Brown , Aaron CAN 20.00
5 Quiñónez , Alex ECU 20.25
6 Vanderbemden , Robin BEL 20.51
7 Richards ,...
Julian gets his hip looked after, and puts in some heat sessions.
Brad struggles a bit with motivation but stringing together some days.
Brady froths over the warmer weather while waiting for the iron infusion to kick in.
Stewart McSweyn runs the Zurich Diamond League 5000m in 13:32, paced by Ryan Gregson & Pat Tiernan with Joshua Cheptegi of Uganda taking the win.
Zurich Diamond League Results via Watch Athletics
Hoka One One Long Island: And Australia's four time NCAA champion Morgan McDonald showed his class extends to the four lapper as well, clocking 3:54.63 for the win.
At the Potomac Valley Games last Sunday in Alexandria, Virginia, USA's David Ortman, Charlie Allie, Thomas Jones and George Haywood set a new masters world record in the 1600-meter ((4x400m) relay for men 65 years and older. They finished in an amazing time of 4:01.03, beating the old record...
‘He made running cool’– the Training of Steve Prefontaine
(c) Runner's Tribe 2019
“I think that Pre basically NEVER missed a morning run.”
Forty-two years after his death, Steve Prefontaine continues to inspire countless runners around the world who aim to emulate his fierce competitiveness, toughness and fearless front running racing style.
The charismatic...
