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.
"I am shocked to receive the news of today’s ruling, especially during this time in which I am fully preparing for my next race in the world championships in Doha. I like to state that this investigation is focused on the period before I joined the Oregon Project and therefore has no relation to me.
Alberto Salazar, the coach who oversaw the majority of Sir Mo Farah's career, and numerous others including, Matt Centrowitz and Galen Rupp, has been banned from athletics for four years for doping offences. The decision was announced Tuesday by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and begins immediately. It is the result...
Images from cameras built into the Seiko starting blocks at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha will be censored following protest from a number of female athletes. German sprinters Tatjana Pinto and Gina Luckenkemper have led the criticism, saying standing above the cameras in short running shots wasn’t comfortable. “Was...
*** Before we get underway, I’d like to revisit Zango the triple jump medallist from Burkina Faso. On further research and advice from avid Doha Diary reader Dr Brian Roe, I should have awarded him the keys to Ouagadougou! https://www.instagram.com/p/B3C0axPIPvN/ The capital of Burkina Faso houses 2.2million people and you better...
It was a night of finals for Athletics Australia on Day Four of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, as Stewart McSweyn (5000m), Matthew Denny (Discus) and Genevieve Gregson (3000m steeple chase) all took on the very best in the world. Stepping into the cage ready to go, Denny...
