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Rio 2016 Paralympic Games medallist, Isis Holt (Vic), has delivered the girl’s under 20 para-athletics sprint double on day three of the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships. Stopping the clock at 14.01 (w: -0.6) to win the 100m this evening, Holt was victorious in the 200m in a time of 28.97...
The well-known athlete from Botswana, Nijel Amos, recently opened out about his financial difficulties during an ongoing doping investigation that started with a positive drug test in June of last year. Astonishingly, the associated legal fees and travel costs have reached $67,000.
British middle-distance runner Keely Hodgkinson is set to defend her European Indoor 800m title in Istanbul, as she prepares for the heats on Thursday. Hodgkinson rose to fame in 2019 when she won European Indoor gold in Poland, aged just 19.
Top elite fields announced for 39th annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon Wednesday 7 June A flat and fast course will provide the stage for the 39th Gold Coast Airport Marathon on Sunday 2 July with one of the strongest elite fields ever assembled to fight out the 42.195km race. The Gold Coast...
The athletics community laments the passing of Carmen Valero, a 68-year-old legend in Spanish athletics, who passed away in Sabadell on Tuesday (2). Valero, who won the world cross country championship twice in 1976 and 1977, is well-known for her extraordinary accomplishments. Her legacy has had a significant influence on women's athletics in Spain.
Brigid Kosgei can revel in a joyous holiday season, having secured a significant win at the Abu Dhabi Marathon, accompanied by a lucrative prize. Kosgei’s stellar performance rewrote history as she smashed the course record with an exceptional time of 2 hours, 19 minutes, and 15 seconds. Her commanding presence relegated Ethiopian contenders Hawi Feysa and Ethlemahu Sintayehu to second and third places, finishing with times of 2:24:03 and 2:25:36, respectively.
The Boris Hanzekovic Memorial in Zagreb witnessed an extraordinary display of athleticism, as world records tumbled and athletes left their mark in this prestigious World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event.
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (23-Jan) -- The fastest-ever European over the marathon distance, Norway's Sondre Nordstad Moen, will compete in the fifth annual Napoli City Half-Marathon on Sunday, February 4, organizers announced today. The 27 year-old Moen has a half-marathon personal best of 59:48 and...
The anticipation mounts as the British cross-country running squad prepares to storm the European Championships in Brussels on December 10. Megan Keith, Hugo Milner, and Innes FitzGerald headline a formidable team set to vie for top honors on the challenging European terrain.
By Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe - Reporting from the Gold Coast The Australian 5000 metre men have produced three top-12 finishes at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. In a classy field, Stewart McSweyn fought to the line, finishing fifth in 13:58.96. Morgan McDonald clocked 14:11.37 for 8th...
                   

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