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Watch: Citius Meeting Bern 2018: 1500m Gregson takes the win with 3:37 over Williamsz 1. Gregson Ryan 3:37.68 2. Williamsz Jordan 3:40.33 3. Hamdi Ali 3:41.04
The boys make their predictions for the upcoming World Cross Country Championships to be held at Mount Panorama/Wahluu, Bathurst on Saturday 18th February, 2023. They discuss the likely best Australian and overall winners in the Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Relay races as well as the likely atmosphere and outcome...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (02-Jul) -- Metronome Molly Huddle was at it again, magically clicking off kilometer after kilometer to dwindle down the women's 10,000m field and win her second straight national title and her first USA Olympic Trials gold medal....
Kenya’s Samwel Mailu smashed the nine year-old course record of the Vienna City Marathon. When he stormed over the finish line at the Vienna Burgtheater in 2:05:08 Austria’s President Alexander Van der Bellen held the finishing tape. Despite warm conditions during the second half of the race the 30 year-old was 33 seconds quicker than the former course record holder Getu Feleke of Ethiopia who had clocked 2:05:41 back in 2014. Fellow Kenyans Bethwell Yegon and Titus Kimutai followed with 2:06:57 and 2:07:46 in second and third.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is facing significant scrutiny after revelations surfaced regarding the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency (CELAD) allowing Spanish athletes to skirt punishment between 2017 and 2022. An investigation by Relevo uncovered that CELAD employed various tactics to sidestep penalties for athletes testing positive for banned substances.
By Grace Kalac reporting from London - Runner's Tribe Fifteen Australians graced London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the annual Diamond League Müller Anniversary Games on Sunday afternoon, producing a combined four personal bests and four season’s bests. With many of the 15 athletes set to compete in next month’s...
In the pursuit of Olympic glory, Dan O’Brien and Donavan Brazier share a remarkable bond, united by their trials and tribulations. Both have weathered the disappointment of being labeled favorites for Olympic gold, only to stumble before the Games. Think back to 1992, when O’Brien was expected to dominate the Barcelona Olympics in the decathlon. However, a heartbreaking misstep during the trials, failing in the pole vault, shattered his Olympic dreams and denied him a spot on the team.
Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017, held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Friday (24). Barshim, 26, was one of the most consistent and dominant athletes of the year. Starting with a 2.35m leap in...
The elite field for the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on September 24 has grown in star quality even more with the announcement that the man who broke the world record there in 2013, Wilson Kipsang, will join his fellow Kenyan and current world number one Eliud Kipchoge on the start line....
Medal tallies don’t always tell the full story but the fight between Australia and England over the history of the Games is an interesting one. Australia has dropped off in terms of total medals on recent editions whist we see the rise of both Jamaica and Kenya as modern...
                   

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