In a rough final, Bisset pushed through a number of knocks and checks in the final lap to dash clear in the straight to win in 2:01.20 ahead of Christine Hering (GER) in 2:01.87 and Docus Ajok of Uganda in 2:02.31.
Fellow Australian Morgan Mitchell finished 8th in 2:04.19.
Former Commonwealth games 10,000 meter champion Joyce Chepkirui has been suspended for four years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Tuesday.
Chepkirui has been suspended over the use of prohibited substances and discrepancies in her her Athletes Biological Passport (ABP).
The decision has been made to publish Australian Athlete magazine once a year, in time for Christmas.
Kenyan Rodah Jepkorir (KEN) held off a strong finishing burst from Tasmanian Milly Clark (AUS/TAS) to take out the women’s Gold Coast Marathon.
The 27-year-old broke away from the 30km mark and then lasted to break the tape in 2:27:56, with Clark second (2:28:08) and Eritrea’s Nazret Weldu (ERI) third...
Australian Bill Chaffey returned to the podium of the Wheelchair Marathon
Australian Paralympian Bill Chaffey (AUS/NSW) has made a triumphant return to the Gold Coast Marathon, taking out the Wheelchair Marathon, while golden girl Madison de Rozario (AUS/NSW) continued her love affair with the Gold Coast.
Chaffey had been an annual...
The second fastest Japanese marathon runner in history became the fastest runner in Gold Coast Marathon history when Yuta Shitara won the IAAF Gold Label race in 2:07:50 this morning.
The 27-year-old had an exciting duel with placegetters Barnabus Kiptum of Kenya and Zane Robertson of New Zealand over the...
Jack Rayner continued his fine form when taking out the ASICS Half Marathon
There was a green and gold glow in the ASICS Half Marathon on the Gold Coast this morning as Australian runners Jack Rayner and Sinead Diver defied wet conditions to win their respective 21.1km races.
The in-form distance running...
ACT runner Leanne Pompeani won her second Southern Cross University 10km Run on the Gold Coast this morning becoming only the second woman to win the race more than once in the event’s history.
Braving cool squally conditions, the 2016 winner continued her fine form of this year, setting a...
This week’s guest is Eloise Wellings who joins Brad in the first of a two-part interview about both her career in running and philanthropy, starting with the influence her family on her budding running passion.
A multi-billion dollar industry has been built around the sport, and Harris’ work explores the reasons people push themselves to cover incredible distances by foot.
Harris is an Australian commercial and advertising photographer whose work takes him around the world. He is also a runner.
“People driven to run marathons amaze...
