Australia's Jessica Hull has finished 7th in her Diamond League debut at the Prefontaine Classic with a big PB of 4:02.62 making her the fourth fastest Aussie all-time. Also a Tokyo 2020 qualifier. Hull recently signed with the management firm Total Sports US, signifying her move to the professional...
Auckland’s Lisa Cross, in fact, had the first word. A jockey by trade, Cross added the Wellington half marathon to titles in Auckland and Christchurch over the years. She came to Wellington aiming at the race record of 1hr 17min 48secs set by Wellington’s Ruby Muir in 2017. The...
The historic city of Vienna, Austria, will host Eliud Kipchoge’s attempt to break the last great barrier in modern athletics, the sub two-hour marathon, in the INEOS 1:59 Challenge.
This week Adams was working atop an icy shed roof in two degrees in Melbourne, so the lure of a sunny Gold Coast is strong. Even stronger is his desire to utilise the fact that the Gold Coast Marathon, on Sunday 7 July, is also host of the IAAF...
A top-class duel is in prospect in the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON when Germany’s biggest marathon and an IAAF Gold Label race takes place on September 29 with the news that Gladys Cherono, both title and course record holder, will face her fellow Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot.
Competition kicked off today at the 2019 Oceania Athletics Championships in Townsville.
Australia is one of 22 member Federations competing at the Championships, which have been organised by the Oceania Athletics Association.
In news from America and France.
Australian 1500m champion, Luke Mathews, has finished 4th in a 1500m race in Nancy, France. The run missed the 1500m world champs qualifing time by .03 seconds. Given his victory at the Australian championships, Luke is guaranteed a start in Doha if he can...
Brady chats with Runner’s Tribe columnist, journalist and author Len Johnson about his time in running and how he got into it via footy. Len shares with Brady how he made the transition from the 400m to marathon running via amateur footy, and the factors and series of events that lead to running his personal best of 2:19:32 at Fukuoka.
Australian Nicola McDermott has jumped a 5cm PB to finish 3rd at the Ostrava Golden Spike High Jump, a prestigious European event.
Caster Semenya has been switched from the 3000m to the 800m at next week’s Prefontaine Classic, one of the most prestigious events on the elite circuit.
