Brad throws up the wings in the Gold Coast marathon pacing duties. Julian blows up in the half marathon making the predictions come true. Brady gets through the 10K ahead of Lakeside of the Inside Running head-to-head.
Griffith University (QLD) Matt Denny has thrown an in stadium personal best of 65.27m in the men’s discus at the World University Games in Naples, Italy.
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands broke the 23-year-old women’s mile world record on Friday clocking 4:12.33 seconds, beating the 4:12.56 set by Russia’s Svetlana Masterkova in 1996.
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...
