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Two time Commonwealth Games Marathon champion (2014 and 2018) Michael Shelley has announced his retirement from elite marathon running.
Australia’s Josh Harris, Brady Threlfall, and Cassie Fien will be running the Berlin marathon hours from now. Runner’s Tribe was able to have a quick chat to Josh and Brady before the race. We’ve also provided some PB’s, their race numbers if you wish to track their process through...
Glasgow, United Kingdom; 1 March, 2024 -  Olympic silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers (NSW) is officially on top of the world, becoming the fifth Australian woman to win global gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships when taking out the Women’s High Jump in Glasgow this morning.
In the fourth and final in our series of previews of the 2018 Australian Athletics Championships & Nomination Trial at Carrara Stadium, February 15-18 we shine the spotlight on the women’s track events. Follow the championships online using the #AthleticsGold and #ThisIsAthletics Reigning world 100m hurdles champion, Sally Pearson (Qld)...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LONDON (20-Apr) -- There are three Americans among the 15 elite women entered in Sunday's Virgin Money London Marathon: Stephanie Bruce (HOKA Northern Arizona Elite), Becky Wade (Asics) and Liz Costello (New Balance).  Bruce, 34, has the fastest career time of...
One week after breaking the pole vault world record in Torun, Armand Duplantis improved the mark to 6.18m* at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix Glasgow, part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour, on Saturday (15). The Swedish vaulter was in imperious form. He opened at 5.50m and got over 5.75m...
MUNICH // A World Anti-Doping Agency report said Thursday that corruption was “embedded” at the world athletics body piling pressure on its new leader Sebastian Coe. IAAF leaders must have been aware of the full extent of doping in Russia but did nothing to stop it, and the track and...
Two promising runners made a difficult decision to withdraw from the highly anticipated state track and field preliminaries following a week filled with online transphobic attacks and a toxic environment. Lorelei Barrett and Athena Ryan, who had been scheduled to compete, opted to prioritize their well-being and safety by refraining from participating in the 1,600-meter heats at Buchanan High in Clovis.
Nairobi, Kenya - After Joan Massah Cherop broke the tape to win the 2019 Detroit Marathon, she knew 2020 was going to be a year of even bigger races and greater opportunities. Soon, an invitation to the Paris Marathon confirmed her hopes, and she stepped up her training. We all know what happened next through: race delays and cancellations. Like many athletes, this left Joan not just feeling let down, but struggling financially. Her main sponsor, the Kenyan running company Enda, jumped into action to help. Following the Kenyan running tradition of working with others to lift each other up, Enda built a coalition of brands in the running space to sponsor Joan and fellow Enda Elite Athlete Kenneth Kemboi to lead an attempt to set new fastest known times (FKT) running up Mt. Kenya.
Athletics New Zealand AUCKLAND Athletics Auckland Grand Prix Cross Country and Teams Championships, Barry Curtis Park East Tamaki – 10 June 2017  National Cross country champion Jono Jackson is on track to defend his title at the end of July, following an impressive slog through the muddy conditions to led his Auckland...
                   

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