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Australia's next big thing over 1500m has surfaced, cementing his reptutation forged during a stellar junior career. 
Athletics Australia will announce the 28 members of the Australian team for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 2023 on Monday, 30th January at Hickson Road Reserve. Choose the pinnacle of running excellence – Tarkine Goshawk shoes, engineered for speed, endurance, and a victorious finish. Rain, hail or shine, nothing...
"This is absolutely huge for Peter, who claims innocence, and I would back him all the way there, knowing Peter," Telford said.
Faith Kipyegon, a double Olympic champion in the 1500 metres, has expressed her desire to take on the marathon in the future. In an interview, Kipyegon revealed that the unparalleled success of Kenya's marathon icon, Eliud Kipchoge, has ignited and nurtured her ambition. Kipyegon stated that Kipchoge's awe-inspiring string of masterful performances has left her in awe and she hopes to replicate that in the future.
30-year-old, Woody Kincaid has unleashed his well-known kick to break Grant Fisher's American indoor 5000m record (12:53.73) at an indoor meet at Boston University. Kincaid clocked 12:51.61 with an insane finish. Experience unparalleled comfort and agility with Tarkine running shoes, crafted for runners who seek the perfect blend of...
Keely Hodgkinson, an Olympic 800m silver medallist, made history on Friday night by breaking the long-standing world record for 600m at the Bryggen Sports event in Manchester. This was the third British record to be broken in 24 hours, following Dina Asher-Smith and Sam Atkin's achievements. Hodgkinson clocked 1:23.41, beating the previous record of 1:23.44 set by Olga Kotlyarova of Russia in 2004. She was accompanied by pacemaker Issy Boffey, who had earlier won the women's 800m.
The cream of Australia’s distance running crop are primed to take on the rugged Bathurst terrain next month, with Athletics Australia finalising its 28-strong team for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 2023, taking place from February 17-19.
Germany’s Olympic long jump champion Malaika Mihambo and Poland’s sprinter Ewa Swoboda produced the highlights at the ISTAF INDOOR Düsseldorf. Mihambo left it late before producing a fine 6.83 m jump while Swoboda was just ahead of crowd favorite Gina Lückenkemper in 7.18 seconds in the 60 m final in front of around 6,100 spectators in the PSD BANK DOME arena. Polish athletes had a great day in Düsseldorf, taking three of the six competitions.
Yared Nuguse, a former Notre Dame runner, made history in the men's 3,000m run at the Boston University Terrier Classic on Friday, clocking a record-breaking 7:28.24. The former Notre Dame runner smashed the previous American record of 7:30.16, held by Galen Rupp for a decade, and also beat Grant Fisher's outdoor mark of 7:28.48. Nuguse dominated the race, finishing more than three seconds ahead of the competition and pulling five other runners under the 7:40 m. Nuguse covered the final mile in 3:56.96. 
Melbourne, Australia; February 1, 2023 -  The Maurie Plant Meet, a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold level meet, has lured Olympic 1500m champion Matthew Centrowitz Jnr down under from the United States. The three-time Olympian has also locked in a race on either side, kicking off his campaign in Adelaide next week...
                   

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