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We have a pretty cool episode this week with Coach, Lee Bobbin. Lee is the coach of Cameron Myers, who just a few weeks ago broke Ryan Gregson’s U18 Australian 1500m record, clocking 3:40.60. This time brought Myers to just 0.68 of a second away from becoming the fastest...
This weeks episode is sponsored by the McLaren Vale Marathon, it will be run over the weekend of the 29th to the 30th of April.  With a supporting half marathon, 10K, 5K and a kids' mile - there's a run for everyone. Register today at mclarenvalemarathon.com.au - Listeners can use discount code IRP-MVM-20 for 20% off race entry. Brad gets the...
The World Athletics Doping Review Board (DRB) has agreed that the applications of six (6) Russian athletes have met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition as neutral athletes (ANA) under eligibility rule 3.2 while the Russian national federation (RusAF) remains suspended. In approving these six applications, the...
Think Big Run The Bridge already held the title of Australia’s richest 10km road race. In 2023, a revolutionary new prizemoney structure will see the first person across the line take home $8000. It could be a male, or it could be a female. That’s right, $8000, to the first...
The stars of Australian athletics are bringing the show to a track near you this season, and to the screens of the Seven Network, live, free and in HD* on 7plus from Saturday, 11 February 2023. During the Tokyo Olympic Games, it was Australia’s track and field talent that shone...
Entries for the 2023 Gold Coast Marathon open today with a surge in international participation expected and a special incentive for locals to be a part of the 1-2 July race weekend. Providing an important boost to Queensland’s tourism and event economy with an economic impact in the vicinity of...
Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma, who has one Olympic and two world silver medals at the 3000m steeplechase, had a golden moment at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais on Wednesday (15), breaking the world indoor 3000m record with a stunning 7:23.81* run at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold event. After a prolonged mano-a-mano challenge with Spain’s Mohamed...
Bathurst, Australia; February 16, 2023 -  The 44th edition of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships to be held in Bathurst this Saturday, will be characterised by brutal conditions and unforgiving terrain, with Team Australia set to meet the world’s best athletes in their backyard for a hostile initiation down under. With...
By Brett Davies The 44th Edition of the World Cross Country Championships was officially launched on Friday (17/2) at the Press Conference for the 2023 Championships held at the Rydges Hotel at Mount Panorama. World Athletics President Sebastian Coe gave a speech in which he lamented the various COVID-related challenges to...
Bathurst, Australia; February 18, 2023 - Australia’s Mixed 4x2km Relay team has raced into Australian athletics history with a bronze medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships Bathurst, leading from the front as the world’s best runners battled both the terrain and conditions in an instant classic down under. A day...
                   

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