World record holder Dennis Kimetto will run his next marathon in Vienna on 22nd April. Organisers announced the participation of the Kenyan star runner during a press conference in the Austrian capital today. It will be the first time in the history of the Vienna City Marathon, which began back...
Running is one of the few sports to grow in popularity off track. In recent years it has become a casual non-competitive activity. It has gone from international athletic competitions to the streets. Going for a run is now the ultimate pastime, between breaks, after work and even on...
Reigning 100m hurdles World Champion Sally Pearson (Qld) and three-time Paralympic gold medallist Kurt Fearnley (NSW) are today confirmed as Co-Captains of the Australian athletics team for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Pearson has been selected for her fourth Commonwealth Games next month, where she will run in the 100m hurdles to defend her...
The fifth and final day of the 2018 Australian Junior Athletics Championships saw competition that was just as hot as the weather with temperatures soaring into the high 30s.
Zane Branco (Qld) set a new meet record in the U20 men’s 200m, powering across the finish line in a time of...
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NEW YORK (18-Mar) -- Slow early paces led to fast finishes at the United Airlines NYC Half here, with Ben True of the Hanover, N.H., and Buze Diriba of Ethiopia using blazing kicks to take the victories on a cold,...
Members of Australia’s Commonwealth Games athletics team made the most of the competition as part of their final preparations for Gold Coast 2018 at Saturday night’s Sydney Grand Prix.
Following on from another thrilling day of performances at the 2018 Australian Junior Athletics Championships, more records would tumble under lights.
Jaryd...
Day 4 of the 2018 Australian Junior Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre saw more records and qualifying marks for our best young talent.
Isis Holt (Vic) has lowered her T35 100m world record to 13.36 in the final of the U20 women’s para 100m.
Last month, Holt clocked...
Day 3 of the 2018 Australian Junior Championships saw some of the best performances yet with records tumbling and more U20 World Championship and Youth Olympic Games qualifiers on Friday.
The name Sophie White now sits proudly alongside Sally Pearson with the West Australian equalling the reigning world and Olympic...
Western Australia’s Sophie White set the track alight early on day two, with a new meet record and a Youth Olympic Games qualifier in the heats of the U18 100m hurdles.
White, clocked 13.30 (w1.1) to better the previous record set by Abbie Taddeo (NSW) in 2011 by .16sec qualifying...
Stephen Kiprotich is a determined man, as would be expected of the 2012 Olympic gold medallist and the World Marathon champion the following year. That is why he will return to the Haspa Marathon Hamburg on April 29 in search of the victory which eluded the Ugandan record holder last year.
Kiprotich...
