By David Monti, @d9monti
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BOSTON (09-Feb) -- In front of a raucous crowd at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center here tonight, 17-time NCAA champion Edward Cheserek of Kenya (Skechers Performance) ran the second fastest indoor mile of all time, clocking 3:49.44 in...
In the first of our series of previews of the 2018 Australian Athletics Championships & Nomination Trial at Carrara Stadium, February 15-18, we shine the spotlight on the men’s field events.
A faultless domestic season means pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall (SA) arrives on the Gold Coast the red-hot favourite to...
Jake and Zane Robertson added to athletics team for Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
African-based brothers Jake and Zane Robertson have been added to the athletics team for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Gold Coast will be the second Commonwealth Games for both, having competed at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games,...
32-year-old Australian distance runner, Cassie Fien has accepted a nine-month ban and waived a hearing after testing positive for the banned substance Higenamine.
ASADA collected an out-of-competition sample from Ms Fien on 20 April 2017. Her sample was analysed at the Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory, part of the National...
By Rich Sands, @sands
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NEW YORK (03-Feb) -- On an afternoon that included a world record and a world best, it was Chris O'Hare who put an exclamation point on the 111th NYRR Millrose Games here, holding on for a thrilling win in...
In its continued efforts to bring its events to a global audience, the IAAF will live stream the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, the first meeting of the IAAF World Indoor Tour, on Saturday (3).
Action from Karlsruhe’s Messehalle will be shown on a live stream which will be available on the IAAF’s Facebook page and YouTube channel....
By Rich Sands, @sands
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NEW YORK (02-Feb) -- Kate Grace estimates that over the five previous years of professional running she probably wasn't able to finish a workout no more than two or three times.
"And when it happened it was a huge deal,"...
Fifteen New Zealand athletes have been named in the Athletics team for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, announced today at the AUT Millennium track by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
The team is a strong mix of experience and young talent with two athletes, 1500m specialist Nick Willis and shot...
Swirling winds on day three of the Australian Capital Territory Championships didn’t gust Sally Pearson’s (QLD) way as she endured a headwind in her build up to the Australian Championships and Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
In just her second hurdle race of the summer, Sally Pearson clocked 12.87, foiled by a headwind...
Near perfect conditions greeted the athletes on day two of the Australian Capital Championships, being held in Canberra this weekend. The athletes responded with a host of qualifiers, but none were more impressive and important than men’s 800m where three athletes, clocked Commonwealth Games A qualifiers, bringing the total...
