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Wesley Korir will be hoping to resume his racing career with a flourish at the 16th edition of the BLOM Bank Beirut Marathon on Sunday (11), a day that will see almost 50,000 runners take to the streets across the various races. The 35-year-old Kenyan, a winner of the Boston...
Four world-class Ethiopian runners have set their sights on breaking the recent Kenyan dominance when the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON takes place on September 29: Guye Adola, who finished second in an unofficial world record debut two years ago in Berlin, as well as Leul Gebrselassie, Sisay Lemma and Birhanu Legese...
The 2018 IAAF Diamond League is the ninth edition of the annual IAAF Diamond League, a fourteen-leg series of track and field meetings. It is the second edition to feature the new championship-style system. Doha Diamond League Doha (Hamad Bin Suhaim), 04/05/2018 Men's results 200 Metres - Men Wind: +1.3 m/s Pts 1...
CHICAGO -- In today’s 44th running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, record performances and ideal race conditions set the tone for the day. Under sunny skies with cheers by enthusiastic spectators, 40,000 runners traversed 29 Chicago neighborhoods on their journey to becoming official marathon finishers. In the elite...
As Doha, Qatar, prepares to host the IAAF World Championships for 2019, Australia’s top male and female athletes have dedicated their time to training and participating in national championships. To qualify to participate in this event, Australia’s leading athletes must perform at the top of their events while competing...
Melbourne, Australia; March 25 2021 –  Australia’s elite track and field stars continued their quest for qualifiers tonight at the penultimate leg of the Coles Summer Series, the Melbourne Track Classic. Commonwealth Games silver medallist Matthew Denny (QLD, Ben Thomson) made his return to the throwing circle after a string of injuries, including two rib injuries and a strained Costochondral joint, put a startling halt to his season in November. Throwing 60.56m to take the win, his form in his comeback proves he is still a real contender for his second Olympic Games in Tokyo.
BERLIN. The spectacular ISTAF INDOOR meeting on Friday evening in Berlin sets the international indoor athletics season in Germany in motion. Close to 12,000 tickets have been sold for the ISTAF INDOOR, by far the biggest indoor meeting in the world. Spectators in the Mercedes-Benz Arena will see Olympic...
Shot putter Damien Birkinhead is one of Australia's big medal hopes in the upcoming Rio Olympics.
This episode of the Inside Running Podcast is proudly sponsored by the Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS. Join them this September in their bid to become an Abbott World Marathon Major. Be a part of history at sydneymarathon.com Kristian Ulriksen calls in from his holiday in Greece to give the...
Julian answers a wide range of listener questions ahead of the marathon from his preparation, to race strategy and shoe choice. Moose On The Loose echoes the sentiments on the compromises made to the quality of a global sporting event, going through the many challenges made during Doha.
                   

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