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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...
The opening day of competition at the 2018 Australian Junior Athletics Championships saw several notable performances at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on Wednesday. Montanna McAvoy (Qld) claimed the day’s only IAAF World U20 qualifier, securing an automatic berth blitzing the field in the women’s U20 5,000m. McAvoy led from...
This episode is brought to you by Rundies. Listen to this week’s episode and find out about the Inside Running Instagram Competition where you can win yourself a free pair of Rundies. Brad lets it all hang loose post Lake Biwa, before exposing personal secrets on ABC Radio. Julian puts in...
Dame Valerie Adams is to receive the gold medal from the 2010 World Indoor Championships that was cruelly denied her at the time. The presentation will take place after the women’s shot put final at the Jennian Homes New Zealand Track and Field Championships on Friday. The final will start at 5.45pm at...
InsideRunning 18: Lake Biwa Recap #PrayforBrad is a resounding success as Brad runs Lake Biwa in a new Personal Best of 2:17:20 and there’s much to discuss, including last minute encounters before a blow-by-blow account of the race and where his mental space was at every stage. In the same race...
By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (05-Mar) -- The United Airlines NYC Half is getting a course makeover this year, but returning pros Dathan Ritzenhein and Emily Sisson are confident their past successes in the event will bring them luck on the 13th...
The Polish quartet of Karol Zalewski, Rafal Omelko, Lukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina broke the world indoor record* in the men's 4x400m with a stunning finish to the final track event of the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018. USA led for the first three legs with Fred Kerley, Michael Cherry...
By Steven Mills, @trackside2018 (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (04-Mar) -- Yomif Kejelcha’s winning time in the men's 3000m on the fourth and final day of the 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships here at Arena Birmingham was the slowest on record, but the Ethiopian ran a...