Double world and Olympic champion David Rudisha has withdrawn from the IAAF World Championships after straining his quad muscle in a training session in Kenya.
Kenya's current Olympic 800-meter champion and world-record holder (1:40.91), Rudisha said an MRI scan on the right-leg injury showed it would not heal in time...
Elections for six places on the IAAF Athletes’ Commission will run from 1-12 August with all athletes accredited for the IAAF World Championships London 2017 eligible to vote.
The IAAF Athletes’ Commission represents the link between athletes and the governing body, ensuring the voice of the athletes is heard and fed into decision-making processes.
Fifteen...
Australia has a proud history of relay running.
In 1956, it was Betty Cuthbert leading the green and gold to their first top-of-the-podium finish in a baton event at the Olympic Games and the tradition of success has continued until as recently as 2010, when a mock game of cricket was used...
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New Zealand Cross Country Championships, Auckland Domain – 30 July 2017
Craig Lautenslager, back from completing his athletic scholarship in the States executed the perfect plan to outgun the rest of the field and take out his first national cross country crown. Lautenslager hit out early and only Daniel Balchin...
The King of King Island, Stewart McSweyn is the fastest Tasmanian miler ever
On Tuesday, July 18, Melbourne Track Club's, Stewart McSweyn clocked in a stunning 3:55.97 at the Cork City Sports meet in Ireland to break the Tasmanian Open record previously held by Ryan Foster of 3.58.49.
Footage of Stewart's...
Two new senior champions were crowned at the New Zealand Cross Country Championships in the Auckland Domain on Sunday afternoon.
Ruby Muir from Wellington cleared out from the field at the beginning of the women’s 10km race and was never headed. Penny Peskett gave chase over the last two of...
Runner's Tribe News
Ethiopian middle distance runner, Chala Beyo has been banned from competition for 2-years after punching his coach upon learning he did not make the team for the 2017 IAAF World Championship in London early next month.
The 21-year-old, Beyo, ran for Ethiopia in the 3,000 meters steeplechase at...
The provisional entry list for the IAAF World Championships London 2017, which take place from 4-13 August in the British capital, is now available.
The entries, as at 29 July, are now available via the athletes page on the IAAF World Championships London 2017 mini-site where users can quickly search and browse all 2034 athletes from more...
Athletics News
SPIKES, the official Skype Bot for the world of international track and field athletics, is launched today to mark ‘One Week To Go’ to the start of the IAAF World Championships London 2017 (4-13 August).
The bot, which was developed in collaboration with Skype, will go live directly and cover every angle of the...
Team Australia at the 2017 IAAF World Championships is bigger than it has ever been, with 14 additional athletes extended invitations to compete at London 2017 via the IAAF Roll-Down Process in recent days.
Bringing the team size to 62, eight more than Seville (ESP) in 1999, the green and gold contingent...
