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The Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on October 29 will offer round two of a contest which produced a thrilling encounter a year ago. The full set of podium finishers in the men’s race has been brought together by the organizers for a re-match. The title holder Mark Korir will race...
AUSTRALIA’S MAKDA HARUN HAJI WINS SYDNEY MARATHON WOMEN’S TITLE, SETS NEW RECORD & CLAIMS 2017 AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN MEN’S MARATHON: JAPAN’S SHOTA HATTORI WINS WHEELCHAIR MARATHON: KURT FEARNLEY WINS NUMBER 11 HALF MARATHON: MEN - THOMAS DO CANTO (NSW), WOMEN - LAUREN REID (NSW) BRIDGE RUN: MEN - ADRIAN PLUMMER (NSW),...
No less than seven women who have represented their country are entered for the world richest mile in Darwin this Sunday, the Lottoland Mitchell Street Million Dollar Mile. Race ambassador and defending champion Genevieve Lacaze will start as one of the key athletes to watch, as she prepares to round out her 2017...
HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP TO PUT ATHLETICS AHEAD OF THE RACE Sally Pearson announces drive to increase participation in athletics Athletics is a major step closer to achieving its goal of becoming the largest participation sport in Australia, with a new drive to boost involvement at all levels. Fresh from her win at the world...
The lure of $1 Million to break the world mile track record has attracted a record international field for the 2017 Lottoland Mitchell Street Million Dollar Mile. Minister for Tourism and Culture, Lauren Moss, today confirmed the men’s elite mile race will be a world-class field with Kenyan champion, Silas...
By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (10-Sep) -- Experience counts on 5th Avenue. Jenny Simpson and Nick Willis proved that here today with emphatic wins down the famed New York City boulevard. Simpson scored a record sixth title at the New Balance 5th Avenue...
The world’s greatest distance runner Sir Mo Farah announced today that he will return to the Virgin Money London Marathon in 2018. Farah retired from track competition this summer with an historic record of 10 global gold medals at World and Olympic Games over 5,000m and 10,000m. Now he wants to...
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Mo Farah becomes the first person to win the Great North Run four times in a row, while Mary Keitany claims victory for the third time. Top 10 results #GreatNorthRun2017 Mo and Jake really motored the second half. pic.twitter.com/WaAwbp2aLw — Dan Lilot (@Lilot1TrackMind) September 10, 2017
Australian Jordy Williamsz will come to next Sunday’s Lottoland Mitchell Street Million Dollar Mile in the form of his life after claiming one of the biggest wins in his career last night. He will be joined by Melbourne Track Club training mate and Rio 800m Olympian Selma Kajan. 25-year-old Williamsz won the...
SUB-30 IN PRAGUE? Much talk about the men’s sub-two-hour marathon, but the women’s first sub-30min 10k may just unravel on the streets of the Czech capital on Saturday evening in the Birrell Prague Grand Prix, the penultimate event in the hugely successful RunCzech Running League (all seven races have an IAAF Gold...