Olympians Jessica Trengove (SA), Milly Clark (NSW) and Jeff Hunt (NSW) will headline a six-strong marathon contingent at the IAAF World Championships, with Athletics Australia Selectors today confirming starters for the 42.195km race at London 2017.
To be joined by Beijing 2015 starter Sinead Diver (Vic) and world championships debutants Brad...
The biggest names in Australian marathon running history will be on hand to run alongside, back slap, high-five and cheer on participants to the finish line of the 39th Gold Coast Airport Marathon on 1-2 July.
Brisbane 1982 Commonwealth Games gold medallist and former world record holder Rob de Castella...
Petty latest addition to NZ World Champs team
Angie Petty is the latest Kiwi athlete added to the New Zealand team for the 2017 World Championships to be held in London in August.
The 25 year-old 800m specialist ran under the A standard for selection last Thursday in Eagle Rock, California,...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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LOS ANGELES (18-May) -- As the warm Southern California sun set over the Bill Henry Track at Jack Kemp Stadium at Occidental College here, action on the track heated up at the USATF Distance Classic, led by USA-leading and...
Legendary Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman OAM became the sixth official Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) Ambassador in Brisbane today.
The announcement was made by Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) Chairman, Peter Beattie AC and Premier of Queensland, the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP at a public event in...
The inaugural Brooks Running International Beer Mile on Saturday hosted by Aussie Beer Milers club brought together the running and drinking community to create an action packed, fun afternoon. It was also an afternoon of record breaking, with the fastest men’s and women’s Beer Mile of all time on...
Thompson shines as Shanghai sparkles with Diamond League action
If there was any sliver of doubt left as to who is the premier female sprinter of the moment, little can remain after the performance of double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson in Shanghai this evening (Saturday, 13 May).
The Jamaican, who cruised...
Dani Stevens (NSW, nee Samuels) is brimming with confidence after a 66.47m throw to place second in the women’s discus throw at the IAAF Diamond League in Shanghai (CHN) overnight.
Taking to the thrower’s circle alongside the men, as the event was combined for the first time, Stevens’ best mark...
Camille Buscomb has been added to the Athletics NZ team for the 2017 London World Championships.
Her addition comes following a stunning run of 31:45.02 over 10,000m in Stanford, California on Sunday.
The time is 30 seconds under the London qualifying mark and a personal best by 41 seconds for the...
A record total number of 386,050 applicants from the UK and overseas registered for a ballot place in the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon when the application system closed on Friday 5 May. This is the highest number of applicants for any marathon in the world.
327,516 of those applicants...
