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New research has been published today in support of the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) currently suspended Hyperandrogenism Regulations. On 27 July 2015 in a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) case between the Indian athlete Dutee Chand and the Athletics Federation of India and the IAAF, the CAS made...
FIJI Oceania Area Championships, Suva – 28 June/1 July 2017 New Zealand athletes won 34 titles at the Oceania Championships in Suva and a total of 74 medals across the six age grades and Para events. 28 June: Samuel Gouverneur 400m 50.35 (1H2), Conor McGiven 400m 51.24 (5H2), Samuel King 400m 51.64...
Women’s race record set and Mungara narrowly denied three-peat Japan’s Takuya Noguchi spectacularly denied Kenyan Kenneth Mungara his third consecutive Gold Coast Airport Marathon victory while Ethiopia’s Abebech Bekele took the women’s event in equally sensational circumstances on Queensland’s Gold Coast this morning. Bekele’s time of 2:25:34 slashed a massive one...
Japanese men’s race favourite Hiroki Yamagishi, 26, and US middle distance journeywoman Sara Hall, 34, scored stunning all-the-way victories in today’s ASICS Half Marathon on Queensland’s Gold Coast. More than 9,100 runners faced the starter in cool and ideal running conditions for the 21.1km race as part of the Gold...
NSW distance running star Eloise Wellings and ACT’s Timothy Lefroy started the 39th annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon race weekend in style with victories in the Southern Cross University 10km Run races this morning. More than 5,000 runners lined up in the Southern Cross University 10km Run as part of...
Thousands of international competitors and their supporters will fly into South East Queensland this week ahead of the Gold Coast Airport Marathon. Tourism and Major Events Minister Kate Jones said more than 3,000 competitors from overseas – including record numbers from Singapore, United States and Indonesia – would take part...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved SACRAMENTO, Calif. (25-Jun) -- Donavan Brazer and Ajee' Wilson captured the men's and women's 800m titles on the final day of the USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hornet Stadium here, and will lead strong half-mile squads into...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved SACRAMENTO, Calif. (24-Jun) -- With mid-afternoon temperatures inside of Hornet Stadium hovering at about 100°F (38°C), Robby Andrews kept his cool in the men's 1500m final at the USATF National Outdoor Track & Field Championships here.  Timing his final...
By Chris Lotsbom, @chrislotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (25-Jun) -- On a picture-perfect summer morning for racing through downtown Boston, Kenya’s Daniel Chebii and Joan Chelimo ran to victories at the seventh annual B.A.A. 10-K, presented by Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Chebii retained his title with...
Ben Dame from Germany and Clare Thompson from the United Kingdom lead the Gobi March after four Stages and over 150km of the Gobi March (China) 2017 – both have won every single stage so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sr1woR0Lo4 Stage 4 was 44.8km / 27.8 miles starting in dense forest and then into...