Josphat Ndambiri selects Duesseldorf for his comeback race
Josphat Ndambiri has chosen the METRO Marathon Duesseldorf for his comeback race. After a long injury break the Kenyan now targets the race along the river Rhine on April 30. With his personal best of 2:07:36 Ndambiri is currently the fastest runner...
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games medallist, Isis Holt (Vic), has delivered the girl’s under 20 para-athletics sprint double on day three of the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships.
Stopping the clock at 14.01 (w: -0.6) to win the 100m this evening, Holt was victorious in the 200m in a time of 28.97...
The fourth episode of the current season of IAAF Inside Athletics and features an exclusive interview with world 10,000m record-holder Almaz Ayana.
Last year the Ethiopian distance runner broke the long-standing world record in the 10,000m on her way to winning the Olympic title in her event. She went on to...
Darcy Roper & Conor Warren farewell junior competition with gold, as #AAC17 gets underway in Sydney
Darcy Roper (Qld) has capped off his impressive junior career with victory in the boy’s under 20 long jump as the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships launched at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre.
Soaring to...
Geoffrey Kamworor successfully defended his crown from 2015 in 28:24 at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017. His back-to-back wins mean he is the first senior man in 11 years to successfully defend his cross country title.
On the women's side Kenya's, Irene Chepet Cheptai broke from teammates...
On the eve of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017, some of the world’s top middle and long distance runners joined IAAF President Sebastian Coe, dignitaries from the Local Organising Committee and IAAF Ambassadors Tegla Loroupe and Paul Tergat at the pre-event press conference at the Sheraton...
The IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017 takes place at the Kololo Independence Grounds on Sunday (26), and you can follow all the action on the IAAF website.
Time Schedule Local Time (Uganda)
14:00 Mixed Relay Final - 10:00pm (AEDT) – Australian Eastern Daylight Time
14:30 Women U20 Race Final - 10:30pm...
Australia’s men’s team at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships should not be ignored according to confirmed starter Patrick Tiernan (Qld), as he gets set to line up at the first major international event of the year in Kampala (UGA) on Sunday 26 March.
To be joined on the start...
The Athletics in Australia Celebration on Sunday 2 April will feature the presentation of a number of Athletics Australia Awards, including the Athlete of the Year, with the illustrious list of nominees, also confirmed yesterday.
Nominee lists outlined below have been determined through collaboration by the Special Awards Committee and the Athletics...
Chief Executive Resignation Announcement
Athletics New Zealand Board Chair Annette Purvis announced today that Chief Executive Linda Hamersley has tendered her resignation and will leave the role in September 2017.
The Board received the resignation with much disappointment but understand Hamersley’s need to move back to Australia to join her husband...
