World 1500m champion Genzebe Dibaba added to her growing list of record-breaking achievements by breaking the world 2000m record* at the Miting Internacional de Catalunya in the Spanish city of Sabadell on Tuesday (7).
The three-time world indoor champion overtook the pacemaker just before the half-way mark, which was reached...
Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger? | David Epstein
When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to lay...
The 208th IAAF Council Meeting chaired by IAAF President Sebastian Coe was held today (6) at the Riviera Marriott Hotel, Cap d’Ail, France.
Transfer of allegiance
Following a proposal by Sebastian Coe, Council has today frozen all new transfers of allegiance in athletics by exercising its powers under the Constitution to...
NZ starts strongly in Nitro Athletics Series
New Zealand’s team came out of the blocks flying at round 1 of the Coles Nitro Athletics in Melbourne on Saturday evening, leading after three events before setting into third and fading a little to fifth place by the end of the night...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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NEW YORK (04-Feb) -- Impressive 600-meter times from Ajee' Wilson and Sammy Watson highlighted a quality afternoon of track action at the third Armory Track Invitational in Upper Manhattan. The meet serves as a high quality warm-up for next...
Jump to it! Volunteer applications open tomorrow
Sunday 5 February 2017
Applications to volunteer for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) open from 9am (AEST) tomorrow, Monday 6 February 2017.
More than 15,000 volunteers are required and will play a crucial role in shaping the games experience for athletes, officials and spectators...
Bolt’s All-Stars edge Aussies on night one of a new era for athletics
Usain Bolt left Lakeside as he arrived… a winner, with his All-Stars taking a narrow victory over Team Australia on the opening night of the inaugural Coles Nitro Athletics series at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne on Saturday...
The stage at Lakeside Stadium is set and the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, is ready to lead his All-Stars to victory in the inaugural Coles Nitro Athletics Melbourne series, which begins Saturday, 4 February.
Five other teams representing Australia, England, New Zealand, Japan and China will be...
New Zealand athletes will be taking part in an exciting, innovative athletics series in Melbourne over the next week. Coles Nitro Athletics Melbourne is the brainchild of Athletics Australia in a bold attempt to create a new format to attract more fans to the sport.
The world’s best ever sprinter,...
Athletics New Zealand has announced they will not be fielding a team at the World Under 18 Championships, scheduled to be held in Nairobi, Kenya in July this year.
The decision to not send a team to the championships comes after considerable deliberation, discussion with other federations, input from the...
