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Experience the hinterland of South Africa’s Western Cape through the lenses of Oakpics as they captured the action and emotions of the Tankwa Trail. Words and captions by Seamus Allardice. The Tankwa Trail is a South African three day stage race set in the Koue Bokkeveld and Witzenberg Valley regions...
From Nitro to Indoor – No Rest for our Skippers By Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe Australia’s current premier distance runner Ryan Gregson has claimed his fourth race win in under a fortnight, winning the mile race at the AIT International Grand Prix meet in Athlone, Ireland on Wednesday in a...
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Ryan Gregson (AUS) 3:56.49 - 1 mile - AIT Int. GP, Athlone, IRL - Feb 15, 2017 AIT International Grand Prix, Athlone, IRL, Febr 15, 2017 – 1 Mile, men: 1 4 87 GREGSON Ryan AUS 3:56.49 2 6 92 ROGESTEDT Johan SWE 3:58.11 3 2 83 MARSHALL Tom GBR 3:59.84 4 5 89...
New Atlanta Track Club Elite Olympic Development Team members (from left to right): Jim Rosa, Patrick Peterson, Carmen Graves, Rob Mullet, Megan Malasarte and Joe Rosa (photo courtesy of the Atlanta Track Club)
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (15-Feb) -- Officials of the Atlanta Track Club announced today that they have expanded their Elite Olympic Development Team by seven athletes with the ambitious goal of qualifying at least one athlete for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. ...
The first episode of the fifth season of IAAF Inside Athletics is available to watch bellow and features an exclusive interview with Ethiopian distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d__jIZKBPSM In addition to his two Olympic and four world championship titles in the 10,000m, Gebrselassie broke 27 world records on the track and...
IAAF Race Wallking Challenge
Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia but equally known in race walking as the home of Jared Tallent, will again launch the IAAF Race Walking Challenge with the Oceania 20km championships on Sunday (19). Hot sun and hot competition is the norm in Adelaide at this time of year,...
A weekly round up of results and media surrounding NZ Athletics. Courtesy of Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ AUSTRALIA Coles Nitro Athletics Series Round 2, Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne – 9 February 2017 New Zealand finished fifth on day two of the team competition. Points were Bolt All-Stars 930, Australia 895, China 855, England 850, New Zealand...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (11-Feb) -- The mailman strikes again. Ajee' Wilson brought the crowd to its feet here at the 110th NYRR Millrose Games, shattering the American indoor 800m record in 1:58.27.  Wilson and teammate Charlene Lipsey, coached by U.S. Postal...
Usain Bolt led his All-Stars to victory in the inaugural Coles Nitro Athletics Melbourne series by winning two events, including the relay finale, at Lakeside Stadium in front of a sell-out crowd on Saturday night. He declared the fresh concept and take on track and field a brilliant success after...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (10-Feb) -- On Thursday, a winter storm steamrolled through the northeast corridor, dropping nearly a foot of snow on New York City. The 12-hour storm left flights cancelled and businesses and schools closed. With the NYRR Millrose...
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