By David Monti, @d9monti
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(12-Jan) -- Forty-four elite runners representing ten different nations will compete in the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17, led by world record holder Dennis Kimetto and two-time world champion Edna Kiplagat, organizers announced today. These elite athletes...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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NEW YORK (11-Jan) -- New York City runners have a new home away from home at the NYRR RUNCENTER featuring the New Balance Run Hub, located on Manhattan's West Side just two blocks south of Central Park. The newly...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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NOTE: It will be 10 years this week since Ryan Hall broke the USA (and North American) half-marathon record at the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon on 14 January, 2007. Since Galen Rupp may be trying for Hall's record on the...
Nitro News: Olympic champion will bring showbiz to Nitro
It is not unusual for an Olympic champion to be talented in a number of areas and that’s certainly the case for Bolt All-Stars Olympic champion Kerron Clement who has made a name for himself on and off the track.
Olympic gold,...
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
HASTINGS
Colgate Games, Hawke’s Bay Regional Sports Park – 6-8 January 2017
Highlights from the three days of competition:
Boys 14; Dominic Overend winner of the 100m 11.78 (-3.7), 200m 22.73 (+2.1), 100m H 14.48 (-3.3), LJ 6.09m (+5.4) and anchored Waitakere to victory in the 4 x 100m...
Highlights from a hugely exciting day in Edinburgh, as Great Britain, USA and Europe battled it out to be this year's Great Edinburgh XCountry champions!
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With one month to go, Nitro Athletics is the innovation athletics needs, says Coe
Athletics needs innovative new concepts to attract new fans to the sport and IAAF President Sebastian Coe believes the Australian organisers of the new Nitro Athletics series may have a hit.
The two-time Olympic champion, who became...
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
Bays Athletics Night of 5’s, AUT Millennium Stadium – 20 December 2016
Aaron Pulford put the demons from the Zatopek 10,000m to rest as he sped to victory in the elite men’s 5000m in 14:15.84. Eric Speakman provided the perfect pace for the first 3000m leaving Pulford...
An updated set of guidelines has been submitted to the Russian Athletics Federation (RUSaF) for those athletes wishing to apply to compete internationally in 2017.
The guidelines, submitted in English and Russian, outline the criteria that athletes must meet to be able to apply for permission to compete in international...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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NEW YORK (31-Dec) -- Sarah Pagano and Andy Vernon dominated the 38th edition of the NYRR Midnight Run here in Central Park. Running the four-mile course in comfortably cold conditions while a colorful fireworks display boomed overhead, Pagano successfully...
