By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
(c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
NEW YORK (09-Feb) -- Coming down the homestretch of the Olympic 1500m final in Rio de Janeiro, neither Shannon Rowbury nor Sifan Hassan would give an inch. Both fought valiantly to the bitter end, each missing out on a...
The Bolt All-Stars have won the second round of Coles Nitro Athletics Melbourne at Lakeside Stadium on Thursday night following a lengthy delay and review of a drama-filled final 4x100m event.
Usain Bolt helped his team to victory in the mixed 4x100m relay in the last event of the night...
Kiwi pole vaulting sensation Eliza McCartney will be highlighting the 2017 International Athletics Series in New Zealand this summer with competitions in Central Auckland and on the North Shore.
Vertical Pursuit, an event at Britomart in the heart of Auckland’s CBD supported by Les Mills on Wednesday 22 February and...
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...
