Morgan Mitchell (Vic) and Kelsey-Lee Roberts (ACT) will be London 2017 bound after ensuring their automatic selection to the Australian team for the IAAF World Championships on day seven at the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships. Taking to the start line for the women’s 400m final with two qualification standards under...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PRAGUE (01-Apr) -- Running through the cobblestone streets here with her top rival just a few meters behind, Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei not only ran a pending world record for the half-marathon of 1:04:52 --becoming the first woman ever to...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PRAGUE (31-Mar) -- Tomorrow may be the first of April, but there will be no fooling around in the elite section of the 19th Sportisimo Prague Half-Marathon. About 11,000 runners will be treated to beautiful spring weather which should...
Half marathon time barriers the targets in Berlin Two significant half marathon time barriers are targeted in Sunday’s Berlin Half Marathon. While the men’s favourites from Kenya intend to go sub 60 minutes on the very flat loop course right through the heart of the German capital the top women...
Cedric Dubler, Dane Bird-Smith and Matthew Denny snare Gold on Day 6 at the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships Olympic finalist Ryan Gregson has breezed through his heat of the men’s 1500m at the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships from Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre. Cruising to the finish line in a comfortable...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (30-Mar) -- The world's fastest 5 km road race, the Carlsbad 5000 in Carlsbad, Calif., returns on Sunday for the 32nd edition, and will feature USA Olympians Shannon Rowbury, Paul Chelimo and Brenda Martinez facing a strong intentional field,...
Leila, Liina and Lily Luik received a considerable share of awareness at the Olympic Marathon in Rio 2016. Being the first triplets in the history of sports who competed at Olympic Games they got featured in many international media. The Estonian trio is now heading to the Vienna City...
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...
