The Australian pole vault record holder, Alana Boyd, has today formally announced her retirement from athletics.
Closing out her career with a stunning 4.80m leap to place 4th at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Boyd followed the lead of her parents, sprinter Denise and pole vaulter Ray, into athletics before...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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BOSTON (12-Oct) -- Fewer than 48-hours after announcing that she had decided to part ways with coach Alberto Salazar and the Nike Oregon Project, Mary Cain raced to a third place finish here on a very windy day at...
The competition calendar for Australia’s upcoming Summer of Athletics has today been confirmed by Athletics Australia and its Member Associations.
Culminating in the eight-day 2017 Australian Athletics Championships that will bring together more than 3500 participants in an all-ages format at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre, the 2016/2017 Australian...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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BOSTON (12-Oct) -- With memories of last year's Boston Mayor's Cup Cross Country Meet fresh in their minds, both Liv Westphal and Jim Spisak were motivated to finish atop the podium at today's meet in historic Franklin Park. After...
This week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2016 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the IAAF Awards Night in Monaco on Friday 2 December 2016.
The IAAF is pleased to confirm a list of 10 men and 10 women nominees who were selected by an...
Frankfurt adds Paris winner Cybrian Kotut to elite field
Reigning Paris Marathon Champion Cybrian Kotut is among a group of athletes added to the elite field of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on 30th October. Last year’s women’s runner-up Dinknesh Mekash Tefera of Ethiopia has also recently joined the field for...
Media Release: New York, October 17, 2016— New York Road Runners, the world’s premier community running organization, today introduced NYRR Run Clean, a comprehensive clean sport initiative, it was announced by Peter Ciaccia, president of events, New York Road Runners and race director, TCS New York City Marathon.
"Competition is a...
Virginia Moloney (Vic) and Thomas Do Canto (NSW) are Australia’s marathon champions after taking line honours on the hallowed turf of the MCG at the Medibank Melbourne Marathon this morning.
Clocking 2:34:27 and 2:20:53 respectively, Moloney’s result delivers her maiden national crown, while Do Canto’s run is made even more...
The Gold Coast Airport Marathon has proven a tourism winner with record economic impact, visitor nights and the highest number of international competitors in history.
Tourism and Major Events Minister Kate Jones said the event delivered a record 80,000 visitor nights and economic impact of $24 million to the Gold...
