Kenyan barber Kenneth Mungara today became the first back-to-back winner of the Gold Coast Airport Marathon since fellow Kenyan Fred Kiprop famously nailed the 1998 and 1999 double while the women’s race record tumbled at the hands of diminutive Japanese runner Misato Horie.
In posting 2:26:40, the 29-year-old Horie slashed...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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EUGENE, OR (02-Jul) -- Metronome Molly Huddle was at it again, magically clicking off kilometer after kilometer to dwindle down the women's 10,000m field and win her second straight national title and her first USA Olympic Trials gold medal....
Australian athletics stars Kurt Fearnley and Christie Dawes produced sensational wins in the wheelchair marathon races at this morning’s Gold Coast Airport Marathon, and in doing do, fine-tuned their Rio 2016 Paralympic Games preparations.
Fearnley (NSW) broke the long-standing race record from 2000 with his commanding victory in his maiden...
Victoria’s Duer Yoa engaged the afterburners over the final kilometre to record a resounding win in the 2016 ASICS Half Marathon at today’s Gold Coast Airport Marathon.
Neck and neck with Japan’s Hiroyuki Sasaki (1:03:56) with 1km to go, Yoa dug deep to find a burst of unanswerable pace to...
Saturday 2 July
Two rising distance runners from the ACT starred on the opening day of the 38th annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon by claiming both men’s and women’s Southern Cross University 10km Run races.
More than 10,000 runners and walkers greeted the starter across all races today, out of a...
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EUGENE, OR (01-Jul) -- You could call it what you want: a war of attrition, fartlek, or game of cat and mouse.
The men's Olympic Trials 10,000m was a pure test of will, with athletes wavering back and forth trying to decide what...
The IAAF Doping Review Board has today decided its first case of an athlete seeking exceptional eligibility to compete in International Competition as a neutral athlete under Competition Rule 22.1A.
The Doping Review Board, which is composed of Robert Hersh (chair), Sylvia Barlag and Antti Pihlakoski, has unanimously accepted the...
Selma Kajan (NSW) has clocked a personal best of 2:01.27 in Barcelona (ESP) to qualify for the women’s 800m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Kajan’s result is reward for continued effort at the two-lap race, with her 2016 resume featuring thirteen starts at the distance, with many of those...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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EUGENE, OR (30-Jun) -- Earlier today, Nick Symmonds announced via Instagram that he had withdrawn from this week's USA Olympic Trials due to a torn ligament and stress fracture in his left ankle. Although frustrated, the two-time Olympian and...
With good conditions forecast, a flat course and a deep list of elite runners, the Gold Coast is set to turn it on for the 38th annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday with the men’s and women’s race records under threat.
The men’s race...
