BOL, McNEILL & TIERNAN QUALIFY FOR RIO 2016
Peter Bol (WA, 800m), Patrick Tiernan (Qld, 5000m) and David McNeill (Vic, 5000m) have all qualified for the Olympic Games.
Competing at the Weisbander Staffelabend in Weisbaden (GER), Bol clocked 1:45.78 to become the fourth man qualified to compete in the men’s two-lap race...
Australian distance running talent Cassie Fien will be eager to achieve an elusive ASICS Half Marathon win at the Gold Coast Airport Marathon on Sunday.
After a third placing last year following runner-up finishes in 2009 and 2010, the Brisbane runner comes into the race this year with her best...
One of Australia’s most accomplished wheelchair athletes will contest the full 42.195km Gold Coast Airport Marathon for the first time on his road to Rio.
Three-time Paralympic gold medallist Kurt Fearnley will look to add a Gold Coast Airport Marathon win on Sunday to his personal results honour board, including...
Day one of races at the 38th annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon on Saturday 2 July will feature the Southern Cross University 10km Run, Suncorp Bank 5.7km Challenge and Zespri 4km & 2km Junior Dash events. Here is a preview of each race.
Southern Cross University 10km Run
2014 Glasgow Commonwealth...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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BOSTON (27-Jun) -- For 99% of elite marathoners in the world, their number one priority and sole focus is to run fast. Not so much for Atsede Baysa, the reigning Boston Marathon champion and two-time Bank of America Chicago...
The rising stars of Australian men’s track and field have shone across the globe these past twenty-four hours, with Joel Baden (Vic) and Kurtis Marschall (SA) both qualifying for the Olympic Games as Jack Hale (Tas) bettered the national under 20 100m record.
Competing in the men’s high jump at...
The Gold Coast Airport Marathon continues to grow as a major sports tourism event for Queensland with a record number of runners from overseas set to hit our shores next week, Minister for Tourism and Major Events Kate Jones announced today.
With a week until entries close, more than 3,250...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(25-Jun) -- In sizzling conditions, 2015 TCS New York City Marathon champions Stanley Biwott and Mary Keitany dominated the seventh annual Mattoni Olomouc Half-Marathon in Moravia in the Czech Republic. Despite an early evening start, the temperature was 32C...
David Monti, @d9monti
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(24-Jun) -- Stanley Biwott was only 22 when he watched Kenyan compatriot Samuel Wanjiru on television win the 2008 Olympic Marathon in Beijing, still the only Olympic Marathon gold medal earned by a Kenyan. Biwott, who will run his first...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(22-Jun) -- After a two-month break from competition, reigning Abbott World Marathon Majors champion Mary Keitany gets back to racingthis Saturday at the Mattoni Olomouc Half-Marathon in the Czech Republic. This weekend's race, where Keitany is both the defending...
