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The wait is over for Australia’s 55-strong IAAF World Under 20 Championships team, with the squad today departing Sydney (NSW) for Mannheim (GER) ahead of competition at the Bauhaus Junioren Gala this weekend. Launching a three-week build-up of competition that culminates with Bydgoszcz 2016 next month, the opportunity for athletes...
LaCaze clocks 5000m Olympic qualifier in Finland By Runner's Tribe Genevieve LaCaze has posted an Olympic‬ qualifier after winning the 5000m at the Savo Games, Finland with a time of 15.21.92. LaCaze was paced by fellow Australian and Melbourne Track Club member Zoe Buckman, who took her to the 2.4km mark perfectly. LaCaze...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (18-Jun) -- With spectators packed three deep on each side and rhythmic clapping filling the air, the atmosphere here at the inaugural adidas Boost Boston Games was electric. Quite simply, track and field captured the attention of one...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved SOMERVILLE, Mass., USA (17-Jun) -- For a meet that was filled with Olympic medalists and global stars, it was high school junior Kate Murphy who had the most jaw-dropping performance here at the first adidas Boost Boston Games. Only...
'RusAF has not met reinstatement conditions' - IAAF Council Meeting, Vienna The 204th IAAF Council Meeting was held today at the Grand Hotel Wein in Vienna, Austria. The meeting was attended by 25 members of the 27-strong Council and chaired by IAAF President Sebastian Coe. This session of Council was an...
Complete Stockholm DL Results 16/06/2016 Bauhaus-Galan Stockholm (Olympiastadion) 100m Men 16 JUN 2016 / 21:00 Wind: -0.8 m/s Rank Name Nat Date of Birth Lane Reaction time Result 1 HARVEY Jak Ali TUR 4 MAY 1989 5 0.160 10.18 2 MEITÉ Ben Youssef CIV 11 NOV 1986 3 0.140 10.25 3 BAILEY Daniel ANT 9 SEP 1986 4 0.128 10.31 4 LOCKE Dentarius USA 12 DEC 1989 6 0.156 10.31 5 KILTY Richard GBR 2 SEP 1989 2 0.124 10.31 6 QUARCOO Jonathan NOR 13 OCT 1996 1 0.159 10.60 7 ROSE O'Dain SWE 19 JUL 1992 7 0.147 10.83 ROBERTSON Andrew GBR 17 DEC 1990 8 F1 DQ R 162.7 800m Men 16 JUN 2016...
Timeline 9 November 2015: WADA’s Independent Commission delivered its first report related to their investigations into corruption and manipulation of the anti-doping process concerning the IAAF and Russia. 13 November 2015: IAAF Council provisionally suspended the Russian Member Federation (RUSAF). 17 November 2015: The composition of the IAAF inspection team (IAAF Taskforce)...
Two broad allegations have been made by the BBC. Both are based on flawed assumptions that IAAF President Sebastian Coe strongly refutes. The allegations and responses are below. Allegation 1: That Seb Coe was aware of the detailed allegations of corruption within the IAAF made by the Shobukhovas that sparked...
Australian ATHLETE UPDATE: Hills set to steeple in Stockholm Buoyed by a season best run, Madeline Hills (NSW) is back on track in the women’s 3000m steeplechase today as she continues her preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Competing at Round 8 of the IAAF Diamond League in Stockholm alongside seven...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (11-June) -- Looking like the supreme world-class marathoner that she is, Kenya's Jemima Sumgong took the 45th NYRR New York Mini 10-K with ease in Central Park, scoring the win in a brisk 31:26. Breaking away from American Aliphine...