Hall's Amazing Rise to International Stardom
It's hard not to get a little carried away with the success of Linden Hall over the last 4 weeks. Her latest performance at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene (4.01.78) had to be seen to be believed. Not only did she run a controlled...
The meteoric rise of middle distance charge, Linden Hall (Vic), has continued at Round 4 of the IAAF Diamond League in Eugene (USA) this morning, with the 24-year-old clocking a stunning Rio 2016 standard of 4:01.78 in the women’s 1500m.
A personal best by more than three seconds and less...
Prefontaine Classic Diamond League 2016 Saturday ResultsEugene (Hayward Field), OR, 28/05/2016
Men's results
100 Metres - Men Wind: +2.6 m/s
1 Gatlin , Justin USA 9.88 10
2 Powell , Asafa JAM 9.94 6
3 Gay , Tyson USA 9.98 4
4 Rodgers , Mike USA 9.99 3
5 Ogunode , Femi QAT 10.02 2
6 Webb...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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EUGENE, Ore. (27-May) -- In 2012 Asbel Kiprop came here to race the Bowerman Mile at the Prefontaine Classic. He was the reigning Olympic and world 1500m champion and he prevailed over 18 other top milers in a world-leading...
Men’s Hammer
Pawel Fajdek of Poland wins the men’s hammer throw with a throw of 263 feet, 4 inches. Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan is second (256-3) and Wojciech Nowicki of Poland is third (252-2).
Women’s 800 Meters
Alysia Montano wins the women’s 800, a race featuring 10 Americans, in 2:00.78. Kate Grace...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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EUGENE, ORE. (27-May) -- Coming into tonight's Distance Night at Hayward, the first session of the two-day Prefontaine Classic, double Olympic champion Mo Farah hadn't lost a 10,000m race since 2011. That streak included his Olympic title in London...
By Riël Hauman
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(26-May) -- The Comrades Marathon is no stranger to Colleen De Reuck. The USA distance star grew up in a "Comrades house" – father Frank Lindeque ran it fifteen times and brother Colin earned a top-ten spot in 1995 –...
The IAAF Diamond League continues in Eugene (USA), Rome (ITA) and Birmingham (GBR) in the coming fortnight.
Linden Hall (Vic) will fly the flag at the Prefontaine Classic after clocking a new personal best of 4:04.47 to stake her maiden claim for Rio 2016 selection earlier this month, while the...
The world of wheelchair racing will make its annual pilgrimage to compete in Nottwil (SUI) this weekend, with an Australian squad that includes marathon star Kurt Fearnley (NSW) and Doha 2015 gold medallists Angela Ballard (NSW) and Madison de Rozario (WA) set to join them.
Battling it out at what...
New York Race To Feature "Mini Olympic Marathon" Preview
This race features Australia's Milly Clark, who has been training in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Eighteen runners who will compete in the 2016 Rio Olympic Marathon later this year will first stop in iconic Central Park to race the NYRR New York Mini 10K...
