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...
Luke Mathews (Vic) has won his first ever race on the international circuit in Oslo (NOR) this morning, with the 20-year-old clocking 3:37.99 to take out the men’s 1500m. Not to be outdone, Mathews’ was joined on the green and gold highlights reel by Genevieve LaCaze(Vic), who ran a 3000m...
(iaaf results service) 05/06/2016 Birmingham Diamond League Birmingham (Alexander), GBR, 05/06/2016 Men's results 100 Metres - Men Wind: -0.8 m/s 1 Collins , Kim SKN 10.11 2 Rodgers , Mike USA 10.11 3 Ujah , Chijindu GBR 10.12 4 McLean , Sean USA 10.24 5 Young , Isiah USA 10.25 6 Gemili , Adam GBR 10.29 Brown , Aaron CAN DQ Martina...
A new training regime has earned WA middle distance star Peter Bol his first win at the Leonora Golden Gift and bolstered his chances of being selected for the Rio Olympics. Nagmeldin Peter Bol left his family in Perth and moved to a new coach in Melbourne six months ago....
Australia's richest mile, The Leonora Golden Gift elite men's and women's finals are both set to be highly contested titles today in Leonora, Western Australia. Despite the wet conditions the Leonora crowd came out in force last night to witness some of Australia's best middle distance runners battle it out...
35 Days and Counting We are closing in the all important final deadline for Olympic selection, being July 11, and we are still hopeful of sending 60 individual athletes to Rio. At present the likely number would be 56, after the recent additions of Matt Denny (discus), Josh Robinson (javelin)...
As the nation marks Reconciliation Week, Athletics Australia is delighted to confirm its intention to develop an organisational Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). Celebrating the important contribution that Indigenous athletes, coaches, officials and fans have had, and continue to have, on the sport of athletics, Athletics Australia’s RAP will formalise our...
Morgan Mitchell (Vic) has run a huge women’s 400m personal best on Diamond League debut this evening, after the day began outstandingly with Melissa Breen (ACT) ensuring her nomination for Rio 2016 in the women’s 100m in Townsville (Qld). Bringing to a crescendo an impressive day of green and gold...
London 2012 Olympic finalist Steven Solomon (NSW) will return to the track in Townsville (Qld) this weekend as he continues his push for Olympic Games nomination in the men’s 400m. On the hunt for the Rio 2016 standard of 45.40, the 23-year-old’s start follows a training camp on the Gold...
