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Three Tough Battles Face Top Kiwis in Christchurch Fascinating battles loom across all three events in The Big Shot & Street Mile events in central Christchurch on Monday’s public holiday, with the Kiwi stars all facing up to tough competition. The first event will be the Women’s Street Mile, probably the...
Torita Isaac (Qld) is determined to chase down the qualifying mark for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Canberra (ACT) this weekend. Scheduled to start in both the women’s ambulant 200m and 400m, Isaac, who has cerebral palsy and is visually impaired, can strengthen...
Canberra (ACT) will welcome para-athletes from across the world for the IPC Athletics Grand Prix this weekend. Coinciding with the 2016 ACT Athletics Championships to deliver a bumper weekend of track and field to the nation’s capital, the two-day meeting is the opening leg of a ten-event series hosted by the...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (02-Feb) -- A brother and sister from Davis, Calif., are set to make history in Los Angeles on February 13, at the USA Olympic Trials Marathon regardless of the outcome of the race.  Brendan Gregg and Kaitlin Gregg Goodman...
Long distance athlete cooks up tasty Rio run
Big Moves on All-Time Lists after Hunter Track Classic The Hunter Track Classic has always been known for some quality performances over the distance events, and on Saturday night we were again witness to individual brilliance on the track. It all started in the men's 800m where 20 year-old Luke Mathews...
Morgan Mitchell (Vic) has smashed her women’s 400m personal best to stake a claim for selection to the Australian Olympic Team at the Hunter Track Classic. Crossing the line in 52.04, more than 0.2 seconds faster than her previous quickest time, Mitchell set her one-lap race up on the back...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiT6sf0DUjo&feature=youtu.be WA's Marc See runs a history making sub 4 minute mile Marc See's time for the mile 3:58.61 Quotes Marc See "I can now call myself a runner." Marc's coach, Steven Purse "I've experienced one of the biggest & proudest moments in my athletic coaching career when one of my senior athletes Marc See run...
Two-time Commonwealth champion Alana Boyd (Qld) will start the day an Australian record holder after soaring over 4.77m in the women’s pole vault on the Sunshine Coast (Qld) last night. Eclipsing her own record of 4.76m in the process, the stunning early season leap from the 31-year-old adds a fourth...
Olympic silver medalist Galen Rupp announced through USATF.tv that he plans to run the Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles on Feb. 13.  However, he still plans to run the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, March 18 - 20. "The was no way I was going to miss that,"...
                   

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