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 (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (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 (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (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 (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (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...
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...
