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The 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be broadcast live from Portland, Oregon, USA on Thursday, March 17 through Sunday, March 20 via multiple outlets around the globe. Broadcast information will be added as it becomes available.  In the USA, watch on NBCSN and NBC Sports Extra online Thursday 10:00pm ET NBC Sports...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PORTLAND, ORE., USA (16-Mar) -- Looking out of his bedroom window, Ryan Hill can see the twin glass spires that rise high above the Oregon Convention Center here, home to the IAAF World Indoor Championships. The spires, built in...
The international athletics season is upon us, with Australia’s eight-strong team for the IAAF World Indoor Championships today arriving in the host city of Portland (USA) before competitions commences on 17 March 2016. The first global event in this most exciting Olympic year, the four days of competition will welcome...
The stunning form of Trae Williams (Qld) has continued on the final day of the Australian Junior Athletics Championships, with the sprint sensation adding the national under 20 200m crown to his own medal tally. Taking to the track less than 24 hours after breaking the Australian under 20 100m...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PORTLAND, ORE. (12-Mar) -- With 120 meters to go in the men's 1500m at the USA Indoor Championships here today, defending champion Matthew Centrowitz was in the lead, but was anything but comfortable.  Robby Andrews, who had finished second...
On Top of the World - Stratton Moves to a Whole New Level  How do you describe Brooke Stratton's 7.05m (+2.0) at the Perth Track Classic on Saturday night - simply unbelievable! When you think that the 22 year-old has reached a peak (e.g her 6.94m PB at the Canberra Track...
Stratton and Williams make history at 2016 Perth Track Classic Australia boasts a new national long jump record holder after Brooke Stratton (Vic) soared to 7.05m (w: +2.0) to take victory at the 2016 Perth Track Classic. Eclipsing the 14-year-old mark of Bronwyn Thompson, Stratton’s performance betters the then personal best...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PORTLAND, ORE, (11-Mar) -- Competing on the new emerald green 200 meter oval at the Oregon Convention Center here, Ryan Hill and Shannon Rowbury successfully defended their 3000m national titles in convincing fashion on the first day of the...
A start in the 400m at Bydgoszcz 2016 beckons for Jessica Thornton (NSW), but the 17-year-old has not ruled out a start at the Olympic Games after her stunning performance at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships today. Stopping the clock at 53.08 to be declared the national under 20 champion,...
https://youtu.be/cf5v5wRrQ3k?list=PLk0O2PCqbITSI_7CTgx870vlSj7aHdxsK By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PORTLAND, ORE. (10-Mar) -- In an on-line video posted earlier this week which has been watched over 68,000 times, reigning USA indoor mile and two-mile champion Shannon Rowbury lamented the ruinous influences of doping in athletics.  After learning that...