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No less than seven women who have represented their country are entered for the world richest mile in Darwin this Sunday, the Lottoland Mitchell Street Million Dollar Mile. Race ambassador and defending champion Genevieve Lacaze will start as one of the key athletes to watch, as she prepares to round out her 2017...
This week’s sponsor is MyPhysio Evolution, proud to bring you this week’s episode and Brad’s down at Bateman’s Bay over Easter. Julian’s taking it easy down on the Surf Coast Trail. Brady takes a schooner mid run before taking second in the Bendigo Dragon Mile. Local stalwart Andy Buchanan took home his third...
MELBOURNE, September 11, 2020 - Athletics Australia has today confirmed that eight National Championship events that were due to be held in 2020 have been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions and to ensure the health and wellbeing of athletes, coaches, volunteers, officials and staff.
AUCKLAND New Zealand Cross Country Championships, Auckland Domain – 30 July 2017 Craig Lautenslager, back from completing his athletic scholarship in the States executed the perfect plan to outgun the rest of the field and take out his first national cross country crown. Lautenslager hit out early and only Daniel Balchin...
Melbourne, Australia; 11 October 2023 - With the Olympic and Paralympic Games looming close, competition is set to sizzle across the 2024 Chemist Warehouse Summer Season, with the calendar of events released by Athletics Australia today.
The IAAF World Cross Country Championships Aarhus 2019 will take place in 200 days’ time, but Tuesday 11 September marks another important milestone for cross country. In one month from today, the athletics programme will get under way at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games, where cross-country running will make its debut. Cross-country running...
It was a West Australian affair at the 18th Leonora Golden Gift. Sinead Noonan and Ben Chamberlain, took honours in the blue ribbon elite mile events, in West Australia's Goldfields.  Covid-19 restrcitions, saw local WA showdowns on the Main Street of Leonora, a small outback town nestled amongst some of the biggest mines in the world.
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...
A remarkable era dawns upon Scottish 1500-meter running, marked by a string of noteworthy achievements. Laura Muir’s consistent podium finishes in global outdoor championships and the formidable presence of Jake Wightman, Josh Kerr, and Neil Gourley underscore Scotland's prowess. Over the past four men's global outdoor 1500m finals, Scotland has prominently featured at least two athletes—an accomplishment second only to Kenya.
Last weekend Charlie Hunter, Oliver Hoare, and Morgan McDonald all broke Australian indoor records, while Patrick Tiernan broke the Australian 10,000m record just a few weeks ago. But 2020 wasn’t exactly a bearish year for records either. Stewart McSweyn grabbed a few, Jessica Hull snagged three,  and Patrick Tiernan grabbed one; not bad considering the pandemic and all. We decided to summarise all the recent Australian middle distance and distance records (last 6 months only – ie from say August 1st 2020).
                   

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