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RT's Workout Any Day with the 8th fastest Australian female Marathoner of all time. Launching this Friday on www.runnerstribe.com Stay Tuned
Bydgoszcz (POL) from 19-24 July 2016. Boasting the newly crowned national junior record holder Trae Williams (Qld, 100m, 200m), IAAF World Youth Championships medallists Darcy Roper (Qld, long jump) and Ned Weatherly(Vic, hammer throw) and Youth Olympic Games champion Jessica Thornton (NSW, 400m), the squad includes 48 athletes competing in...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PORTLAND, ORE. (20-Mar) -- American distance running history was made on the final day of competition here at the IAAF World Indoor Championships, as the red, white, and blue took home a total of four medals over four events...
Latest Aussie updates for the IAAF World Indoor Championships  Fabrice Lapierre wins silver in the men's long jump with 8.25 Brett Robinson finishes 11th overall with 8.11.11 in the 3000m final A gutsy front-running performance by Melissa Duncan (Vic) has delivered her 6th place in the women’s 1500m final at the IAAF World...
New York, March 20, 2016  – Three event records were broken on the streets of Manhattan at the 2016 United Airlines NYC Half on Sunday, March 20, in an event that featured 12 Olympians and 12 Paralympians. Molly Huddle, an Elmira, NY, native, defended her United Airlines NYC Half title,...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PORTLAND, ORE. (19-Mar) -- March Madness is generally a term reserved for basketball in the United States, yet it could fittingly describe tonight's competition at the IAAF World Indoor Championships. For the first time in history, the United States...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PORTLAND, ORE. (18-Mar) -- The stage is now set for the IAAF World Indoor Championships Men's 1500m final, and it is shaping up to be a race for the ages. With a field that includes an Olympic medalist, the...
A season best and fourth Olympic qualifier to Lauren Wells (ACT) in the women’s 400m hurdles at the Sydney Track Classic has given her the ideal confidence boost ahead of the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships. Stopping the clock to win in 56.07, and facing an agonising wait after being initially...
PORTLAND - Olympic champion Jenn Suhr of the USA claimed the first gold medal of the World Indoor Athletics Championships on Thursday with victory in the women's pole vault. Suhr claimed gold after a dominate display at the Oregon Convention Center, winning with a championship record clearance of 4.90m. The victory was the first world indoor crown for Suhr,...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PORTLAND, ORE. (17-Mar) -- Some seven hours before the 16th edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships get underway here, the mood was an interesting mixture of optimism and defense at the event's kickoff festivities in downtown Portland. With...