Australia’s fastest man Joshua Clarke (NSW) will launch his campaign for Rio 2016 selection at the Hunter Track Classic on Saturday 30 January.
Scheduled to start in the blue-riband men’s 100m on the hunt for a qualifying time of 10.16, Clarke won his maiden short sprint national championship in 2015 before...
NEW YORK (21-Jan) -- The big snow storm which dropped over two feet (57cm) on this city yesterday may have forced the organizers of the New Balance Games to push the professional section of the meet back a day, but that move did nothing to knock Olympian Kim Conley...
IAAF World Championships silver medallist Fabrice Lapierre (NSW) will don the green and gold of Australia alongside Michelle Jenneke (NSW), Nicholas Hough (NSW) and Collis Birmingham(Vic) at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland (USA).
One of four initial selections to the national team made by Athletics Australia Selectors today,...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(19-Jan) -- Befitting an Olympic Year, organizers of the Virgin Money London Marathon announced a blockbuster men's elite field for the 36th edition of their race --Britain's largest marathon-- on Sunday, April 24. The field includes current champions of...
Weightman Delivers Rio Qualifier in Houston
Race Report from the Chevron Houston Marathon
What started off as runaways Sunday in the Chevron Houston Marathon by Poland's Artur Kozlowski and Australia's Lisa-Jane Weightman, turned into a pair of Ethiopian victories.
Last year's men's runner-up Gebo Burka passed Kozlowski after the 35K mark, making...
Athlete of the Week - Alana Boyd (Pole Vault)
It's hard to imagine not seeing Alana Boyd included in some type of headline across the Australian domestic season. On Thursday night at the Sunshine Coast we were again witness to world class pole vaulting - with Boyd clearing an exceptional 4.71m. The...
Jess Trengove and Eloise Wellings discuss their selection to compete in the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Filmed on location at the distance running camp in Falls Creek, VIC - January 2016.
Australia’s best distance runners are lining up for individual and team success at the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships that take place in Cardiff, Wales on 26th March 2016.
Recently selected Rio 2016 Australian Olympic Team member Eloise Wellings (NSW) spearheads the Australian contingent of four women and one...
Athletics Australia Chief Executive Officer, Phil Jones, has spoken firmly in the wake of the release of the second World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission Report.
“The WADA Independent Commission Report issued today alleges a damning level of corruption at the highest level of the IAAF. The absence of a robust,...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(14-Feb) -- With a month to go before the USA Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles, defending champions Meb Keflezighi and Shalane Flanagan are leaving nothing to chance in their training, despite being the fastest qualifiers for the February...
