Hengelo, Netherlands. The man many tip to be the first Aussie to break the 1:44.00 barrier over 800m has inched ever so closer with a second-place finish at the Hengelo World Challenge. The race was won by the young Kenyan Johnathan Kitilit. Kitilit’s time of 1:43.77 is the second...
100 Seconds to Beat the World: The David Rudisha Story (2014)
The story of Kenyan athlete David Rudisha, the greatest 800m runner the world has ever seen, and his unusual coach, the Irish Catholic missionary Brother Colm O'Connell.
Olympic Gold Medalist and Two-Time Triathlon World Champion Gwen Jorgensen Joins Previously Announced Top Americans Galen Rupp, Jordan Hasay, Amy Cragg and Laura Thweatt
CHICAGO – The Bank of America Chicago Marathon announced today that defending champion Galen Rupp and American superstars Jordan Hasay, Amy Cragg and Laura Thweatt will...
The Australian Olympic Committee has unveiled the marathon runners set to represent Australia at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Announced in Melbourne, the selected athletes are Sinead Diver, Genevieve Gregson, Jessica Stenson, Brett Robinson, and Patrick Tiernan.
The Rio Olympic silver medallist, Jared Tallent (SA), has today withdrawn from the men’s 50km walk at the 2017 IAAF World Championships due to a hamstring injury.
Tallent is a three-time medallist at the world titles, and offered the following comments:
“2017 has been a remarkable year for me. On the one hand,...
Peter Bol and Joseph Deng are back to their 2018 best after stellar runs in the men’s 800m at the 2020 Sydney Track Classic.
Peter Bol won the race in 1:45.85 with Joseph just behind him in second with 1:45.89. After the race, Bol declared him and Joseph were set for bigger things in the Olympic year.
Conner Mantz and Fiona O'Keeffe, who was competing in her first marathon, won the US Olympic Marathon Trials on Saturday in Orlando, securing their spots in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris with impressive displays of skill.
Three-time World 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop denies using banned substances - accuses officials of contaminating urine.
Olympic 1500m champion, Kiprop has denied taking any performance enhancing drugs and he maintains his innocence and raises some serious issues in the statement that he has released.
News of the failed test was first...
Rio Olympian Linden Hall was impressive in the performance of the meet at the Hunter Track Classic, winning the women’s 5000m in a Commonwealth Games A qualifying and world leading time of 15:18.77.
The 1500m specialist finished ahead of the ACT’s Emily Brichacek (15:46.58) and Victoria’s Melissa Duncan (15:52.89).
Hall, Duncan and Brichacek had a comfortable 50 metre gap...
by Paul Gains
Tsegaye Mekonnen’s marathon debut four years ago stunned running aficionados across the globe as the Ethiopian youngster won the Dubai Marathon in an unofficial world junior record of 2 hours 4 minutes 32 seconds.
Still only 23 years old, Mekonnen has confirmed he will race the 2018 Scotiabank...
