Experience the hinterland of South Africa’s Western Cape through the lenses of Oakpics as they captured the action and emotions of the Tankwa Trail. Words and captions by Seamus Allardice.
The Tankwa Trail is a South African three day stage race set in the Koue Bokkeveld and Witzenberg Valley regions...
Double Olympic gold medallists Helen Glover and Heather Stanning spent six years taking on the world together – now they are to race each other at the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon.
The rowers formed one of the most successful ever female partnerships in British Olympic history, winning GB’s first...
Eliza McCartney starred in more ways than one in the Atrium in Auckland’s CBD Britomart complex on a warm summer Wednesday evening at the Les Mills supported Vertical Pursuit pole vault competition.
The Rio Olympic medallist won the hearts of the crowd who packed into the unusual pole vault venue...
The IAAF Doping Review Board has today agreed that the applications of 3 Russians have met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in International Competition as Neutral Athletes under Competition Rule 22.1A(b) while the Russian national federation (RusAF) remains suspended.
The Doping Review Board, which is composed of Robert Hersh...
Jessica Augusto will have her sights set on record-breaking when she stands on the start line of the Haspa Hamburg Marathon on April 23. It's a record with special significance for the Portuguese runner on Hamburg's fast course because Augusto will be going for the Portuguese national record, still...
There is just over one month to go until the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017 when the athletics world will focus its attention on the Ugandan capital as it hosts this biennial gathering of the world’s finest middle and long distance runners on Sunday 26 March.
The oldest...
A fundamental pillar of the IAAF Reforms approved in December 2016 was the need for an independent panel of experts to oversee and assess the eligibility of new and existing officials being put forward for, or continuing to serve in, IAAF roles.
The panellists are required to be independent of...
Athletics NZ Media Update - Weekly Roundup 27 February 2017
Athletics New Zealand Weekly Results Update
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
AUCKLAND
Auckland Track Challenge, AUT Millennium Stadium – 26 February 2017
Eliza McCartney soared to new heights in front of an enthusiastic crowd pole vaulting over the bar at 4.82m, two centimetres above her...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(01-Mar) -- The streets of Prague will be graced by the greatest collection of elite athletes ever to run a half-marathon in the Czech Republic on Saturday, April 1, for the 19th edition of the Sportisimo Prague Half-Marathon, organizers...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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BELGRADE (03-Mar) -- Ditching her usual front-running tactics, Britain's Laura Muir took a more calculated approach to her 3000m qualifying race at the 33rd European Indoor Championships here at the Kombank Arena.
Muir, the 23 year-old Scotswoman who owns the...
