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Australian sprinter Gout Gout is redefining what’s possible for teenage athletes. With record-breaking times across multiple sprint distances and a composed, mature presence on the track, he’s quickly emerged as one of the most promising young talents in world athletics. From local school meets in Queensland to dominating the...
The anticipation is palpable as the track and field world gears up for the commencement of the 2024 Diamond League season. On Saturday, April 20th, all eyes will be on China as the prestigious series opens its doors at the Xiamen Diamond League.
Doha is preparing to stage a spectacular IAAF World Championships next year, when it will become the first city in the Middle East to host athletics’ premier showcase event. A large team of IAAF event and technical experts has spent the last two days conducting an extensive site visit with the Doha...
Australian marathon runner, Lisa Weightman, has smashed both the World Championships and Olympic marathon qualifying standards with a brilliant run of 2:23:15 at the Osaka Marathon yesterday, moving to number three on the Australian all-time list.
Once again the best marathon runner of all time will be on the start line of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. The double Olympic champion from Kenya, who brought his own world record down to 2:01:09 a year ago in Berlin, will be almost compelled to go all out for a fast time on Sunday, such is the enormously competitive running scene among his compatriots where only an extremely fast time within the Olympic qualifying mark will secure one of the three places for the Kenyan men’s team in the Olympic Marathon in Paris next year.
The IAAF continues to work tirelessly to bring its events to athletics fans across the globe. From 4-13 August, fans will be able to watch the best athletes in the world in action at the IAAF World Championships London 2017, which will bring a record 2038 athletes from 205 teams to...
Steeplechaser Matthew Clarke, is off to his first Olympics. Clarke dropped a bomb a few weeks ago when he managed a 10 second PB to get within 0.62 seconds of the Olympic Qualifying time of 8:22.00. Clarke clocked 8.22.62 in Townsville, oh so close to the Olympic standard.
The Chemist Warehouse Summer Series is set to roll on in Sydney after a successful start in Adelaide, with many of Australia’s top athletes descending upon Sydney Olympic Park just two weeks out from the Australian Track and Field Championships.
Written by Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe - Reporting from the Gold Coast Anneliese Rubie and Morgan Mitchell have both collected a spot in tomorrow night’s 400 metre semi-finals at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Rubie cruised through her heat, easing up at the line to stop the clock at...
Double Olympic champion David Rudisha is one of four Kenyan track stars set to take centre stage at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting this Saturday, 13 May, when many of the greatest distance runners in the world will be stretching their legs in pursuit of early season points. Rudisha was...