Blockbuster weekend awaits fans at 100th edition of the Australian Track and Field Championships
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Brisbane, Australia - Momentum is building towards the business end of the 100th edition of the Australian Track and Field Championships, with athletes set to go head-to-head in the highly anticipated finals on Saturday and Sunday at the Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre in Brisbane.
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Australian Athlete’s Doping Case Raises Concerns Over Sports Integrity Worldwide
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Australian athlete Peter Bol's case is causing concern among experts in sports integrity worldwide after two independent scientific reports commissioned by Bol's lawyers raised questions about the testing methods used in his doping case. Bol, a silver medalist at the Commonwealth Games, tested positive for synthetic erythropoietin (EPO), a performance-enhancing drug, in January. However, last month his B-sample returned an atypical finding, allowing Bol to return to competition as Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) investigates the matter.
Muir and Reekie are currently training independently at Loughborough University as they assess their options. However, sources indicate that the end of their partnership with Young could leave the athletes without a coach, just 15 months before the Paris Olympics.
Inside Running Podcast Episode 282: Brisbane Track Classic | Zane Robertson suspended for EPO
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Brad cops it from a passerby for running towards a hurt kangaroo.
Julian paces Ellie for another long run in the lead-up to London.
Brady’s searching in the dark...
Peter Bol is clean; apologies, and answers, are in order.
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Hobart local Andrew Gaskell and Broome runner Sarah Ludowici have won an automatic entry onto the Australian team that competes at this year’s World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Austria, after taking out the grueling 67km Ultra (Solo) event at this weekend’s kunanyi Mountain Run.
Marschall raises the bar and Page sets national sprints record at Brisbane Track Classic
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It was a night for breaking new ground at the 2023 Chemist Warehouse Brisbane Track Classic, as Kurtis Marschall edged closer to the six-metre club and Jaydon Page demolished his own national record amongst a strong evening of international track and field action.
Twin’s doping scandal brings unwanted attention to New Zealand runner Jake Robertson
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Jake Robertson, a New Zealand Commonwealth Games long-distance runner, has opened up about his experience of abuse and a lost sponsorship opportunity following the recent doping scandal involving his twin brother, Zane. In May 2022, Zane tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO), a banned substance, and was banned from the sport for eight years for tampering and providing false documents to officials.
Amanal Petros and Matea Parlov Kostro are regarded as hot favorites at the ADAC Marathon Hannover on Sunday and both target records on the very flat course. The German record holder will attack his own national record of 2:06:27 and if successful would smash the ten year-old course record which stands at 2:08:32. Meanwhile the marathon silver medallist of the European Championships last year, Matea Parlov Kostro of Croatia, hopes for a big personal best below the current course record of 2:26:15.