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British middle-distance runner Keely Hodgkinson is set to defend her European Indoor 800m title in Istanbul, as she prepares for the heats on Thursday. Hodgkinson rose to fame in 2019 when she won European Indoor gold in Poland, aged just 19.
This week's episode is proudly sponsored by Sydney Marathon, join them this September in their bid to become an Abbott World Marathon Major. Learn more at sydneymarathon.com Julian goes through his taper and breaks down what happened at Osaka Marathon. Brad’s improvement continues, adding his first double run day in...
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.
Australian distance running star Leanne Pompeani returns to the streets of Tasmania this week in the Think Big Run The Bridge, taking on the Spectran Group 10km. Elevate your running game with Tarkine Trail Devil, where every step is a testament to exceptional performance and unmatched comfort. The current Strait...
Whenever Mondo Duplantis takes to the runway, there's a chance the men's world pole vault record will fall. The 23-year-old started 2023 looking to improve on the 6.21m world record he set in Oregon last year and in Clermont-Ferrand, contesting his final competition of the indoor season on Saturday...
Started with Bathurst, finished with Melbourne. World cross-country champions crowned; world track and field champions acclaimed at Lakeside Stadium.
This weeks episode is proudly sponsored by Sydney Marathon, join them this September in their bid to become an Abbott World Marathon Major. Learn more at sydneymarathon.com Brad puts his biggest week on the comeback trail and gets super inspired by the weekend. Julian puts his finishing touches on his...
Australia’s middle-distance athletes headlined a massive night of athletics action in front of a capacity crowd of 6,177 at Lakeside Stadium for the Maurie Plant Meet, as the world’s fastest man descended on Australia’s first World Athletics Continental Tour Gold Level meet.
Australian teenager Cameron Myers has joined an exclusive club of runners to break the four-minute mile, becoming the second-youngest person to achieve the feat after Norwegian superstar Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Myers, aged just 16 years and 259 days, clocked an impressive time of three minutes 55.44 seconds at the Maurie Plant Classic in Melbourne on Thursday, finishing third behind Australia's Commonwealth Games 1500m champion Olli Hoare.
ABOUT THE EVENT Known in South Africa and within the running community simply as ‘Comrades’, this is the world’s largest and oldest ultra-marathon. Comrades is an annual race that switches direction each year, taking place in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. The route itself is hilly, hot, and long (average of 90km)...