The Athletics in Australia Celebration on Sunday 2 April will feature the presentation of a number of Athletics Australia Awards, including the Athlete of the Year, with the illustrious list of nominees, also confirmed yesterday.
Nominee lists outlined below have been determined through collaboration by the Special Awards Committee and the Athletics...
Entries are now open to the much-anticipated return of the Trail Running Series for 2021; conducted by event management leaders Rapid Ascent.
Heading into its’ eleventh year, the Series features five trail run races at a range of beautiful wilderness locations all within an hour’s drive of Melbourne. Races are held from June through to October.
More than a few athletics journalists were wondering before the race if the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday was going to mark the end of Kenenisa Bekele’s remarkable career as one of the long distance greats. Had he succumbed to injury and dropped out, why should he, a triple Olympic...
Running is one of the few sports to grow in popularity off track. In recent years it has become a casual non-competitive activity. It has gone from international athletic competitions to the streets. Going for a run is now the ultimate pastime, between breaks, after work and even on...
Norwegian athlete Jakob Ingebrigtsen has emerged victorious in the 1500m race at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey. His finishing time of 3 minutes 33.95 seconds secured him the gold medal, setting a new championship record. Neil Gourley, the in-form British athlete, finished in second place with a time of 3:34.23, while Azeddine Habz of France claimed the bronze medal, completing the race in 3:35.39.
With the Paris 2024 Olympic Games just around the corner, renowned American rapper Snoop Dogg has been announced as a key torchbearer. Snoop Dogg, born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., will have the honor of carrying the Olympic flame through Saint-Denis, marking the last leg of its journey before reaching the Eiffel Tower.
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New footage has surfaced contradicting Alaila Everett’s claim that striking rival Kaelen Tucker with a baton during a Virginia State Indoor Championships relay race was an accident. Everett originally stated she lost balance and unintentionally hit Tucker, but the new video shows her deliberately swinging her arm outside normal...
Friday 15 June
A top-class women’s field from Kenya, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the United States will battle for overall and championship honours at the 40th edition Gold Coast Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, to be held on Sunday 1 July.
And the race could create history for runners from...
