Friday 12 January: The Gold Coast Marathon today announced Australian distance runners will have a new incentive to run good times as part of the event’s 40th anniversary celebrations to be held on 30 June – 1 July 2018.
Organisers are encouraging Australian elite runners by offering a once-only $40,000 incentive to...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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HOUSTON (12-Jan) -- Three American records could fall here on Sunday when Jordan Hasay and Molly Huddle do battle at the 17th Aramco Houston Half-Marathon, the first important road race in the United States this year. Both Hasay, 26, and Huddle,...
Sally Pearson’s 2018 100m hurdles campaign got underway at the WA Athletics Stadium on Saturday night, with the dual world champion posting a time of 12.73 (1.4w) at the Jandakot Airport Track Classic in Perth.
The packed grandstand cheered Pearson to victory over West Australian Brianna Beehan and Elizabeth Clay (Qld).
Pearson admitted that the effort was a...
Beki Smith (NSW) and Declan Tingay (WA) have been crowned Australia’s 10,000m race walking champions for 2018 in Canberra on Sunday morning.
Tingay was promoted to first position following a 60-second time penalty to rival Rhydian Cowley (Vic) who had received a third penalty from the judges late in the race, so the chief judge had little...
THREE USA RECORDS FOR HUDDLE AT ARAMCO HOUSTON HALF-MARATHON
By David Monti, @d9monti
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HOUSTON (14-Jan) -- The sun had yet to rise over the massive George R. Brown Convention Center here, when 33 year-old Molly Huddle of Providence, R.I., had pocketed three American road...
IAAF President Sebastian Coe visited Puerto Rico yesterday to continue discussions and on this occasion hear first-hand about the devastating damage caused last year by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Jose.
Visiting Toa Baja and meeting representatives from six member federations in San Juan, Coe said he was humbled by...
Two of the biggest names in global 1500m running, Matthew Centrowitz and Nick Willis, are both heading to Australia in early 2018.
Speaking to Letsrun.com, Centro’s Father, Matt Centrowitz, indicated that Centro is “100% healthy” and that “he’s gonna open up in Australia sometime in February or March.”
Breaking news regarding...
USA's Christian Coleman has just run 60 meters in 6.37 seconds evidently breaking the world record formerly held by fellow American Maurice Greene set at 6.39 in February 1998. Coleman broke the 20-year-old record at the Clemson Invitational in South Carolina. The 21-year-old world 4x100m silver medallist has a PB...
Rio Olympian Linden Hall was impressive in the performance of the meet at the Hunter Track Classic, winning the women’s 5000m in a Commonwealth Games A qualifying and world leading time of 15:18.77.
The 1500m specialist finished ahead of the ACT’s Emily Brichacek (15:46.58) and Victoria’s Melissa Duncan (15:52.89).
Hall, Duncan and Brichacek had a comfortable 50 metre gap...
Three legends to go head-to-head on Sunday 22 April
Bekele announcement is the first to be revealed as part of the Virgin Money London Marathon Elite Week
The three greatest distance runners of their generation will race the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon after Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele today confirmed he will...
