Jack Rayner has broken Craig Mottram's Australian 10,000m road record at the Burnie 10 over the weekend. Rayner clocked 27:43 to shave 11 seconds off Mottram's old record of 27:54.
NEW YORK — In a captivating display of athletic prowess, Morgan Beadlescomb secured a remarkable victory at the US 5K Road Championships held in Central Park, with an impressive time of 13:44. This win marked Beadlescomb's second consecutive triumph in a major 5K road race, following his first victory just seven months ago at the B.A.A. 5K in Boston. The victory also underlined the success of Beadlescomb's Very Nice Track Club, which recently celebrated teammate Hobbs Kessler's road mile world title in Latvia.
Yared Nuguse marked a stellar year by clinching a spectacular win at the Kalakaua Merrie Mile, his debut in road racing. This event featured a unique mixed-sex pursuit format, with professional women kicking off the race 30 seconds ahead of the men on the Waikiki course, resulting in combined prize money rankings.
Senbere Teferi, the 5k world record holder, is among a group of African runners who form a strong women’s elite field at the Vienna City Marathon. Austria’s major road running event will be staged for the 40th time and it could well be the women who produce the headlines at the jubilee edition on 23rd April. The current course record of 2:20:59 will be a target if weather conditions are suitable on the day. Organisers of the Vienna City Marathon, which is the only World Athletics Elite Label Road Race in Austria, expect to register around 35,000 entries for their event. This includes races at shorter distances staged parallel to the marathon. Registration for all races is still possible at: www.vienna-marathon.com
Olympian Declan Tingay has launched Australia’s campaign at the World Athletics Championships in style, walking to his first global Top-8 finish in the Men’s 20km Race Walk, while Australia’s fastest man Rohan Browning dashed to a date with the 100m Semi-Finals.
Melbourne, Australia; June 9, 2023 - The next chapter of Australia’s storied legacy in endurance events is set to unfold as Athletics Australia announces a line up of marathoners and 35km racewalkers bound for the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary this August.
In a gripping contest at the ASICS-sponsored Sydney Marathon, Betsy Saina of the United States displayed unwavering resolve to clinch the women's title, while Morocco's Othmane El Goumri emerged victorious in the men's category. This prestigious World Athletics Platinum Label road race unfolded under the scorching sun on a Sunday morning and witnessed remarkable performances by Saina and El Goumri.
Mo Farah, one of the most successful long-distance runners in British history, has announced that he will retire from competitive racing after the Great North Run in September. This news comes after the athlete finished in ninth place in his final London Marathon and has previously stated that this year's event would be his last.
In recent news, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has taken the decision to provisionally suspend nine athletes, including four from Kenya, over allegations of doping. Purity Komen, the reigning champion of the Istanbul Half Marathon, is among those facing temporary suspension due to the presence of a Prohibited Substance (Norandrosterone) in her system and suspicions of evading sample collection.
Brett Robinson has broken the Australian half marathon record at the Marugame Half Marathon clocking 59:57. The record has stood since 1968, when Darren Wilson clocked 1:00.02 in Tokyo, Japan. The performance pushes Michael Shelley, the two time Commonwealth Games Marathon champion out of the top-10, he now sits in 11th.
