34 year-old Jeff Riseley dropped a 1:45.34 bomb in Soldano, Italy, overnight.
Riseley competed in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. Now he stands just 0.14 of a second away from his fourth Games; kudos to the big man from Victoria - taking 800m longevity to the next level.
Jessica Hull, the former Oregon Duck, former NCAA 1500 champ, and current Australian 5000m title holder, has broken the 18-year-old Australian 5000m record clocking 14:43.80, at the Monaco Diamond League.
Adelaide, Australia; 11 March 2024 - A triumphant opening day in Adelaide has set the tone for a memorable 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian Athletics Championships, with Olympic race walker Declan Tingay returning to top form while Paralympic champion James Turner led the charge for Paris and the nation’s fastest juniors were crowned.
Two promising runners made a difficult decision to withdraw from the highly anticipated state track and field preliminaries following a week filled with online transphobic attacks and a toxic environment. Lorelei Barrett and Athena Ryan, who had been scheduled to compete, opted to prioritize their well-being and safety by refraining from participating in the 1,600-meter heats at Buchanan High in Clovis.
18-year-old Peyton Craig, has rewritten the Australian U20 record books posting 1:45.77 over 800m at the ACT State Championships on Australia Day. The time eclipsed Paul Byrne's 1995 record of 1:45.91.
Molly Huddle, the three-time winner of the United Airlines NYC Half, is making a comeback to the race after a six-year hiatus. The 38-year-old athlete considers the event to be a significant turning point in her career, having triumphed in the race three times since her debut in 2014, defeating some of the world's top runners.
ustralian record holder Nina Kennedy (WA) is quietly confident a medal could be hers tomorrow as she gears up for the Women’s Pole Vault final on Day 3 of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.
One of Australia's most exciting middle distance runners, Abbey Caldwell, has become the latest member of the sub-2-minute club, clocking 1:59.31 at the Monaco Diamond League women's 800m. In a fast race (won in 1:56.98), Caldwell hung back before unleashing her trademark kick, passing Linden Hall to finish 5th.
Recently, World Athletics, the regulatory body of the sport, has announced a new rule that prohibits transgender women from participating in top-tier female competitions if they have experienced male puberty. The council has also reinforced its regulations for athletes with differences in sex development (DSD) by reducing the maximum amount of plasma testosterone by half, from five to 2.5 nanomoles per litre.
The click-bait articles were quick to flood the internet, but authorities have cleared 20-year-old Oliver Dustin of cocaine use, accepting there had been cross-contamination of a sample that contained small traces of cocaine. Earlier, Dustin was told he had returned an adverse analytical finding for traces of a cocaine metabolite in France. It has put his first Olympic outing in doubt, just 10 days before the opening of the Games in Tokyo.
