The Colombian city of Cali will be the place to be for junior track and field athletes come August, with 60 future stars of Australian athletics set to compete at the World Athletics Under 20 Championships from 1-6 August.
Three more Australian track and field athletes are Oregon bound, with Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists Kelsey-Lee Barber and Ash Moloney, as well as World Athletics Indoor Championships silver medallist Eleanor Patterson named as the newest additions to the Australian team heading to the World Athletics Championships this July.
Viewers of the recent world indoor championships may have noticed the take-off board in the horizontal jumps was an official-free zone. No-one standing there as the athlete sprinted down the runway and launched into the jump, then peering closely (and theatrically) at the board for an incriminating toe-mark in the plasticine and raising a white (for a valid jump) or a red flag (foul, there was nothing).
The sun failed to shine for the 2022 Chemist Warehouse Brisbane Track Classic but Australia’s top track and field talent and some international visitors brought light to the afternoon with strong performances seen across the board.
Some of Australia's best track and field talent will gather this Friday at Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre (QSAC) to put their finishing touches on their preparation ahead of Saturday's Brisbane Track Classic.
At last weekend's Australian Champs men's 1500m final Olli Hoare dropped a final 800m of ~1:48.80. His second last lap was ~54.7 seconds, his final lap was ~54.1 seconds. Ramsden wasn't far off these splits for second, with Callum Davies also not too far off. World class finish boys..... Reproduced with permission from Athletics Australia....
On Oceania is extremely excited to welcome Australian hurdling sensation Tayleb Willis, and in the words of Athletics Australia "Remember the name | Tayleb Willis".
Australia’s charge towards the Oregon World Athletics Championships stepped up tonight, with three athletes cementing their place on the Australian team at the 2022 Australian Track & Field Championships in Sydney tonight.
Queensland sprinter Ella Connolly has continued her scorching form in the sprints, while Olympic finalist Mackenzie Little has asserted herself in the javelin at the 2022 Chemist Warehouse Melbourne Track Classic tonight.
Australia has claimed two medals on Day 2 of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, with high jumper Eleanor Patterson soaring to silver, and Ash Moloney claiming back-to-back global bronze.
