Stewart McSweyn and Jessica Hull have both secured automatic nominations to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics at the Melbourne Track Classic.
Athletics Australia wishes to advise that we, along with our State Member Associations have decided and agree to the postponement of all competitions and events until May 1 2020 at the earliest. This includes local and state cross-country, track and field and road events.
The 2000m race, or Maurie Plant Memorial Race, is the first ever high profile virtual track event.
#TeamCheruiyot has 2017 world 1,500m champion Elijah Manang’oi, Africa Under-18 1,500m champion Vincent Keter and Edwin Melly.
A three-year journey of heroism and burgeoning might on the road to the Tokyo Olympic Games by the internationally renowned Athlete Refugee Team has been captured in an emotionally-charged full length documentary feature considered to be the first production of its kind. The 90-minute film produced by On, the Swiss sportswear company and Hungry Man Productions, will be released on World Refugee Day to commemorate the more than 70 million forcibly displaced people worldwide.
The Ingebrigtsen brothers are in amazing form. Jakob and Filip Ingebrigtsen both clocked 1:46 on Tuesday over the two lap event, lifetime bests. Running at the Boysen Memorial in Oslo, a European Athletics Area Permit Meeting
Usain Bolt, the owner of eight Olympic titles and world records in the 100m (9.58 seconds) and 200m (19.19), recently became a father, and is spending much of his time parenting and cycling. Last week Variety quized Bolt on a possible comeback:
Melissa Breen pauses for just a moment when asked about her favourite sprint memory after more than a decade travelling the world.
Two Olympic Games? Top five, but not the top. Three Commonwealth Games? They were good, but still not the best. Becoming the fastest women in Australian athletics history is it, surely? Not even close.
“A number of things never added up with him from his story, how he randomly popped up at races, trained solo and at his age, was taking on the best in our sport who were 15-20 years younger,” Troop tweeted. “The constant replies were that he was a nice guy.” - Lee Troop
World Athletics on Friday released a revised 10-day track and field programme for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, assuming it isn't canceled or delayed again, due to Covid-19.
Two-time world high-jump champion, and two-time Olympic medalist, Blanka Vlasic, is at at crossroads. At 36 years of age, retirement is looming.
