On a rainy and windy day in Gateshead, England, Olli Hoare has cemented his bid for selection in the 1500m for the Tokyo Olympics by finishing second at the Gateshead Diamond League. Hoare beat home fellow Australians Stewart McSweyn, Matthew Ramsden and Ryan Gregson. It will take something spectacular from Ramsden, or perhaps Rorey Hunter, for Hoare to be denied a crack at his first Olympics.
Athletics Australia has today announced that it will not send a team to the World Under 20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya this August, and will instead provide selected athletes will international competition experience at home in Australia.
Queensland young gun Ashley Moloney (QLD) is the king of Australian decathlon after a stunning performance over two days to win the event at the 2021 Australian Track and Field Championships.
Moloney’s result ensures he will receive automatic nomination for selection to the Australian Olympic Team, while second place getter, Rio Olympian Cedric Dubler (QLD) will receive discretionary nomination.
Scoring a total of 8284 at the conclusion of competition, Moloney won six of the ten events, defeating Dubler and Alex Diamond (NSW) to stand atop of the podium.
Athletics Australia yesterday announced Perth as the host venue for both the 2022 and 2025 Australian Track & Field Championships.
The announcement was made today on Day 4 of the 2021 edition of the Championships in Sydney, where athletes from across the country are currently competing for coveted national titles in what is also the last major hit out on home soil before the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Delivered by Athletics Australia and supported by Tourism WA, Athletics West and VenuesWest, the 2022 and 2025 Australian Track and Field Championships will take place at the Western Australian Athletics Stadium, and will be the primary qualification trial for athletes aiming for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and both the 2022 and 2025 World Athletics and World Para Athletics Championships.
The women’s 400m saw a strong field of Australian talent line up over three heats. Bendere Oboya (NSW) produced a smooth run over one lap to take the win over Gabriella O’Grady (NSW) and Kendra Hubbard (VIC), while Rio Olympian Anneliese Rubie-Renshaw (NSW) crossed the line first in the second heat. In the third, it was 18-year-old Ellie Beer who placed first, ahead of Rebecca Bennett (NSW) and Jessica Thornton (NSW).
Sydney, Australia; April 13 2021 - Boasting a social media following of over 100,000, Tayleb Willis (Vic) is a star in his own right, but it’s his progress on the track that has athletics aficionados turning their heads.
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Seven West Media and Athletics Australia have today announced a new streaming partnership that will deliver the 2021 Australian Track and Field Championships to fans across the country.
The new partnership will see Athletics Australia’s live stream coverage delivered to fans on Seven’s market-leading BVOD platform, 7plus, with six and a half hours of coverage broadcast daily over eight days of competition.
Athletics Australia has confirmed the withdrawal of the Australian Team from the 2021 World Athletics Relay Championships, to be staged in Silesia, Poland on 1-2 May.
The decision was made in light of the COVID-19 situation in Poland and greater Europe, with the safety and wellbeing of Australian participants at the forefront of the decision making process.
First Australian woman ever sub-4.
Her time of 3:59.67 ranks her number 1 in the world for 2021, as of 2nd April 2021.
Her time would have ranked her #3 for the 2020 year and #14 for the 2019 year.
risbane, Australia; March 27 2021 – Australian sprinter Rohan Browning(NSW) has made history at the Queensland Track Classic tonight, becoming the first Australian male athlete to qualify for the 100m at the Olympic Games in 17 years.
But it wasn’t just Browning that impressed at the Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre, with Catriona Bisset (VIC) and Linden Hall (VIC) both running sub 2 minutes in the 800m to each clock their second Tokyo qualifiers.
