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. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tayleb willis | 18 (@taylebwillis) At just...
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.
Melbourne, Australia; March 25 2021 – Australia’s elite track and field stars continued their quest for qualifiers tonight at the penultimate leg of the Coles Summer Series, the Melbourne Track Classic. Commonwealth Games silver medallist Matthew Denny (QLD, Ben Thomson) made his return to the throwing circle after a string of injuries, including two rib injuries and a strained Costochondral joint, put a startling halt to his season in November. Throwing 60.56m to take the win, his form in his comeback proves he is still a real contender for his second Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Athletics Australia has applauded World Athletics on their unprecedented campaign to gather feedback and set the future strategy for athletics across the world. The campaign, named ‘Global Conversation for the Future of Athletics’ offers the opportunity for all those with an active interest in the sport to share their opinion on the steps that need to be taken by World Athletics and its 214 Member Federations, including Athletics Australia. The result of the feedback, once compiled, will be the establishment of the World Plan for World Athletics 2022-30, which will set out the roadmap for the growth and development of athletics during this eight-year period.
Sydney, Australia; March 13 2021 – It was a night for the history books at the Sydney Track Classic as world and national records tumbled, Tokyo qualifying standards were set and Australian 5000m national titles were won. Setting the tone for the night was Michael Roeger (SA, Philo Saunders) who in blistering heat ran 14.00.25 to break the 5000m T46 world record. Placing third in the 5000m Open B Final, Roeger slashed more than six seconds off his previous world record set in 2018.
