Meanwhile in the Netharlands, Izzi Batt-Doyle and Rose Davies have both run Olympic 5000m qualifiers. Izzi stopped the clock at 15:04.10, with Rose behind in 15:08.48. Izzi's time takes her to #6 on the Australian all-time list. Davies, The 2020 Zatopek 10 champ, is on the rise, her time the 8th fastest all-time by an Australian. Congrats Izzi and Rose....
Nina Kennedy, Australia’s pole vaulting sensation and 2024 Olympic gold medalist, recently shared a funny story about a passenger confusing her profession during a flight. Kennedy, who clinched the gold medal in Paris by clearing 4.90m on her first attempt, recounted the moment on the Mental As Anyone podcast with Jonathan Moran.
Manangoi has been provisionally suspended in a case of whereabouts failures. A whereabouts violation constitutes of any combination of three missed tests or filing failures in a 12-month period, according to the World Athletics anti-doping rules. Athletes must provide doping officials with their whereabouts, or locations to be available for out-of-competition testing. Three missed tests in a 12-month span can lead to a suspension, even if an athlete has never tested positive.
Glasgow, Scotland - Jemma Reekie, the 25-year-old Scottish middle-distance prodigy, is gearing up for an ambitious and thrilling season as she sets her sights on claiming her maiden senior podium finish at the upcoming World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. Reekie, who secured a commendable fourth place in the 800 meters at the Tokyo Olympics, envisions this event as the ideal catalyst to propel her towards enhancing her performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Abbey Caldwell, one of Australia's most exciting young athletes, has broken Linden Hall's Australian 1000m record in Bern, Switzerland. Racing at the Citius Meeting, Abbey took the line victory and posted a nice confidence boosting run, just two weeks out from the Budapest World Champs.
Melbourne, Australia; 16 May 2024 - The Board of Athletics Australia is delighted to announce Simon Hollingsworth OLY as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Faith Kipyegon, renowned for holding two world marathon records, has had an exceptional 2023 track and field season, setting the stage for an eagerly anticipated continuation of her winning streak into the 2024 Olympic Games and other global events.
Italian steeplechase athlete Ahmed Abdelwahed's athletic career has been marred by a four-year ban imposed by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) and the rescinding of his silver medal from the 2022 European Athletics Championships due to a breach of anti-doping regulations.
The world's best 1500m runner and the 2019 1500m world champ, Timothy Cheruiyot, has been added to the Kenyan Olympic team to race the 1500m, in a last second switch. Cheruiyot replaces teenager Kamar Etiang, who finished second at the Kenyan trials. Etiang has recently come into some grief by failing to comply with the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) doping measures requiring three out-of-competition tests in the last 10 months, Kenyan athletics officials said.
Victoria Ohuruogu, a British sprinter, recently exhaled a sigh of relief when a 16-month anti-doping investigation ended without incident. The inquiry was started by UK Anti-Doping (UKad) in December 2022 in response to a picture that showed Ohuruogu with her Italian sprinter boyfriend, Antonio Infantino, who is presently in the midst of a three-year doping ban.
