Griffith University (QLD) Matt Denny has thrown an in stadium personal best of 65.27m in the men’s discus at the World University Games in Naples, Italy.
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands broke the 23-year-old women’s mile world record on Friday clocking 4:12.33 seconds, beating the 4:12.56 set by Russia’s Svetlana Masterkova in 1996.
In a rough final, Bisset pushed through a number of knocks and checks in the final lap to dash clear in the straight to win in 2:01.20 ahead of Christine Hering (GER) in 2:01.87 and Docus Ajok of Uganda in 2:02.31.
Fellow Australian Morgan Mitchell finished 8th in 2:04.19.
In news from America and France.
Australian 1500m champion, Luke Mathews, has finished 4th in a 1500m race in Nancy, France. The run missed the 1500m world champs qualifing time by .03 seconds. Given his victory at the Australian championships, Luke is guaranteed a start in Doha if he can...
Australian Nicola McDermott has jumped a 5cm PB to finish 3rd at the Ostrava Golden Spike High Jump, a prestigious European event.
For our earlier recap half-way through the championships check out NCAA recap- Izzi Batt-Doyle grabs bronze as Hull, Hoare, McDonald, Ilarda line-up
Morgan McDonald has shown why he is considered one of the most exciting Aussie distance runners going around by winning back-to-back NCAA 5000m titles. McDonald always looked in...
