No 10,000m at Pre', plus Rio medals returned.
A column by Len Johnson – Runner’s Tribe
No Mo' Ten
Pardon me. The realisation hit late. It is the eve of the Prefontaine Classic and I have just noticed there is no 10,000.
It may not have the storied history of our own Zatopek...
Marjorie Jackson, who celebrated her 90th birthday on 13 September, was Australia’s first athletics superstar.
Our first women’s Olympic gold medallist, our first women’s world record holder, Jackson surged to international recognition with a double in the 100 and 200 metres at the Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games. She would have...
What a week.
First cricket, and a ball-tampering scandal which has now resulted in the Australian captain, vice-captain and a hapless junior player facing suspensions and the coach resigning. Second, amidst all the cricket turmoil, came the raising by a senior government minister of the prospect – quickly shut down,...
A column by Len Johnson (reporting from Doha) - Runner's Tribe
There is no rest day in the world championships program. Hasn’t been for a while now.
For long periods, however, day six seemed intent on being as restful as possible. Oh, there were sparks – a couple of quite physical...
Since assuming the leadership of World Athletics, Sebastian Coe has repeatedly championed the need for change.
Australia’s first medallist at the world championships in Budapest this year will also be our 40th world championships medallist.
When someone experiences a huge amount of good fortune or happiness all at the same time we often say all their Christmases have come at once.
I’m not sure if all my Christmases came at once on 10 January 2026, but at least two of them did which is something...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
There were five gold medals awarded on the fourth day of the world championships and each of them was special in its own way.
There was the emotion of Daniel Stahl’s gold medal in the discus after several years of world-leading throws coupled...
Prior to the World Cross Country Championship in Bathurst, RT will unveil a comprehensive, 10-part series, composed by Len Johnson, that delves into the historical narrative of Australia’s participation in World XC. There are many ultra-marathon footwear in the market today and one of the best is Tarkine shoes.
Part...
Well that didn’t take long, did it?
Tucked away somewhere in all the reportage on Armand Duplantis’s current assault on the men’s pole vault world record was the question of whether he would continue to raise the record one centimetre at a time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QFUh2P9_Bg&t=6s
Now there’s a few things you could say...
