The countdown is on to the start of the 2016 Rio Olympics, which will commence on August 12 (men's discus qualification). The first final of the Olympics will take place at 12:10am (AEST) on August 13 - with the running of the women's 10000m, featuring our very own Eloise...
35 Days and Counting
We are closing in the all important final deadline for Olympic selection, being July 11, and we are still hopeful of sending 60 individual athletes to Rio. At present the likely number would be 56, after the recent additions of Matt Denny (discus), Josh Robinson (javelin)...
Payton Jordan Invitational Review - Stanford University
When we completed our preview of the Payton Jordan Invitational we focused in on three athletes, but we certainly didn't think that all three would produce such stunning results. Linden Hall, Lora Storey and Sam McEntee all exceeded even our initial expectations, with...
Strong Track Events Highlight National Championships
Running your eye over the start lists for the women's events at this years Australian Athletics Championships, it's hard not to notice some fantastic depth and quality - especially within the track events.
The head to head match ups across the 100m hurdles, 800m and...
All Roads Lead to Sydney: A Glimpse of What to Expect at National Championships
IAAF Melbourne World Challenge, March 5
At times you wondered where the highlights were going to come from on Saturday night, and then literally within 5 minutes the crowd was a buzz with super charged performances both...
Less than a week to go until the Olympic qualifying period ends on July 11.
Will This Be Our Best Olympic Team Since Sydney?
It's hard to imagine an Australian Olympic team without Sally Pearson, but unfortunately that's what we are faced with leading into the 2016 Rio Olympics. In saying...
Birkinhead 21.21m Shot Put is World Class
Damien Birkinhead is making up for lost time after missing selection for the 2015 World Championships by the barest of margins. In 2016 he has simply been outstanding, with two world class performances - 20.80m in Christchurch and then a superb 21.21m effort...
2016 Season: Not Defined by Medals in Rio
The 2016 season unofficially started with the Zatopek:10 (back in December, 2015), and since then we have witnessed so many magical moments from our stars of Australian athletics. Although many people would rate the Australian team's performance purely on the results from...
NSW All Schools Championships: 8-11th October, 2015
There have been some impressive performances by 15 year-old girls in Australia over the years, none more so than Georgie Clarke's truly amazing 4.06.77 in Hobart back in 2000 - when only 15y7m. This still stands as both the Australian Junior and Youth...
What We Learned from 'Super Saturday' - Proud to be an Australian
If you have managed to catch any of the IAAF World Indoor Championships over the past 3 days you would have witnessed some tough competition, accompanied by some gutsy Australian results. It hasn't gone to plan for all our...
