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...
Rio not Paved with Gold, but there is a Silver Lining
by Chris Wainwright for Runnerstribe.com
I have seen my fare share of magical Olympic moments in athletics, dating back to 1988 when Debbie Flintoff-King won an amazing gold medal at the Seoul Olympic Games in the women's 400m hurdles. Since that moment...
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...
2016 Australian Female Athlete of the Year
It was always going to be a difficult task to split two athletes who both had exceptional years. Genevieve LaCaze ended up receiving the nod over the recently retired Alana Boyd, although if Boyd had not be injured at the World Indoors the decision...
NSW State 3000m Championships
It was hard to know where to look at the NSW State 3000m Championships in Sydney, as our junior middle distance stars nearly upstaged the overall winners of the Open events. Brilliant wins to Bridey Delaney (9.09.85) and Jordan Gusman (7.58.38), both personal best performances, were closely...
Athlete of the Month - October, 2015
The voting lines are now open, so why not jump over and vote for your favourite athlete of the month. Click here now!
We have short listed a total of 10 athletes for you to vote on, which are detailed below:
Jess Trengove (marathon)
- how...
Brooke Stratton 6.79m, Josh Clarke 10.15
Power Rankings - as at February 6, 2016
If you need any more evidence that Brooke Stratton is a world class long jumper then you were not in attendance at the ACT Championships over the weekend. Stratton not only jumped a new PB of 6.79m in...
2015 Australian Female Athlete of the Year
When I look through all of the results from 2015 it's difficult to name just one stand out athlete or just one top ranked performance, but there was an athlete who did show quality and consistency of results throughout the year. The athlete...
2015 Australian Male Athlete of the Year
There were two stand out Australian male performers at the 2015 World Championships, who both picked up silver medals - 50km Race Walking champion Jared Tallent and Long Jump superstar Fabrice Lapierre. When it came down to separating the two, Lapierre took the honours largely due...
Big Month of Track and Field
Another month has past and we were again treated to some magical moments from our top Australian track and field stars.
First we had some fantastic performances from our junior athletes at the Australian All Schools Championships, which included an Australian Youth record in the...
