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World Athletics Cross Country Championships Moved To 2023

September 15, 2021 - World Athletics and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 2022 have agreed to postpone the championships, which was scheduled to be held in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 19 February, 2022. The event will now take place on Saturday, 18 February, 2023 in Bathurst, Australia.

Bol Finishes Season in Zagreb as Niyonsaba Breaks World 2000m Record

Olympic fourth place finisher Peter Bol has finished the season of his life, by crossing the line in fourth at the Zagreb Diamond League. Bol ran aggressively and was leading down the home straight, just running of steam over the final 50 metres.

A Rising Star – 4 Favourite Sessions From Hannah Cadden (AMDA Swifts)

My name’s Hannah Cadden, I’m 18 years old from the ACT competing Nationally and Internationally in events ranging from 800m, 1500m, 3000m Steeplechase all the way up to 6km cross country. I have competed in over 20 National Championships...

Inside Podcast Episode 202: Genevieve Gregson post-Tokyo Olympics

Inside Running Podcast (podbean.com) This week's episode of the Inside Running Podcast is brought to you by PILLAR Performance - Australia’s first clinical sports micronutrition brand. Available now at selected pharmacies including Terry White Chemmart, specialty sports nutrition stores and...

Niyonsaba breaks world 2000m record in Zagreb

Francine Niyonsaba broke the world 2000m record at the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial, clocking 5:21.56* at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb on Tuesday (14). Buy now from the Runner’s Tribe shop The Burundian, who last week won the...

Tirop and Teferi smash world records in Herzogenaurach

Kenya’s Agnes Tirop took 28 seconds off the long-standing women-only world record for 10km*, while Ethiopia’s Senbere Teferi set an outright world 5km record of 14:30* at the adizero Road To Records event in Herzogenaurach on Sunday (12). Tirop, the...

Langat wins Vienna after Hurisa disqualified for wrong shoes

The Vienna City Marathon produced two breaking news of completely different content on Sunday and none of them was about records: The race became the first major marathon worldwide with a strong international elite field and a mass race...

Zurich Weltklasse: Sensational Finish To Diamond League Season-Aussies Barber,  McSweyn, McDermott, Patterson, Hoare &...

Written by Brett Davies Athletics fans were treated to a very special edition of the annual Zurich Weltklasse meeting this year, and the final edition of the Diamond League more than lived up to expectations, with some close-fought competitions and...

A Tale Of Zwei Weltklassen | A Column By Len Johnson

Zurich’s fabled Weltklasse meeting has often been dubbed “the Olympics in one day.” It’s a fair call. Usually staged within a week of the conclusion of the year’s major championships – Olympic, world or European – Zurich re-packages the just...

A Breakthrough Season And Injury – 4 Favourite Sessions From Luke Hince (Wollongong...

Hi, my name’s Luke Hince and I’m a 19-year-old distance runner from Wollongong NSW. I mainly race distances from 1500m (3:54) up to 5000m (14:53) and dabble in cross country and road races during the winter season. I am...