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Japan will now host two of the biggest events on the athletics calendar in successive years after the IAAF Council voted this week to award the 2019 IAAF World Relays to Yokohama. Already preparing to host the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo,...

Brought to you by RunnersTribe, your number one source for comprehensive running news from around the world. Brad starts his taper ahead of Melbourne Half, dodging old ladies with sticks and then a long run with Tom Do Canto. Julian is still hitting the...

This is original content from the outstanding website runculture.org run by Dane Verwey, a self confessed running junkie and 2:22:45 marathoner. Ok Ben, let’s start from the start, I have read you fell in love with running at St Louis University High School back...

ROTTNEST RUNNING FESTIVAL – GET YOUR ENTRIES IN As the great Emil Zapotek once said, ‘If you want to win something, run the 100m. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.’ These words still ring true on the now...

TYPE MARK COMPETITOR DOB COUNTRY VENUE DATE World Records 3:50.07 Genzebe DIBABA 08 FEB 1991 ETH Monaco (Stade Louis II) 17 JUL 2015 World Leading 2018 3:56.68 Genzebe DIBABA 08 FEB 1991 ETH Chorzów (POL) 08 JUN 2018 IAAF World Championships Record 3:58.52 Tatyana TOMASHOVA 01 JUL 1975 RUS Paris Saint-Denis (Stade de France) 31 AUG 2003 Olympic Games Records 3:53.96 Paula IVAN 20 JUL 1963 ROU Seoul (Olympic Stadium) 01 OCT 1988 IAAF World Championships Record 4:00.84 Maryam Yusuf JAMAL 16...

Kipchoge shows that he can take down the apparent best in the world. The reality it is, he is the best in the world and a once in a generation athlete. Mo Farah will never come close the Kipchoge's...

When Ralph Doubell won the Olympic 800 metres championship in Mexico City in 1968 he became the first Australian to win over that distance since Edwin Flack 72 years before. His world record winning run in Mexico City in 1968,...

With less than a week to go, tens of thousands of runners are embracing the sentiment of “Your City Your Run” and gearing up for Australia’s largest marathon, the Medibank Melbourne Marathon Festival, taking place Sunday October 14. More than...

Why magnesium? Magnesium is a vital mineral for the body to function and to achieve optimum performance levels for athletes. About 60% of the magnesium in your body is found in bone, while the rest is in muscles, soft tissues...

Athletics Australia in partnership with the Victorian Government will honour Peter Norman’s legacy as an athlete and advocate for human rights by building and erecting a bronze statue at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne. Peter Norman won a silver medal at...