The Bank of America Chicago Marathon Welcomes Strong American Field
Olympic Gold Medalist and Two-Time Triathlon World Champion Gwen Jorgensen Joins Previously Announced Top Americans Galen Rupp, Jordan Hasay, Amy Cragg and Laura Thweatt
CHICAGO – The Bank of America Chicago Marathon announced today that defending champion Galen Rupp and...
How to follow the IAAF Diamond League finals
Later this week, 32 champions will be crowned at the IAAF Diamond League finals in Zurich on 30 August and Brussels on 31 August.
The championship-style format means the first 12 IAAF Diamond League meetings of the season act as qualifiers for the finals, where...
Wlodarczyk and Nowicki win 2018 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
For the fifth time in the history of the IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, a Polish duo topped the end-of-year standings. On the women's side, world champion and world record holder Anita Wlodarczyk won for the sixth time while compatriot Wojciech...
Brandon Starc equals the Australian high jump record
Brandon Starc has continued his stellar form, this time by equaling the Australian high jump record of 2.36m on his way to winning in Germany. He now stands alongside the legendary Tim Forsyth who set the original record in 1997.
Starc recently...
A marathon debut in the “Windy City” – Q and A with Australia’s Hugh...
In just over 40 days, Australia's Hugh Williams will line up in the elite field of the 2018 Chicago Marathon. The field is stacked with the likes of Mo Farah and a total of 11 men who have run...
World Champs 800m bronze medalist, Kipyegon Bett tests positive for EPO
Kenya’s world 800m bronze medalist, Kipyegon Bett, has tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoeitin (EPO). He is facing a possible 4-year ban.
AK executive committee member, Barnabas Korir, said the body received notification from the Athletics Integrity Unit...
Victoria’s Andrew Buchanan and Madeline Hills win Aussie XC Championships
Victoria's Andrew Buchanan and Madeline Hills have won the open Australian Cross Country Championships at Maleny Golf Club on the Sunshine Coast.
Andrew Buchanan defends his national cross country title on the Sunshine Coast from SA's Riley Cocks and NSW's...
Embarrassment of Championships on Sunshine Coast – A Column By Len Johnson
By Len Johnson – Runner’s Tribe – Len is RT’s lead columnist, a sub 2:20 marathoner, Author of ‘The Landy Era’ and a key writer for the IAAF, amongst other things…
The Australian half-marathon championships at Maroochydore one weekend, the...
Australia’s Kurt Fearnley will look for a record sixth New York City Marathon
Five-time Olympian Bernard Lagat of the United States will make his highly anticipated marathon debut at the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 4, as the five-time world champion will join defending champion Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya...
Australia’s Jess Trengove To Race Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
By Paul Gains
High altitude training has become a popular method of marathon preparation, so heads were turned when Australia’s Jessica Trengove decided to spend four months in Hilversum Holland - elevation 15m.
The two-time Commonwealth bronze medalist expects this break...