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Shannon Rowbury

Now On Same Team, Rowbury & Hassan Look Forward to Shared Success

By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (09-Feb) -- Coming down the homestretch of the Olympic 1500m final in Rio de Janeiro, neither Shannon Rowbury nor Sifan Hassan would give an inch. Both fought...
Usain Bolt

Bolt All-Stars leave it late again, win round two after controversy

The Bolt All-Stars have won the second round of Coles Nitro Athletics Melbourne at Lakeside Stadium on Thursday night following a lengthy delay and review of a drama-filled final 4x100m event. Usain Bolt helped his team to victory in the...

“The Entertainer” – Steve Ovett’s Top 5 Races

“The Entertainer” - Steve Ovett’s Top 5 Races © 2017 Runner’s Tribe, all rights reserved “When I won the 1500m at the European ­Championships in Prague, back in 1978, I enjoyed the moment so much that I gave the crowd a...
Heidi See

Recover like a Pro

Recover like a Pro By Daniel Wallis: Runner's Tribe in conjunction with SOS Rehydrate How listening less to college coaches and more to Lance Armstrong will help you run faster… legally. There is a timeless saying, “you don’t get fit when you’re...
Eliza McCartney

Eliza McCartney headlines top pole vaulting action up close

Kiwi pole vaulting sensation Eliza McCartney will be highlighting the 2017 International Athletics Series in New Zealand this summer with competitions in Central Auckland and on the North Shore. Vertical Pursuit, an event at Britomart in the heart of Auckland’s...

Dibaba breaks world 2000m record in Sabadell

World 1500m champion Genzebe Dibaba added to her growing list of record-breaking achievements by breaking the world 2000m record* at the Miting Internacional de Catalunya in the Spanish city of Sabadell on Tuesday (7). The three-time world indoor champion overtook...
Coles Nitro Athletics

Nitro delivers on opening night

By Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe In the twilight of a perfect summer’s evening in Melbourne, over 7000 spectators anxiously ambled into Lakeside Stadium. It worked for Twenty20 Cricket. It worked for Fast5 Netball. But would it work for track...
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Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?

Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger? | David Epstein When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out...

IAAF freezes transfer of allegiance process

The 208th IAAF Council Meeting chaired by IAAF President Sebastian Coe was held today (6) at the Riviera Marriott Hotel, Cap d’Ail, France. Transfer of allegiance Following a proposal by Sebastian Coe, Council has today frozen all new transfers of allegiance...

Making a test become a testimony – James Hansen

Making a test become a testimony – RT Journal by James Hansen As I completed my second run yesterday after over two months off, I remembered a lesson I learned from a young age as to what were the basic...