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Australians Duer Yoa and Cassie Fien claim fast victories in the ASICS Half Marathon

Victoria’s Duer Yoa engaged the afterburners over the final kilometre to record a resounding win in the 2016 ASICS Half Marathon at today’s Gold Coast Airport Marathon. Neck and neck with Japan’s Hiroyuki Sasaki (1:03:56) with 1km to go, Yoa...

Definitely Above The Norm | A Column By Len Johnson

Norm Osborne, who passed away on 25 June after a long illness, was one of Australia’s pre-eminent coaches, guiding the careers of Olympic 400 metres silver medallist Rick Mitchell and former Australian 1500 metres record holders Marg Crowley and...

Big day for Canberra athletes to start the Gold Coast Airport Marathon weekend

Saturday 2 July Two rising distance runners from the ACT starred on the opening day of the 38th annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon by claiming both men’s and women’s Southern Cross University 10km Run races. More than 10,000 runners and walkers...

Rupp Wins Eighth Straight USA 10,000m Crown

(c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (01-Jul) -- You could call it what you want: a war of attrition, fartlek, or game of cat and mouse. The men's Olympic Trials 10,000m was a pure test of will,...

Stepanova eligible to compete internationally as an independent neutral athlete

The IAAF Doping Review Board has today decided its first case of an athlete seeking exceptional eligibility to compete in International Competition as a neutral athlete under Competition Rule 22.1A. The Doping Review Board, which is composed of Robert Hersh...

Rio Calling For Kajan After PB Run

Selma Kajan (NSW) has clocked a personal best of 2:01.27 in Barcelona (ESP) to qualify for the women’s 800m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Kajan’s result is reward for continued effort at the two-lap race, with her 2016 resume...

Five Takes On Nick Symmonds’s Withdrawal From USA Olympic Trials

By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (30-Jun) -- Earlier today, Nick Symmonds announced via Instagram that he had withdrawn from this week's USA Olympic Trials due to a torn ligament and stress fracture...

Persistence | RT Journal by Courtney Powell

RT Journal by Courtney Powell I’m sorry this blog post is so delayed! I have been a very busy girl with university assignments and exams! Early April, the Powell girls all headed up to Daylesford to celebrate my Nan’s 70th Birthday....

On the road to records and Rio qualifiers at Sunday’s Gold Coast Airport Marathon

With good conditions forecast, a flat course and a deep list of elite runners, the Gold Coast is set to turn it on for the 38th annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday with...

Bol, McNeill & Tiernan Qualify for Rio 2016

BOL, McNEILL & TIERNAN QUALIFY FOR RIO 2016 Peter Bol (WA, 800m), Patrick Tiernan (Qld, 5000m) and David McNeill (Vic, 5000m) have all qualified for the Olympic Games. Competing at the Weisbander Staffelabend in Weisbaden (GER), Bol clocked 1:45.78 to become the...