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Road to Rio Update – Time Running Out for Qualification

Countdown to Selection Meeting - 21 Days and Counting In just over three weeks time we will know exactly which Australian athletes will be part of our final Olympic team bound for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The problem now for...

LaCaze clocks 5000m Olympic qualifier in Finland | Plus Aussie Results

LaCaze clocks 5000m Olympic qualifier in Finland By Runner's Tribe Genevieve LaCaze has posted an Olympic‬ qualifier after winning the 5000m at the Savo Games, Finland with a time of 15.21.92. LaCaze was paced by fellow Australian and Melbourne Track Club member Zoe...

Street Meet Provides Positive Track & Field Experience on Streets of Boston

By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (18-Jun) -- With spectators packed three deep on each side and rhythmic clapping filling the air, the atmosphere here at the inaugural adidas Boost Boston Games was electric....

High Schooler Kate Murphy Steals The Show At adidas Boost Boston Games

By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved SOMERVILLE, Mass., USA (17-Jun) -- For a meet that was filled with Olympic medalists and global stars, it was high school junior Kate Murphy who had the most jaw-dropping...

Ghost Who Runs – Fast! | A Column by Len Johnson

Ghost Who Runs - Fast! | A Column by Len Johnson Hunched of shoulder, stooped of frame, Ibrahim Jeilan’s running style resembles nothing more than a question mark. If that is so, then the question Jeilan poses is this: can the...

IAAF will not lift ban on Russian athletes before Rio Olympics

'RusAF has not met reinstatement conditions' - IAAF Council Meeting, Vienna The 204th IAAF Council Meeting was held today at the Grand Hotel Wein in Vienna, Austria. The meeting was attended by 25 members of the 27-strong Council and chaired...

Genevieve LaCaze Moves to third on Australian All-time list | Article & Interview

LACAZE MOVES UP TO THIRD ON AUSTRALIAN ALL-TIME LIST Written By Grace Kalac Genevieve LaCaze has finished third in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase at the Stockholm Diamond League meet overnight in a seven second personal best of 9:23.19, moving her up...

Justice Delayed Finally Becomes Justice Delivered

Justice Delayed Finally Becomes Justice Delivered Written By Len Johnson Justice delayed is justice denied is an old legal maxim, but Jared Tallent belatedly received his Olympic gold medal at a ceremony in Melbourne on Friday. After a couple of sunny early...

Stockholm Diamond League 2016: Full Results

Complete Stockholm DL Results 16/06/2016 Bauhaus-Galan Stockholm (Olympiastadion) 100m Men 16 JUN 2016 / 21:00 Wind: -0.8 m/s Rank Name Nat Date of Birth Lane Reaction time Result 1 HARVEY Jak Ali TUR 4 MAY 1989 5 0.160 10.18 2 MEITÉ Ben Youssef CIV 11 NOV 1986 3 0.140 10.25 3 BAILEY Daniel ANT 9 SEP 1986 4 0.128 10.31 4 LOCKE Dentarius USA 12 DEC 1989 6 0.156 10.31 5 KILTY Richard GBR 2 SEP 1989 2 0.124 10.31 6 QUARCOO Jonathan NOR 13 OCT 1996 1 0.159 10.60 7 ROSE O'Dain SWE 19 JUL 1992 7 0.147 10.83 ROBERTSON...

Key moments – RUSAF suspension and reinstatement process

Timeline 9 November 2015: WADA’s Independent Commission delivered its first report related to their investigations into corruption and manipulation of the anti-doping process concerning the IAAF and Russia. 13 November 2015: IAAF Council provisionally suspended the Russian Member Federation (RUSAF). 17 November...