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Latest World Athletics News For Sunday, 29 May 2016

Linden Hall makes 1500m statement at IAAF Diamond League in Eugene Prefontaine Classic Diamond League 2016 Saturday Results https://youtu.be/H4dSzO7QTW4 Kiprop Snags Fourth Bowerman Mile Win at Pre Classic Pre Classic Saturday Start List and Live Results https://youtu.be/OqkNP69bZLY Prefontaine Classic Diamond League 2016 Friday Results per...

Prefontaine Classic Diamond League 2016 Friday Results per event

Men’s Hammer Pawel Fajdek of Poland wins the men’s hammer throw with a throw of 263 feet, 4 inches. Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan is second (256-3) and Wojciech Nowicki of Poland is third (252-2). Women’s 800 Meters Alysia Montano wins the women’s...

Easy as 1, 2, 3 – not! | A Column By Len Johnson

Easy as 1, 2, 3 – not!  A, B, C It’s easy as 1, 2, 3 As simple as Do-Re-Mi . . . One, two, three: that may be how easy love can be, as the Jackson 5 sang long ago. Selection? Now...

Latest World Athletics News For Saturday, 28 May 2016

23 athletes competing at Rio Olympics fail London 2012 drugs retest WADA Statement regarding Reanalysis of 2012 London Olympic Samples Beyond its high-quality lineup, the men’s javelin at this weekend’s Prefontaine Classic is a reminder of track and field’s unique global...

Farah Battles to Prefontaine 10,000m Title

By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, ORE. (27-May) -- Coming into tonight's Distance Night at Hayward, the first session of the two-day Prefontaine Classic, double Olympic champion Mo Farah hadn't lost a 10,000m race...

Going to college in the USA and transferring schools | By Izzi-Batt-Doyle | Part...

Going to college in the USA and transferring schools part 1 of 2 I made the decision to accept a scholarship to run and study at college in America at the beginning of year 12. I had been representing South...

At 52, De Reuck to Debut At Comrades Marathon

By Riël Hauman (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (26-May) -- The Comrades Marathon is no stranger to Colleen De Reuck. The USA distance star grew up in a "Comrades house" – father Frank Lindeque ran it fifteen times...

Latest World Athletics News For Friday, 27 May 2016 (AEST)

Rio Olympics: Estonian identical triplets Luik sisters set to make Olympics history British Legend Mo Farah Seeks Fast Time in Pre Classic 10k Head-To-Heads Give Eugene Pre-Olympic Flavor Identical six-year-old twins set to reach running milestone at Newcastle parkrun Queen of the Road...

Athletics Australia ATHLETE UPDATE: May – June 2016

The IAAF Diamond League continues in Eugene (USA), Rome (ITA) and Birmingham (GBR) in the coming fortnight. Linden Hall (Vic) will fly the flag at the Prefontaine Classic after clocking a new personal best of 4:04.47 to stake her maiden...

Fearnley, Ballard & de Rozario among best of wheelchair racing in Nottwil

The world of wheelchair racing will make its annual pilgrimage to compete in Nottwil (SUI) this weekend, with an Australian squad that includes marathon star Kurt Fearnley (NSW) and Doha 2015 gold medallists Angela Ballard (NSW) and Madison de...