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Brad hits the historical trail, then balances training with Lily’s hockey. Julian’s looking for fitness at the start of another marathon training block. Brady reckons he’s got his racing shoes On for Chicago.

Keeley Hodgkinson dominated the 800m to win the Gold Medal in 1:56.72, ahead of Tsige Duguma of Ethiopia and Mary Moora of Kenya.

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Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya in 1:41.19, edging out Marco Arop of Canada for the Gold Medal by a hundredth of a second, with Djamel Sedjati of Algeria in third.

Peyton Craig reached the semi-final, running the 3rd fastest Australian all-time of 1:44.11, while Peter Bol and Joseph Deng did their best to contest the heats and repechages.

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Cole Hocker of the USA slips through the inside to win the Gold Medal in 1500m Men’s Final in an Olympic Record time of 3:27, with Josh Kerr taking the silver and Yared Nuguse of the USA taking the bronze. Defending champion and fancied favourite Jakob Ingebrigsten of Norway fell to fourth.

Jessica Hull handled expectation to take the silver medal in the 1500m final, with now three-time Olympic gold medalist Faith Kipyegon winning in an Olympic Record time of 3:51.29. Georgia Bell from the United Kingdom took home the bronze.

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Other Australians throughout the campaign featured Georgia Griffith who made it to the semi-finals, while Linden Hall competed strongly in the heat and repechage despite a torn calf sustained in the week leading to the event.

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Jakob Ingebrigsten found redemption in winning the 5000m gold medal in 13:13.66, ahead of Ronald Kwemoi of Kenya, while Grant Fisher won another bronze medal to add to his earlier one from the 10000m.

Stewy McSweyn was instated into the final as the result of a collision and pile-up in his heat and finished 18th, while Morgan McDonald finished 9th in his respective heat.

Rose Davies ran the fastest time by an Australian in the 5000m Olympics final with a time of 14:49.67, with Beatrice Chebet of Kenya winning the gold medal in 14:28.56 ahead of Faith Kipyegon who was controversially, temporarily disqualified from some interference with Guduf Tsegaye of Ethiopia before she was reinstated with the silver medal. Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands won the bronze medal.

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Beatrice Chebet made it the double by also winning the 10,000m in 30:43.25, with Nadia Battocletti of Italy winning the silver medal and Sifan Hassan winning another bronze. Lauren Ryan placed 13th in 31:13.25, after backing up from the 5000m heat.

Soufaine El Bakkali of Morocco is the first man to win in 88 years back to back Olympic Golds while Kenneth Rooks from the USA was a surprise silver, with Abraham Kibiwot of Kenya taking bronze.

The Australians in the heats included Ben Buckingham running 8:32.12 and Matt Clarke in 8:49.85.

Winfred Yavi of Bahrain won the Women’s Steeplechase, ahead of defending champion Peruth Chemutai of Uganda and Faith Cherotich of Kenya. Cara Feain-Ryan posted a personal best of 9:28.72 in her 3000m Steeplechase heat while Amy Cashin ran 9:32.93 in her respective heat.

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Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia, after being called in as a reserve athlete, rose to win the Gold Medal in the Men’s Marathon in an Olympic Record Time of 2:06:26. Bashir Abdi of Belgium upgraded his bronze in Tokyo to take the Silver Medal with Benson Kipruto of Kenya taking the Bronze Medal. Defending champion Eliud Kipchoge, was unable to finish the race.
Pat Tiernan was the first Australian to cross the finish, placing 24th in 2:10:34 as the fastest performance in an Olympic Marathon, with Andy Buchanan 45th in 2:12:58 and Liam Adams 49th 2:13:33.

Andy Buchanan, Liam Adams and Patrick Tiernan in men’s marathon at Paris Olympics 2024. Photo by: olympics.com.au

Sifan Hassan made history winning the Women’s Marathon in a kick-finish against Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia, in 2:22:55 which was another Olympic Record, with Hellen Obiri of Kenya taking the bronze medal.

Jess Stenson was the top Aussie placing 13th in 2:23, while Gen Gregson was 24th, with both girls even leading the race at halfway. Sinead Diver unfortunately withdrew from the race. Olympics Athletics Results

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Domestic Results

Leanne Pompeani takes the City 2 Surf in 45:38 ahead of Paige Campbell and Bronte Oates, Isaac Heyne 40:51 Ed Goddard and Tom Do Canto
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Lisa Weightman took out the Australian Half Marathon Championship in 1:10:23 at Sunshine Coast, ahead of Nat Rule and Tiana Cetta. Liam Boudin was the winner of the half marathon in 1:03:40 ahead of Seth O’Donnell and Jack Bruce.

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Milly Clark won the Sunshine Coast Marathon in a course record time of 2:37:07, with Robert Collins first male in 2:27:51
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The show concludes with Moose on the Loose over clueless commentators well out of their field of expertise, then a listener from Spain calls to show and tell his gift from Eliud Kipchoge.