Inside Athletics

Fri05182012

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Australian Athletics Tour

Craig Mottram books place at fourth Olympic Games

Craig Mottram produced a brilliant final lap of the 5000m to book a spot in his fourth Olympics.

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Sally Pearson records fastest time on Australian soil

London can't come soon enough for Sally Pearson, who continued her stunning run by recording her fastest 100m hurdles time on Australian soil in the Olympic trial.

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Persistence pays off for Cole

Entering the Olympic Selection Trials there are few that would have tipped Brendan Cole to automatically secure his place on the Australian team to London.

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Frayne makes selector’s job easy by removing them from equation

After the applause of the crowd on the back straight had died down, one could almost hear the collective sigh of relief of the national selectors that Henry Frayne had legally jumped the Olympic A-qualifier.

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Frayne, Cole book seats to London

Henry Frayne and Brendan Cole have secured their place on the Australian Olympic team in blustery conditions on the opening day of the Australian Selection Trials at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne.

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Reigning Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker will get a chance to defend his crown after qualifying for London in an abandoned railway warehouse in the outer suburbs of Perth.
This is the secret training facility that has saved Steve Hooker's Olympic campaign.
Australia's former world champion Dmitri Markov believes every pole vaulter experiences the doubts that have threatened Steve Hooker's Olympic title defence.
Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker is fighting a serious confidence issue which is threatening the defence of his crown in London.