Inside Athletics

Fri05182012

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Distance

Hunt and Dent added to marathon squad

Australia will send a full complement of six marathoners to the London Olympics after Jeff Hunt and Martin Dent got the nod from selectors.

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Here’s 2 great reasons all our marathoners should be selected for the London Olympics

Athletics Australia will this week make its nominations to the Australian Olympic Committee on who should represent that nation in the marathon at the Olympic Games in London.

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Brown, Corrigan take out Sydney:10

It was interstate runners Mitch Brown and Lisa Corrigan who took line honours at today’s Sydney:10, incorporating the NSW road running championships.

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McNeill runs 5000m A-qualifier at Mt SAC Relays

David McNeill looks poised to fill the final 5000m spot on the Australian Olympic team after recording an A-qualifier at the Mt SAC Relays in Walnut, California.

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Olympians return to grassroots

Athletics Victoria’s XCR’12 season opened today with four London Olympians lining up at the Victorian Cross Country Relay Championships at Jells Park.

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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.