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Hooker leads A-standard weekend for Australian athletics
- 14 May 2012
- Inside Athletics
Olympic champion Steve Hooker is among one of five athletes to have recorded their first A-qualifier for London over the weekend.
AA targeting six-medal haul
- 10 May 2012
- ABC - Luke Pentony
Athletics Australia (AA) says its target of six medals at the London Olympics is consistent with its policy of "raising the bar" for its national track and field squad.
Sydney teenager tipped for gold at world junior athletics championships in Barcelona
- 26 April 2012
- Daily Telegraph - Mike Hurst
It's 100 years since King Gustav V of Sweden congratulated Jim Thorpe - the winner of the first Olympic decathlon - with the words: "You sir, are the greatest athlete in the world'' to which the native American retorted famously: "Thanks King".
Athletes of stature
- 19 April 2012
- Tim McGrath
If you ever get off the train at Richmond Station for a major sporting event, there’s a reminder that athletics meets too were once major events in Melbourne.
Stein moves into top 10 all-time
- 01 April 2012
- Inside Athletics
World Youth octathlon champion and record holder Jake Stein has set a new Australian junior record in the decathlon with a performance of 7886 points at the Australian Under 15 – Under 20 Multi Event Championships in Sydney.
