Vale Pat Clohessy AM (1933–2026): athlete, coach, mentor
He took Robert de Castella from the Xavier College team to a world marathon title, and for a generation his methods shaped how Australia
Kurtis Marschall Said Yes to Everything. Next, He Wants Mondo to Say Yes to Perth.
After a 22-meet season that included a win over the greatest vaulter in history, Australia’s pole vault mainstay is plotting a night of lights,
No medals, no argument? Budapest delivered for the events that made the cut
Three nights in Budapest with twenty-eight global champions. Ten million US dollars paid out, three sell-out crowds, and a men’s javelin competition that produced
No medals, no fillers, no second chances: the Ultimate Championship arrives
Three nights in Budapest. Twelve Australians. Ten million US dollars. And not a single medal to hang around anybody’s neck. The World Athletics Ultimate
“A little bit numb”: Patterson crowned Diamond League champion in Brussels
Eleanor Patterson has added the one line on her career resume that was missing, clearing 2.01m to win the Diamond League final in Brussels
King Cam: Myers beats Olympic champions to claim Diamond League Final title
Cameron Myers has produced the biggest result of his career, holding off a 1500m field containing two Olympic champions to win the Diamond League
Ballarat: By the numbers
People will remember Haftu Strintzos’s win, but not his time of 32:14. Ten kilometres in thirty-two minutes and change is a time you’d run
Summer just around the corner as 26/27 dates announced
A big summer of athletics is on the cards for 2026/27 leading into Sydney hosting the Australian Championships in early April. The Harbour City
Strintzos and Campbell claim first Australian titles in Ballarat
Australian marathon record holder Haftu Strintzos and City2Surf winner Holly Campbell are now national championships following victories at the Australian Cross Country Championships in
Old school ties: Marks and Strintzos meet again at Ballarat
Long before either of them was a national record-holder or a sub-61 half marathoner, Haftu Strintzos and Ed Marks and were two Melbourne schoolboys
Seven for Her, Ten for Him. Athletics’ last unequal event?
When Jim Thorpe won the first Olympic decathlon in Stockholm in 1912, King Gustav V of Sweden reportedly told him: “Sir, you are the
Louison-Roe gets her gold as Australia closes out Eugene with six medals
Two years ago in Lima, Izobelle Louison-Roe was the surprise. A 17-year-old clearing a personal best 1.89m to take silver behind Angelina Topic, with
No walk in the park: Beacroft sets World U20 record in claiming gold
Nine days after Commonwealth gold at Scotstoun — and a night out with the Australian team — Isaac Beacroft has completed the double at
Buchanan, Campbell claim City2Surf honours
Andy Buchanan and Holly Campbell have honed their preparations for races later this month by taking out one of the world’s largest running event:
Twice the climb, half the mercy: Ballarat raises the stakes in 2026
The mud pits, mounds and logs will be familiar. The hills will not. The Australian Cross Country Championships returns to Victoria Park in Ballarat
Five minutes: Australia’s mixed relay broke a World U20 record, then Great Britain bettered it
Australia’s mixed 4x100m relay held the inaugural World U20 record for about as long as it takes to walk from the finish line to