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Sandringham claims women’s title as Western Athletics prevails in men’s at Sandown Relays
Oates smashes course record at NSW Cross Country Championships
Linden Hall storms to Stockholm victory in career best 3000m performance
Deep fields at inaugural Albert Park 5km
Western Athletics and Box Hill take out Jells Park Relays
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The iconic Sandown Relays returned to the wide turns and long straights of Sandown Racecourse on Saturday, with overcast skies giving way to fine...
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The 127th edition of the NSW Athletics Cross Country Championships was held in glorious winter sunshine at the iconic Willandra course on the NSW...
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Linden Hall has added another chapter to her 2025 season, powering to victory in the 3000m at the Stockholm Diamond League in a personal...
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A thousand runners took to the road for Athletics Victoria’s inaugural 5km offering at Albert Park. Run over essentially the same course as the...
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Run Crew dominated the 2025 NSW Cross Country Relays, going back-to-back in both the men’s and women’s open events under perfect sunny skies at...
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There’s a lot to love about Australian athletics right now and community sentiment is high. We surveyed our readers last month, with 621 responses...
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The start of Athletics Victoria’s winter season was no picnic, with a challenging course testing runners. Andre Waring and Katherine Dowie handled the conditions...
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Andy Buchanan isn’t just heading to Tokyo to race: he’s going there to compete. The Australian marathon record holder will lead a six-strong team...
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A record crowd lined the famed Central Park straight on Easter Monday as the Stawell Gift delivered everything it’s known for – drama, legacy,...
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Australian 200m record holder Gout Gout has it all ahead of him to make the the final of the Stawell Gift after drawing short-priced...
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The Australian Athletics Championships in Perth had already produced fireworks, but the grand finale was reserved for two of the sport’s brightest stars –...
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Day Three of the 2025 Australian Open and Under 20 Athletics Championships delivered a dose of drama and dominance, with the nation’s best sprinters...
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Lachlan Kennedy has scorched his name into Australian sprinting history, clocking 10.00 (+0.9) in the heats of the Men’s 100m to climb to number two on the all-time...
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The star continues to rise for Gout Gout, with the 17-year-old sprinter lighting up the track on the opening day of the Open and...
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The domestic season nears its thrilling conclusion this week in Perth, with the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships set to deliver fireworks across four jam-packed...
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This time last year WA’s Leah O’Brien had a more than respectable 100m personal best of 11.76 seconds. Now, she’s the fastest ever Australian...
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As the Australian Athletics Championships roll into Perth this week, two of the country’s brightest stars have been showcasing their talents far beyond home...
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When the Australian Athletics Championships were last held in Perth in 2010, it had been a generation in time since the nation’s best had...
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Check out who has form on the board with the domestic season about to hit its peak with just the Maurie Plant Meet –...
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A sprint double from World Indoor silver medallist Lachlan Kennedy highlighted the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne. As favourite for the 100m it was...
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Peyton Craig and Bendere Oboya have tuned up for Saturday’s Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne with outings at the ‘Home of PBs’ at the...
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Australia has delivered its most successful World Athletics Indoor Championships performance in history, returning from Nanjing with seven medals—including a golden one-two in the...
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The Australian 4x100m record of 38.12 set at last year’s Olympics is no more following a blistering 37.87 run at tonight’s Sydney Track Classic....
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A formidable mix of world champions, Olympic medallists, and rising stars will don the green and gold at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships...
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Paris Olympians Lachlan Kennedy and Liam Adcock have rocketed to third and fifth on the Australian all-time list at the Perth Track Classic. Cover...
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Olympic 800m semi-finalist Claudia Hollingsworth opened her season in style at The Crest while distance runner Josh Phillips took the men’s event in a...
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Olympic bronze medalist Matt Denny opened his season with a meet record at the Adelaide Invitational in a meet otherwise dominated by windy conditions....
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17-year-old Lucas Chis out kicked older rivals to claim the open state title while Amy Robinson was the runaway winner in the women’s race....
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52 blog posts, 13,037 photos and an Instagram reel with 12 million views… here’s our highlights from 2024. What a year for Australian athletics!...
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Tactical races with big finishes were the flavour of the 10000m races at the 2024 Zatopek:10 at Lakeside Stadium. The women’s race meandered in...
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Australian 10000m record holders Lauren Ryan and Jack Rayner will start as favourites for the feature events at the Zatopek:10 meet at Lakeside Stadium...
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Gout Gout redefined Australian sprinting – at a school meet – while other athletes who will also be a prime age for Brisbane 2032...
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See top 20 Instagram movers and shakers within Australian athletics. Cover image by Fred Etter Let’s take a closer look at the biggest influencers...
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The athletics world is set to enter a bold new era with the launch of the World Athletics Ultimate Championships, commencing 11 September 2026 and running...
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World junior silver medallist Gout Gout has shattered the Australian U20 200m record with a sensational run at the Queensland All School Championships. The...
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There was high quality running and drama at the NSW 3000m Championships at ES Marks Athletics Field. The women’s race was a race of...
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With the nation’s best Olympic performance since 1956, a consistent high performance summer series and increased unity across the sport there’s lots to look...
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A cold, wet and windy day greeted runners for the final round of the Athletics Victoria XCR series. National cross country runner-up Ed Marks...
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The 2024 Olympics Games have commenced in Paris. With a week to go until the athletics here’s a few things to look out for....
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34 athletes will make their Olympic debut next month.
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The qualifying list for the Olympics has been updated for the final time.
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Australia’s most progressive state athletics association plans to sever ties with the Little Athletics national body citing inefficiency, cost and a dispute over trademarks....
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The National Sports Tribunal found flaws in Athletics Australia's selection process in Lisa Weightman's successful appeal.
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Let's face it, keeping everyone happy in high-stakes competition is a fool's errand. But that doesn't mean mass uncertainty should reign. For athletics selection,...
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If the team were picked today it would be likely, even though their marks were all set within the last 12 months.
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Seth O'Donnell and Jessica Coyne took line honours over 12km at the first individual round of the Athletics Victoria winter season.
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Sensational performances at the World Relays in Bahamas, including a new Australian record, has seen Australia's 4x100m teams qualify for the Olympics.
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Super fast times in the marathon make gaining selection for Paris a tricky proposition.
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12 months ago it would have been no surprise that Jessica Hull would be the Australian 1500m champion (again), but the same can't be...
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Claudia Hollingsworth is a prodigious talent with a level head.
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Matt Denny has been awarded the Betty Cuthbert Award for his Australian record breaking performance at the Australian Championships.
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The 2024 Australian Athletics Champions have been crowned in Adelaide.
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World indoor champion Nicola Olyslagers showed her world-class talent in again clearing 2 metres while Claudia Hollingsworth outclassed an 800m field that saw four...
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New national 1500m champion Adam Spencer would love to be selected now for the Olympics but thinks its better for Australia's three 1500m runners...
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Matt Denny set the field alight while Adam Spencer did the same on the track on the third day of the Australian Championships in...
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Camryn Newton-Smith has smashed her personal best in taking out the Australian Heptathlon title.
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In the men's 1500m heats Olli Hoare, Stewart McSweyn and Cameron Myers seemed a class above while two of the favourites didn't line up...
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Scanning the entry lists for Nationals there's a few athletes who fly under the radar.
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Every National title is important but the contest to place on the podium will be highly contest in these events.
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Check out the top 5 marks per event so far during the Australian athletics season.
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A betting scandal, a torrential downpour, a two-hour delay, a damaged track, a misfiring gun and two runners walking away with $40,000 each. The...
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Australia's distance runners showed their strength at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. The men's senior team, led by impressive...
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The Stawell Gift heats saw some electric performances today, with Endale Mekonnen and Chloe Mannix-Power emerging as favorites for the Easter Monday finals. All...
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The stage is set for the Australian Championships next month following a final hit out from some of the nation's top athletes at the...
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In 141 editions only seven men have ever won the Stawell Gift off a handicap mark of 4 metres or less.
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The two peak bodies for the sport in NSW will introduce a single membership structure next season, ending over half a century of division.
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The quartet of Ebony Lane, Bree Masters, Ella Connolly and Torrie Lewis has set a new Australian record in the 4x100m at the Sydney...
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Hagenauer Reserve at Box Hill was already a highly regarded venue - 'the home of the PB' - and now boasts Australia's first set...
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That’s the question on my mind with this weekend's Sydney Track Classic being held at the historic ES Marks Athletics Field instead of the...
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Lauren Ryan and Jack Rayner have reset the Australian Records over 10,000m at the Sound Running 'The Ten' meet in California.
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The Stawell Gift has reversed its decision to ban on-site bookmakers from the 2024 Gift.
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The World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow witnessed Australian triumph, with Nicola Olyslagers soaring to a dramatic high jump gold medal and Jessica Hull...
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Canberra ignited tonight as teenage prodigy Claudia Hollingsworth moved one step closer to an Olympic debut. The 18-year-old unleashed a dominant performance in the...
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The dust has settled at Stromlo Forest Park, and Australia’s World Cross Country team is starting to take shape! Haftu Strintzos and Paige Campbell,...
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Bookmakers have been banned from the 2024 Stawell Gift in a bid by organisers to protect the integrity of the event.
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17-year-old Cameron Myers defeated 2022 World Champion Jake Wightman in a race set up as an assault on the Olympic qualifying standard.
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Claudia Hollingsworth has broken through from talented junior to Olympic contention in winning the 800m at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne. Cover photo...
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Four event victories by teenagers, including two Australian junior records, gave a glimpse of the next decade in Australian athletics.
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The domestic season heats up today at the Adelaide Invitational.
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A trio of Australian records over the final weekend of January sets the scene for a an exciting domestic season.
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2024 is an Olympic year and all eyes for Australia's athletes will be on qualifying for Paris.
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Two years ago Little Athletics Australia and Athletics Australia had a plan to merge. Hear the views of their CEOs about what has happened...
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In our three part-series of Q&A interviews we catch up with Little Athletics Queensland CEO, Christopher Davis, and Athletics NSW President, Matthew Whitbread, to...
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Two years ago Little Athletics Australia and Athletics Australia had a plan to merge. It didn't eventuate. We catch up with the first state...
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Two years ago Australian athletics came as close as it ever has, via the One Athletics vote, to forming a united national body to...
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Irish 1500m record holder Andrew Coscoran and US based Australian Lauren Ryan have taken out the 10000m races at the Zatopek:10 meet in Melbourne.
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As the season proper starts with the Zatopek:10 check out who has put performances on the board during the 2023/2024 domestic season.
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In the age of social media, athletes have a unique platform to share their journeys, inspire fans, and promote their sport. Australian athletics is...
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Jess Hull has finished a marathon length season with fifth place in the Mile at the World Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia.
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Ivy Boothroyd and Daniel Williams recorded the fastest 800m times in the 87 year history of the NSW All Schools Championships.
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The northern hemisphere summer has seen Australian records set on 19 occasions.
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The final round of Athletics Victoria's XCR series took place around Melbourne's Tan in beautiful spring weather.
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Australia has recorded its best global championship result since the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, winning six medals at the recent World Championships...
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Throwing a javelin is ultimately about balance. On the runway, at release, and in the flight of the projectile.
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Check out the Australian team for the World Championships in Budapest.
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Strong, cool winds made Athletics Victoria's road relays at Sandown Racecourse tough going.
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Two paths diverged in a winery, and Andre Waring took the one less travelled by.
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Stephanie Ratcliffe has broken the 20 year old Australian record in the hammer throw with a performance of 73.11m.
