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No medals, no fillers, no second chances: the Ultimate Championship arrives

9 September 2026

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 Championship starts on Friday night in

Inside Track: Weekly Recap (30 July 2025): From Moscow Memories to Tokyo Tests

31 July 2025

by Tim McGrath

In this edition of Inside Track, we revisit the athlete-led fight that kept Australia in the 1980 Olympics, learn of Darren Clark’s rise, fall and redemption, unpack the financial fallout rocking

World Athletics Ultimate Championships Launched

22 November 2024

by Tim McGrath

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 for three days, in Budapest, Hungary.