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Kurtis Marschall Said Yes to Everything. Next, He Wants Mondo to Say Yes to Perth.

27 September 2026

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, AC/DC and a tailwind that always

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King Cam: Myers beats Olympic champions to claim Diamond League Final title

5 September 2026

by Tim McGrath

Cameron Myers has produced the biggest result of his career, holding off a 1500m field containing two Olympic champions to win the Diamond League Final in Brussels. The 20-year-old beat

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7 Gold on final day as Australia tops medal tally

2 August 2026

by Tim McGrath

Has there ever been a more golden day for Australian athletics than the final one at Scotstoun Stadium? With 7 golds and 10 minor medals won, the answer is ‘no.’

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The puzzle is complete: Strong Australian team set for Glasgow

24 June 2026

by Tim McGrath

Five Commonwealth Games champions from Birmingham return in the 63-strong open Australian team for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games along with 23 athletes in para events. The gold medallist journeys have

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Robinson joins Ron Clarke in the record books with Oslo 5000m run

11 June 2026

by Tim McGrath

Ky Robinson has become the first Australian male since the great Ron Clarke to simultaneously hold the national records over both 5000m and 10,000m, after slicing almost five seconds off

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Five medals for Australia at World Indoors

23 March 2026

by Tim McGrath

Jessica Hull has led Australia’s charge at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland, delivering a standout middle-distance double to headline a five-medal campaign. Backing up from a bronze in

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Bol blazes as Perth turns up the heat

15 February 2026

by Tim McGrath

Backed by a vocal home crowd in Perth, Peter Bol delivered a performance that lifted the stadium and underlined his class. Bol, 32, delivered a two-lap masterclass in the men’s

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20 Australians Who Impressed at the World Championships

26 September 2025

by Tim McGrath

Australia sent its biggest world championships team ever to the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with 88 athletes originally selected across the track, field, road and relays. From that

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Marschall Wins Bronze in Historic Pole Vault Final

16 September 2025

by Tim McGrath

Western Australia’s Kurtis Marschall has secured Australia’s first medal of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, soaring to bronze in the Men’s Pole Vault and writing another chapter in

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Gout Gout awarded Betty Cuthbert medal after windy 19.84 200m

14 April 2025

by Tim McGrath

The Australian Athletics Championships in Perth had already produced fireworks, but the grand finale was reserved for two of the sport’s brightest stars – a teenage phenom rewriting history and

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UPDATED: Paris qualifying ends with selections to be made this week

7 July 2024

by Tim McGrath

The qualifying list for the Olympics has been updated for the final time.

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Olyslagers Leaps to Gold, Hull Sets National Record at World Indoors

4 March 2024

by Tim McGrath

The World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow witnessed Australian triumph, with Nicola Olyslagers soaring to a dramatic high jump gold medal and Jessica Hull shattering her own national record in

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Australian athletics at 55 year high with brilliant Budapest results

30 August 2023

by Tim McGrath

Australia has recorded its best global championship result since the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, winning six medals at the recent World Championships in Budapest.

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Bisset narrowly misses national record, with doubles to Hull, Davies and Lewis on final day of Australian Championships

3 April 2023

by Tim McGrath

Catriona Bisset challenged her own national record with a front running 800m performance on the final day of the one-hundredth edition of the Australian Championships while Jessica Hull, Callum Davies

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Top vaulting wraps up Track Classic season in Brisbane

27 March 2023

by Tim McGrath

The Brisbane Track Classic was a case of the calm before the storm to this week's Australian Championships.