Tag: Athletics
Rising stars compete in Pacific School Games
More than 5,000 young athletes from around the world are competing in Canberra this week as part of the Pacific School Games.[MORE]
Chris Rawlinson aiming to compete for Australia
The husband and coach of dual 400 metres hurdles world champion Jana Rawlinson is making a comeback and wants to compete for Australia at next year's world championships.[MORE]
Gebrselassie wins Melbourne run
Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie has won the inaugural 15-kilometre Great Australian Run in Melbourne.[MORE]
Mottram, Gebrselassie race through Melbourne streets
The streets of Melbourne are playing host to the inaugural Great Australian Run, which started this morning.[MORE]
Gebrselassie and Mottram to face off in Great Australian Run
Haile Gebrselassie believes he can still lower his marathon record but is guarded about his chances of a record time in the inaugural Great Australian Run over 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) in Melbourne on Sunday.[MORE]
Bolt, Isinbayeva named athletes of year
Olympic champions Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia have been named 2008 World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Gala in Monte Carlo.[MORE]
Kenyan athlete takes out Point to Pinnacle
A Kenyan marathon runner has won this year's Point to Pinnacle race.[MORE]
Point to Pinnacle begins
1200 runners and walkers are making their way up Mount Wellington in this year's Point to Pinnacle race.[MORE]
Bolt not the greatest yet, says coach
The coach of triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt is prepared to wait a while longer before declaring the Jamaican the world's greatest ever sprinter.[MORE]
De Castella, Flintoff-King inducted into Hall of Fame
Former marathon champion Robert De Castella and Olympic 400m hurdles champion Debbie Flintoff-King are among five athletes to be inducted into Athletics Australia's Hall of Fame.[MORE]
Allen hand two-year doping ban
Australian sprinter Nathan Allen has been found guilty of a doping violation by the International Athletics Federation.[MORE]
Liu Xiang may need psychological help: coach
World 110 metres hurdles champion Liu Xiang may need psychological help to deal with the memory of his dramatic exit from the Beijing Olympics, according to China's head athletics coach.[MORE]
Jones gives tell-all interview to Oprah
Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones recalls her ill-fated decision to lie to authorities about doping.[MORE]
NSW runner takes Burnie Ten
Australia's top 10 km foot race, the Burnie Ten, has been won dominated by two young athletes from New South Wales.[MORE]
Big field in Burnie Ten
A record field of more than 4,000 runners is signed up to compete today in Tasmania's premier foot race, the Burnie Ten.[MORE]
MacFarlane back on track
Tasmanian track and field athlete Donna MacFarlane returns to the track this weekend after a post-Beijing Olympics break.[MORE]
Golden Tomescu signs on for Great Australian Run
The women's marathon gold medallist from the Beijing Olympic Games will take part in the Great Australian Run in Melbourne at the end of next month.[MORE]
Kohler again up to the Challenge at Freycinet
The defending champion, Jarod Kohler, has won this year's Freycinet Challenge endurance event on Tasmania's east coast.[MORE]
Disgraced Montgomery to spend more time in jail
Disgraced former 100 metres world record holder Tim Montgomery has been sentenced to five years in prison after admitting to distributing heroin last year.[MORE]
Gebrselassie breaks world marathon record again
Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie broke his own world record on Sunday at the Berlin Marathon for the second consecutive year.[MORE]
Tallent walks away with IAAF bonus
Australian dual Olympic medallist Jared Tallent has finished the athletics season with a victory in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) race walking challenge.[MORE]
Sprinter Johnson not done yet
Champion sprinter Patrick Johnson says he will not be quitting athletics despite losing his scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS).[MORE]
Golden finish as Paralympics wrap up
Kurt Fearnley has won his first gold at the Bird's Nest, holding onto his title of marathon champion on the last day of Paralympic competition in Beijing.[MORE]
Fearnley's Paralympics turn to gold
Kurt Fearnley has won his first gold medal of the Beijing Games on the final day of competition.[MORE]
Cathy Freeman's brother killed in car accident
The brother of Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman has died in a car accident in north Queensland.[MORE]
