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800 and 1500 heats have been run. 5000 final is a straight final on Saturday. A quick preview/summary Men's 1500McSweyn pulled out of 1500, maybe still run...

Another dominant night for New Zealand track and field athletes at the Australian national Championships

To make it a stellar day for Kiwi shot-putters, world shot put F37 champion Lisa Adams extended her world-leading throw in the para athletics discus F37 to 30.00m, adding a further 1.05m to her season’s best mark as she prepares for the Tokyo Paralympics. Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images Lisa Adams has again improved on her personal best. (FILE PHOTO) Eddie Osei-Nketia claimed victory in the men’s 100m in 10.26s, with a wind-reading of +1.8m/s. The New Zealand champion over the distance beat h...

Australian middle-distance runner Linden Hall (© Getty Images) Linden Hall has made her own piece of Australian athletics history, becoming the first Australian woman to run under four minutes for 1500m in Melbourne on Thursday (1). Running on her own for the last 700 metres at Melbourne’s Box Hill track, Hall kicked down from a 2:09 first 800 metres to a 3:59.67 finish. Genevieve Gregson was a distant second in 4:10.08, just ahead of Melissa Duncan’s 4:10.40, but it was the race against ...