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Four days on, the heartbroken Australian athlete is still struggling to come to terms of how her Olympics dreams came to an abrupt halt in one moment.
Runner's Tribe * indicates required Karsten Warholm brought down the curtain – and the house with it – on the Bislett Games with a world record in the 400 metres hurdles. Mondo Duplantis attempted a world record in the men’s pole vault. World champion Hellen Obiri won the women’s 5000 metres. For Australians, though, it was only the mile that mattered. Any year a Norwegian athlete is not attempting a world record – which is most years – the Dream Mile is the closing event of the Bislett Games. And this year, Australia’s Stewart McSweyn won it. As far as I can tel...
Izzi Batt-Doyle & Rose Davies both post 5000m Olympic qualifiers and personal bests at the Nijmegen World Athletics meet in the Netherlands.
Premium Content Subscriber only PREPARING for his next major mission, record-breaking athlete Jude Thomas will represent his club and city with additional pride. Having just added an Australian open 3km silver medal and another under-20 national record to his sensational achievements, Thomas plans to continue competing in a specially created racing singlet. The singlet was custom made by Pete Wyman from Bit Hit, to replicate what Ipswich and District Athletic Club (IDAC) competitors wore from the early 1980s into the 1990s. "I really like that singlet,'' Thomas said, displaying his sense ...
Nicola McDermott becomes first Australian woman to clear 2m in the high jump Athletics by Scott Gullan 19th Apr 2021 7:06 AM It was the upset of the championships which elevated Jye Edwards from promising injury-prone junior to giant killer and Tokyo-bound. Edwards stalked Australia's best runner Stewart McSweyn in the 1500m final and then took him down over the final stages to win his first national title and claim a spot on the Olympic team. There were plenty of highlights on the final day of the Olympic trials with Nicola ...