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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 the clock which counted most. In winning, Hall regained the Australian record from her World Athleti...

Is this our next Aussie track star? Ipswich athlete Jude Thomas leads the pack on his way to smashing a state under-20 record in the Queensland 3km open championships race. Picture: Michael Thomas Sport by Andrew Dawson Premium Content Subscriber only Queensland distance runner Jude Thomas has run almost 13,000km in two years, but his journey toward international middle distance success has only just started. Thomas, 18, is one of an elite list of local athletes aspiring for national and international recognition, most of which will be in action at t...

Australian distance runner Rose Davies (© Getty Images) When the 2020 Zatopek 10 should have been run last December, Rose Davies was stuck on the wrong side of the Victoria-New South Wales border, with her chances of even getting to the race rapidly diminishing. The border was closed due to the travel restrictions imposed to combat Covid-19 outbreaks. When the border re-opened – for what turned out to be just a few weeks – Davies dashed across into Victoria. It was a timely seizing of an opportunity. Had Davies gambled on the border’s staying open, she would most likely have missed out...

Geoff Burns, former USATF 100km champ, and PHd shoe expert joined us on this weekś LEpodcast to talk supershoes this week. We talked a lot about road shoes but then turned to super spikes. He says the playing field is still not fair and he also expects a big shakeup in track times this year as more athletes race in super spikes. His comment on spikes "2021 on the track is going to look like 2018 on the roads." Many people might say that is a good thing. Bad news however he said, "I don't think we have a shoe we don't have other spikes that are competitive with Nike"

Stewart McSweyn runs world's fastest mile for 2020, becoming the quickest Australian for 15 years Posted WedWednesday 30 updated WedWednesday 30 Stewart McSweyn ran the record time at a Tasmanian Christmas Carnival Meet at Penguin. ( Share Print text only Cancel Australian distance running star Stewart McSweyn has capped an unprecedented year in remarkable style at the most unlikely of venues. Key points: It's the quickest mile run by an Australian in 15 years McSweyn has also previously broken the Australian 1,500m and 3,000m records Competing in a Tasmanian Christmas Carnival meet at Pengu...